Colorado woman tried to steal a pickup, but couldn’t handle the stick shift, police said

AP ^ | 5/9/24 | AP

[DallasBiff]

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman’s attempt to steal a pickup truck — shortly after she was released from jail on a car theft charge — was thwarted not by officers, nor the truck’s owners, but by her inability to drive a stick shift, Boulder Police said.

The woman had been released from jail on May 3 after being accused of stealing a car a day earlier, and walked down the road until she spotted a pickup truck with the keys inside. She then started the pickup, but apparently discovered she couldn’t manage the manual transmission, so she got out and walked away, leaving the truck to roll forward and strike a fire hydrant, police said.

[drSteve78]

Where can you buy a truck that has a stick shift,

My daughter bought a three year old Toyota Tacoma pickup, 4WD, manual transmission. No one EVER asks to borrow HER truck. It’s a great vehicle when she goes camping back country.

[aomagrat]

I learned to drive a manual in a 1972 Pinto. I haven’t owned an automatic since 1979. My current vehicles are a 2005 Mustang and a 2008 Ranger, both manual. I’m keeping them.

[changeitback440]

and long division

[Dr.Deth]

[AndyJackson]

And if you get stuck in a rut where the back wheels spin, you can rock your way out. Amazing how many people never learned that trick.

[Lockbox]

🤣

[grey_whiskers]

Anti-millennial theft device, for the WIN!