Hey guys I know this isnt thirgen related but.....
I work at a fastfood pizza place, well late tonight as we were closing a masked "gentalmen" entered thru the back door and put a gun to my head, needless to say I gave him my money, the stores money and a bag for it all. He asked for my car keys, to which i replied, You know how to drive a stick? well appertly he didnt I found the keys next to the car.
He got away this time but who knows maybe the little crack head will screw up aventual.

The point

As the police officers(thanks a million to them) :hail: :hail: :hail:
sayed I did the right thing to give him what ever he wanted. You can replace cash but a life is harder too. I know this sounds corney but please im urging all of you to if ever in this situation give them what they want.

although I must say if he would have taken my car, I was chasing his a$$ down, Just joking

I hope this helps and thanks again to any police officers on here.
thanks
Craig

 

good to hear nothing happend to you, personaly i would have shot him in the back as he was walking out, but thats just me... put a gun to your head, took your money, and tryed to take your car? **** that! time to take his *** out...

 

If Someone pulls a weapon on me and wants my car ..... its thiers. Im insured, heck even if I wasent its only worth what ~ $6k?

Replaceable

But I woudl imagine the body and interior work would be heck after a theft recovered vehicle/ Lets see some pics

 

I don't think the guy took the car, he said the guy couldn't drive stick and he found the keys next to the car.

Anyways, glad to hear that you're alright man. Thats crazy.. I work at a pizza place too.

 

A manual transmission has actually worked as an antitheft device! Glad your ok but Id be calling my insurance company and demanding a discount for your newly proven anti theft device .


Its supposed to be a fact that only 20-25% of the driving population in the USA know how to drive a manual transmission which in theory should mean that 75-80% of car thieves would pass on cars with a stick!

 

holly cow, thats a scary situation you were in..

the world is unsafe now days, i always try to watch my back these days.

glad to hear you and ur car made it out safe.

 

heh...damn...im getting my auto switched to stick

good to hear ur allright

 

I've always (Sort of) joked about manuals stopping people from taking your car... I guess it's really true, then...

Good to know you didn't get hurt, though!

 

to keep this more tech related, how bad is it to put a t56 into an auto car, I have read tech articles on how to do it, but i want to know what types of problems people hvae encountered

 

pretty sure it bolts right in, only modification is you need a new crossmember

 

man o man i dont konw if i would have givin him my keys! @@@@ that i guss that would have been the end of me i hope that never happens agin

 

Glad to hear your ok. I now know of two people who's cars havent been stolen because they were stick. Another guy on the boards had his car breakin into they took his headliner and his neighbor actually help the thiefs push the car a few feet
Someone would have to be reall stupid to try and rob me, first you'll have to find my shop out in the middle of nowhere, then catch me offgaurd, and somehow dodge the loaded 12 gauge with 7 buckshot shells in it Anyways, its good that you did do what the crackie said and he didnt shoot you. Nowdays many robbers just seem to shoot people without hesitation.

 

That's funny. You know, a B&M Ratchet shifter works for that as well, especially when you don't have a shift indicator. At least it has kept my family from trying to move the car.

 

I would've told him i walked to work! lol
Actually I probably wouldnt be able to come up with a lie in that kind of situation, I never would of thought of telling him its a stick.

good work!

 

Not only does the stick shift stop theives, it also stops the wife from driving the car.

 

ratchet shifter with no shift indicator would work wonders too

 

DNA reconnition would be sweet as he!! to have no matter what only that person can start the car. Hmm.......... it can be done.

 

Good call. Very brave in my opinion!

As an interesting side thought, we have 4 cars in our family in the UK. 2 Camaros (Left Hand Drive) and 2 "normal everyday" cars (Right hand drive). I asked my Wife to fire the 1991 RS up and press the clutch so I could listen for a possible release bearing failure. She sat in the car, looked at me and said "which one is the clutch?". I was quite surprised by this, since she has driven a stick for 13 years. I said "why do you ask?" She explained that since the steering wheel is on the other side, aren't the pedals the other way round? Very logical thinking! And for a split second, I was hesitant!!! Even though I have driven it for miles!!!

Luckily she pressed the right one!

By the way, how did he get away then? Were your keys checked for fingerprints?

Andy.

 

Good to hear you're alright, that would've been a tough call for me about my life or the camaro j/k but thats cool that you kept a cool head and actually said that it's stick. that's crazy i thought everyone knew how to drive stick!! the first car i drove when i was 10 was stick!!!

 

Very fun story

But, Are the pedals the other way around?

 

That is crazy, you never know what to expect. At least you and your car are alright.

 

i thought long and hard about this too. and is the shift pattern the same? (1st and 2nd on left side?)

 

I'll sneak in before Andy...Guy's, the car is imported from the States, the pedals and shift pattern are as they came from the factory. Incidentally, the shift pattern is the same on euro cars, we just do that with our left hand, the biggest problem after driving a manual LHD is trying not to change gear with the door handle in the eurobox.

 

No, they are the same as for you! Clutch on the far left!!! I hate to imagine what would happen if they were the other way round!!!

Shift pattern is the same. Same T5 gearbox.
Now when I drive our RHD cars I keep bashing my right hand on the door panel when trying to change gear!

Andy.

 

Wow, I would of made a mess in my pants if someone pulled a gun on me. I always thought if somebody would steal my car. The only thing I know is that my car would not be hard to find considering the SS hood with stripes. No one in Fresno has a car like mine so the cops should not have a problem finding it if someone does decide to steal it. I am usually meticulous were I park but it is a different story when someone pulls a gun to your head.