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http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/two-would-be-carjackers-in-st-petersburg-foiled-by-cars-stick-shift/1204496

How great is that! :D

Not to mention, the boyfriend must be a REALLY great guy. :eek:

Stick-up artists that can't use a stick!

:biglol:

How the heck did they start the car if they're not able to drive a stick? I say there is something fishy about this story.

Kirk

How the heck did they start the car if they're not able to drive a stick? I say there is something fishy about this story.

Kirk

Perhaps they stepped on the clutch pedal thinking it was the brake?

:p

I think the car was already running, so they didn't have to start it.

On an episode of "Bait Car" aired earlier this year, the Atlanta Police left a car in a parking lot - idling and door open - waiting for the thief to get in and drive off. The car was a stick. And the thief couldn't drive a stick. Since the bait car has cameras and audio, you could hear the kid trying to move the lever forward/backward, trying to figure out how to get to 'drive'.