racemor

This was posted by a friend on Facebook. Manual transmissions really are a Millenial theft deterrent!

junk988

Houston, Texas, on March 11

"A father was shot and killed in front of his wife and 10-year-old daughter after being carjacked because the killer didn’t know how to use a manual transmission, police said."

Gary JR

Land mines are also a Millennial theft deterrent.

Jrod

Doesn't surprise me at all because for a lot of "millennials" common sense doesn't exist. Hmmm since I don't know how to drive a standard maybe I should take a gander inside to see if it isn't an auto trans? Lack of common sense is just one of the side effects of a generation of folks that don't think for themselves and get a trophy just for breathing.

lkoury

It's also a 'wife driving your 911' deterrent.

bkrantz

And a college student car lending deterrent.

Since I am very old school, I made both kids learn to drive in MT cars (and do basic maintenance). When my daughter commandeered our Subaru during her sophomore year, I worried a bit about the motor pool she shared with her friends. But it turned out that none of them, including her boyfriend, could drive the MT.

Porsche_nuts

The boyfriend, however, will be learning how to drive a MT with the Subie

Jay-S

Almost 10 years ago our house got broken into. Cayman S was sitting in the driveway. Asked the police why they didn't take it (vs. the one TV they did take). Response: "It's a stick shift. They can't drive sticks."

911boy

++Kids too! I tried to teach them on my last Audi but noooooooooo.
Works for me.

Homeles

Happened to me in Houston. Nice Mayday, windows down, sitting at a stop light in the Galleria area. Guy comes up to the car, puts a gun to my head, says get out. Amazed the guy was able to leave the light, had no idea how to shift. Got through the intersection, went to shift, and suddenly pulled over and ran. ��������

bkrantz

True enough. But then I had the pleasure of helping her (mostly just supervising and heavy lifting) when she replaced the clutch.

2001f4s

Seems to me that it should be considered a "theft deterrent system" by insurance companies, and results in a lower premium.

dawgsontop

Not sure why the hate for millenials. I'm a "millenial" and most of my cars to date have been sticks as were many of my good friends'.

Seems funny that "millenials" don't have common sense when in fact we were raised by people that fall in the "baby boomer" or "gen x" generations. Further, we didn't give the trophies to ourselves - our parents did. Who's to blame?

Ultimately, I'm not trying to call anyone out, just trying to point out that as homogenous as this forum typically is, there are people of other demographics that may not quite fit into the stereotypes you've formed for them and it would behoove people to think critically before lumping together a mass of ~75 million Americans.

Worth a watch for an (comedic) explanation as to why the term millenial is arbitrary and mostly worthless:

911boy

Banked driveway?

2001f4s

Thanks for noticing
Yes finally got the Daytona Itl. Speedway look installed on the driveway

Was actually putting the Sharkwerks exhaust on the 911, so had it up in the air, and thought it was a cool shot with my Boxster in the foreground.

At my age, just about anything thrills.