It seems we have some of the dumbest criminals here in FL. Damned Amish. Well someone's gotta say it ;)/s
Posted on 02/03/2014 12:07:35 AM PST by Impala64ssa
used to be that learning how to drive a manual-transmission-equipped car was a rite of passage for all - either you had an uncle with an old car that taught you how to do it when you were 14, or you were lucky enough to have a parent that wasn’t afraid to row gears, and you went into the driving test feeling like a badass.
Not so for this idiot – one Annas Abdel-Khaliq of Marion County, Florida. According to the report, Abdel-Khaliq attempted to steal a 2012 Corvette from Ocala Ford Motors in the Sunshine State, but didn’t get very far – only about 100 feet from its previous position, before the hare-brained scheme hatched in his pea-sized mind began to unravel.
Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Bloom ordered him to get out of the car, which he refused to do. So what was his next step? Why, to grab a steel bar and bash the deputy with it a few times in his haste to get away.
Deputy Bloom got him out of the car, whereupon he started to run away. His mad dash was short-lived as Deputy Batts – who had just arrived – unleashed the pepper spray and the two deputies caught Abdel-Khaliq and subsequently placed him under arrest.
We have a couple of questions. First, if you’re going to be dumb enough to try to steal a car with no tags off a well-lit dealer lot, wouldn’t you check first to see if you could drive it?
Secondly, people still smoke Pall Malls? We thought those were reserved for the retired longshoreman that sits on the porch in his rocker at that house on the end of the block.
As our good friend Forrest Gump says, “stupid is as stupid does”, and in this case, it’s 100% true. So now Mr. Abdel-Khaliq has a sweet charge of “aggravated burglary on a law enforcement officer” on his record to go with the Grand Theft Auto tag. That’s a great way to enter your twenties.
bet the clown has over stayed his visa too........
He should ‘stick’ to Camels.
Stealing them is easier to drive and smoke at the same time for a sand Rat.
I have never owned an automatic. Of course, I haven’t owned a car in 25 years either, but still...
Which according to the DHS Secretary, means that he has earned the right to U.S. citizenship.
I have a brother in law, 48 years old and he has never driven a vehicle with a manual transmission. I tried jumping his car once and he didn’t even know that there is are positive and negative battery terminals. As hard as I found it to believe, he had never encountered either experience.
“I haven’t owned a car in 25 years either”
...and you may have as a result saved a ton of money depending on how you get around.
In days to come, a car will drive you to where you want to be. Remote starters, heated seats, heated windows and mirrors, GPS, voice activated cellular phones in vehicle, crash avoidance, rear and forward mounted cameras, on and on.
Where did the “FUN” in driving go??????
Had it not been for forcing myself to learn a stick shift, I’d have never done so.
Burt Reynolds never learned to drive a standard either.
I guess that's where you attempt theft with a bad attatude, or leave without a sarcasm tag.
DOJ candidate under comrade Holder.
My first few cars had manual transmission. I even rebuilt a gearbox or two, I think; manual ones are easy. Helped my uncle to work on many parts of his cars.
However I haven't owned a car with manual transmission in years. They are just not as practical in a city. On a freeway a manual gearbox will save you some gas; however in a city it will be just a [dangerous] distraction. I'm more focused on getting from A to B, rather than on performance. The car can take care of the torque conversion ratio just fine on its own. There are transmissions today that are the next step past the slushbox. The electric torque converter that is used in Prius is likely more efficient than a manual gearbox, and it has no switchable gears. Quite an ingenious piece of mechanics, actually.
In many cases I prefer a manual to an automatic because with a manual my mind does not wander so much. A manual focuses one’s attention.
I do know how to drive a stick, but I’ve never owned a manual transmission vehicle.
To be honest, the thought of dealing with all that shifting while fighting NYC/Long Island traffic made my head hurt. It just never seemed appropriate to have one. Now, if I lived in the country (please God, let it be one day soon) I might reconsider. Until then...it’s automatics for me.
Regards,
PS: I am confident I would have been able to drive the stolen car out of the lot. If I were the criminal type (which I am not).
Fast forward about 10 years. My youngest is now on her honeymoon, some island in the Caribbean. I get a call from her at my office one morning..about 2 days after they left. I'm semi-nervous..wondering what the heck's going on?
She just had to call and tell me. The honeymoon package included a car for the week..something Jeep-like to drive around the island..When the went to pick up the car, seems there were only standard transmissions left. Her husband was upset, he never learned to drive a stick..Of course my daughter was able to step in and take charge. I was grinning for days..and even more so when they returned home and she told me that it took her about 1 hour to teach him how to drive it.. Smart girl, in so many ways..
I love the 5 speeds but they are harder and harder to find.
My last 4 cars were 5 speeds and they last.
Americans seem to love expensive toys in their cars that break and cost a lot to fix.
My Hyundai elantra has a 6 automatic speed/hybrid manual transmission. No clutch but all six gears are available. Highly useful when torque is needed quickly in on ramp or passing situations or to escape multiple car/truck traffic box scenarios when you know one distracted glance or cell phone tweet will cause a multiple accident. The car in eco mode pads the transmission a bit when in automatic mode to save gas...but switches out in manual mode. Third gear in manual takes one to 75 from 25 in a bout 3 seconds and the red line on the tachometer hasn’t been close to being reached. Very useful in getting past liberal chicks who won’t let you into the lane(even if there was room for them to get over).
As for traffic box scenarios...I remember one where at 70 miles an hour and downshifted just to 5th gear and shot out of there at 90mph as a truck was coming over into the left.
I hadn’t meant to go that fast...one could hardly even feel it. The car seems more sure on the road the faster it goes; one can feel the suspension speed adjusting itself.
Then again...I read of a driver who got ticketed going 154 miles per hour in a 2012 elantra,,, who got caught because the engine shuts down electronically when that speed is breached.(apparently American law). Those clever Koreans...
Yeah definitely rough in traffic. Drove a delivery truck a few years with a HEAVY clutch pedal, girlfriend at the time noticed my left leg was much more “developed” than the right.. Manual cars were a dream.
Whenever I rent a car on business I’m always glad to get home to my stick shift.
“... unleashed the pepper spray ...” ???
Why not “... unleash 4-6 rounds of .40 caliber FMJ ...” and save the taxpayers a bunch of cash?
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