Another Reason To Drive Stick: Theft-Reistance

Maybe driving a manual shift doesn’t make you a better person, but it can help keep your ride safe from carjackers. One crook figured this out the hard way when, having just been released from Palm Beach County Jail, he decided it’d be a good idea to drag some poor woman from her 350Z and attempt a getaway. Problem was, the car had a 5-speed and the criminal had no idea how to drive it, and could only sit in one spot revving. Componding the humiliation, he was soon forced back out of the car at gunpoint by a priest who worked at the jail. At least no one was hurt, and the 350Z was spared a potentially disasterous joyride at the hands of a dumb criminal who claimed he just didn’t feel like walking. More at msnbc.