mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/6/07 at 01:07 PM |
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Stick shift dummies
US car thieves floored by manual gearbox
Two US would-be car thieves failed dismally to make off with a Honda Accord after discovering it had a mysterious manual gearbox, RTÉ reports.
Having menaced the owner with a gun outside a pizza restaurant in Georgia, and relieved him of his wallet and car keys, the pair of teen master
criminals prepared to make good their escape. However, according to an employee of the pizza outlet, "they could not start it because it had
stick shift".
The eyewitness recounted: "The kid was just sitting in the car trying to start it but he had no idea what to do. He looked dumbfounded. The only
thing he had going was the radio."
While dumb and dumber wrestled with the problem of how to drive a car with four on the floor, restaurant staff called the cops who cuffed them as they
tried to leg it into nearby woods.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 23/6/07 at 01:14 PM |
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So anyone in america with a manual gearbox should have REALLY cheap insurance as its too hard to be nicked 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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ruskino80
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| posted on 23/6/07 at 01:17 PM |
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brilliant story
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Fatgadget
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| posted on 23/6/07 at 01:24 PM |
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Reminds me of a story about a family from America on their first visit to the UK.Upon arrival at Heathrow,they hired an Austin Maestro en route to
their destination somewhere in Wales. Upon arrival the complained about the ludicrous fuel consumption of 3MPG and the deafening racket the engine
made.Turned out they drove all along the M4 in second gear!
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