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Originally Posted by A8ked
I read an article a couple years ago that said one of the biggest deterrents to auto theft now days is a manual transmission. Apparently many people are never learning to drive a manual.
If the article is correct, it may stop kids looking for joy rides. But I expect a professional auto thief would not have that issue.
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A couple of wks ago I was driving my LE in street traffic. There was a car 1 lane to the left and 1 car ahead that had a couple of young boys in it. I had been watching them for several blks as I didn't want to drive in their blind spot and have them pull a quick lane change into me. We get to a red light and the passenger hangs way out the window and says, "nice car, is it a manual?" I said yes. Initially thought that was a strange question to ask, but then wondered if they would have jacked me if I'd said it was an automatic?