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Teens arrested after manual transmission stalls carjacking attempt
Law and Crime ^ | 03/30/2023 | Marisa Sarnoff

Posted on 03/30/2023 7:34:27 PM PDT by simpson96

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To: xp38

Guess the Amish don’t teach their kids how to use a stick-shift! Sarc.

Enjoy jail you two dumb ducks,!!!!


21 posted on 03/30/2023 9:10:05 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: simpson96

Does not say what is model of little blue car. Lol


22 posted on 03/30/2023 9:53:18 PM PDT by Norski
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To: ViLaLuz

borrowing that. :)


23 posted on 03/30/2023 10:05:19 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: simpson96

When I was a state copper working in Cook County I was in Chicago in the Greektown restaurant area when my partner and I monitored a Chicago Police Dept flash message about a car jacking that had just occurred in the area within the last few minutes.

Just moments after we made note of it, we heard cars honking at a late model import that was moving slowly in the left lane, jerking and stopping as other cars swerved around it. Since it matched the description of the suspect vehicle, we made a felony stop, detained three suspects who had two pistols in the car, and notified CPD Tactical officers to meet us at the scene.

These suspects were subsequently identified as the offenders in the car jacking, and the reason for the erratic driving that had captured our attention was the fact that the ringleader driver couldn’t operate the 5 speed manual transmission in it very well. One of his accomplices was an 18 wheel truck driver who was entirely capable of driving it, but the boss said that he had always wanted to drive a stick shift and this would be his first chance, so he ordered his buddy to stand down and took the wheel himself.

We wouldn’t catch so many of these clowns if so many weren’t so damn stupid.

As a result of this experience, my 2010 Hummer H3 has a 5 speed manual trans. The transmission also helps me to get the most performance from a relatively heavy vehicle with a relatively small engine. (3.7L 250 hp, but moving 4800 lbs).


24 posted on 03/30/2023 11:35:08 PM PDT by DMZFrank
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To: sauropod

for Doug


25 posted on 03/31/2023 12:50:08 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy thmkeorist stuff, there.”)
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To: simpson96

The car owner was lucky the “yutes” didn’t shoot him out of spite.


26 posted on 03/31/2023 3:14:28 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Soros on helping with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
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To: simpson96
The 'teens' need to learn how to drive a stick, if they want to steal more automobiles. 🤓

Didn't they learn how to steal cars with manual transmission at their school: George Floyd Center for Thuggery and Other Criminal Activities?

27 posted on 03/31/2023 3:35:32 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: Texas resident

None of my three adult daughters have ever driven a vehicle with a manual transmission. They would be clueless to how to go about it.


28 posted on 03/31/2023 4:42:48 AM PDT by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp, )
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To: simpson96

I’ll bet their fathers are going to be so embarrassed about this.


29 posted on 03/31/2023 6:00:49 AM PDT by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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