Florida man can't drive car he tried to steal from Uber driver at knifepoint

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3. I can imagine his dilemma

I drive a stick shift here in Germany, and my car has a very simple set of controls.

When I got to the States this summer, Avis gave me a free upgrade to a Cadillac SUV (business was REALLY slow), which was nice, but it took me half an hour to figure out how to get the doors to open and shut, and how to get the thing to start and shut off when I wanted. Apparently, GM didn't know how their things worked, either. Although it was comfortable as hell, it conked out on me after four days, and had to be picked up. I got driven down to Hyannis from Provincetown to get a new car, and they had another Cadillac SUV in the parking lot. I said great, at least we get another car of the same type. No, we didn't. THAT one had a meltdown, too! It was just as useless as ours. Instead they gave us a Ford Flex, which was no great shakes, but had the advantage that we figured out how to drive it on our own.

Moral of the story--if it's a rental, you can take the time to learn how to drive it. If you're a car thief, make sure you know how to drive the thing BEFORE you grab it. The owner is FAR less likely to offer you assistance.............