2/3 of my daughters can drive a stick. The other one just couldn't get it.
Posted on 10/20/2016 1:08:03 PM PDT by C19fan
A carjacker in St. Louis, Mo. wasn’t able to make off with a stolen vehicle because he didn’t know how to drive a stick shift.
Dustin French said an armed thief ordered him to empty his pockets and get out of his car around 11 p.m. Thursday, but the suspected criminal couldn't drive off with his manual transmission car.
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“Manual transmission as an anti-theft device” is actually an internet meme.
It’s a small part of the reason my FR-S is a manual. However, it’s a heck of a lot more fun than an auto.
Still kept my Honda ricer after all these years. 6 speed stick, they dont make em’ like they used to.
Very few people and almost no millennials know how to drive a stick, that’s why I can leave my keys in the car when I walk into the convenience store.
I had to go to 3 different emissions testing stations before I could find a guy that could test my truck.
Manual transmissions are racist. /sarcasm
Manual transmissions are racist. /sarcasm
Don't be surprised if someone actually says that and is serious.
Today’s thieves are an ignorant bunch. Can’t read cursive or drive a stick.
That is priceless.
I enjoyed learning to drive in an old 1938 army jeep. It was so much fun that all my vehicles were manual until recently. And the ONLY reason that changed is physical disability in my left leg. Both my daughters learned to drive my manuals and to this day they prefer them. Youngest daughter just picked up a beat up 1990 Wrangler for playing in the mud :)
(She drives a 3/4 ton Chevy diesel for her “good” vehicle. works as an executive for an oil and gas company. Sometimes has to go out in the fields so she stays prepared)
Nice to know my kids have this anti-theft device, besides their personal weapons.
I love my BMW 325i with a five-speed. It was on the lot for 8 months before I bought it for the price of a Honda Accord.
More people out here drive a stick than an automatic-but more of us drive 4x4’s than cars, too...
My dad taught us to drive his truck-a stick-on the ranch when we were about 12-13. My husband and I taught our cub to drive a stick, too-our 4x4 Suburban-big mistake not teaching kids to drive both a manual and an automatic...
Bet they can hear wet grass though!!!
My daily driver is a stick shift. Ive always assumed the guys at the tire shop could drive it...maybe I shouldn’t make that assumption.
2/3 of my daughters can drive a stick. The other one just couldn't get it.
They can’t read or write in cursive, either.
My 1968 Ford XL has a 6-speed manual now, and 475 hp, and a few special kill switches. I don’t keep anything in the car as it is a convertible, and never lock the doors. There is nothing to steal and without a tow truck, it is not going anywhere. It is the only car I want to drive around town or on long road trips.
My 16 Tacoma is a 6 speed that no dealer in SC would carry but no problem to get in NC on order.
I’ll keep my 3 and 4 speed CJs as well. That leaves my old K5 and the spouse’s Camry.
I’ve only owned a couple of autos in my life, all else manual boxes.
Twelve years ago a female grifter broke into our house while we were on vacation. She stole my manual transmission car. Before having someone help her push it into a church parking lot a quarter mile from our house, she did enough damage to the clutch to necessitate a $1700 replacement.
This happened in my neighborhood. It is a decent area but the thugs cruise it more now that the BLM has received government approval.
I got a company car about a year ago. My 17 year old took possession of my 5-speed. All the kids know how, but he really took to it.
I sometimes leave it running with the door open to run a quick drop off errand just hoping for a good laugh.
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