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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 08:00 PM
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I thought some of my Corvette Brothers might get a kick out of this story I saw in the Orlando Sentinel. I know I did!

A pair of would-be carjackers targeting a Corvette outside Orlando Regional Medical Center were foiled because they couldn't operate the vehicle's stick shift, according to a MyFoxOrlando.com report.

"My first thought was, I guess we don't have driver's ed in school anymore, 'cause no one knows how to drive a stick," said the car's owner, who explained that the armed carjackers ordered him out of his car and onto the ground, and later fled when they couldn't get the Corvette to drive.

Watch the full report at MyFoxOrlando.com
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 08:20 PM
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Serves the dips**** right. That's another reason I bought a stick. I just think it is the way a Corvette was meant to be driven. Love my 4/speed manual 80!
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 08:24 PM
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The 1st-hand account is over in PR&C forum...It was RandolphB
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You would be surprised how many young drivers ask "what's the 3rd pedal for?"
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You would be surprised how many young drivers ask "what's the 3rd pedal for?"
So sad. But not real shocked!
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Saw that on the news yesterday here in Cocoa Beach. Nice looking millennium yellow Z06.
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Old Jan 30, 2013 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by earl schieb
The 1st-hand account is over in PR&C forum...It was RandolphB
It was a forum member.
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