This stick story reminds me of why my wife's college roommates ran back up

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...to the dorm and handed her car key back back to her. They would ask her if they can borrow her car and she gladly said yes but once they find out that her car is a stick shift, they quickly return the key because they don't know how to drive it. Therefore, good car theft prevention in certain situations  :

Carjackers' Plan Foiled Because They Can't Drive a Stick Shift. In case you needed another reason to buy a car with a manual transmission. Two teenagers allegedly attempted to carjack a man in Toronto on November 28, but neither could drive a car with a manual transmission, so they fled the scene without the car.