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dflprincess

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8. My car is also 12 and has a manual transmission (which is said to be a great anti-theft device)

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 16, 2021, 10:12 PM

Nov 2021

Several months ago there was an article in the Strib about some guy who was yanked out of his car, the thief jumped it, drove about two feet, killed the engine, then jumped out and ran off. Yep, it was a manual. Fortunately the owner was not hurt.

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Twin Cities area sees surge in carjackings, putting drivers on edge [View all] iemanja Nov 2021 OP

I wonder how much of this is gang initiation vs actual auto theft TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #1

Unsolved cases have doubled in the last year iemanja Nov 2021 #2

The reality is... NowISeetheLight Nov 2021 #6

They lost the ones iemanja Nov 2021 #7

I have to respectfully disagree... NowISeetheLight Nov 2021 #9

Ride-Along With A Minneapolis Police Officer Patrolling The North Side, WCCO, Oct 20 progree Nov 2021 #10

North Mpls was bad when I was growing up NowISeetheLight Nov 2021 #11

I remember the crack house on Golden Valley Rd that the police demolished a wall with progree Nov 2021 #12

This is probably it -- Police Use Front-End Loader To Gain Entry Into Suspected Crack House progree Nov 2021 #13

One of the car thefts was a few years ago iemanja Nov 2021 #14

I've never heard of that... NowISeetheLight Nov 2021 #18

There was an attempt just around the corner from me yesterday morning. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #3

I'm glad they responded iemanja Nov 2021 #4

My car is also 12 and has a manual transmission (which is said to be a great anti-theft device) dflprincess Nov 2021 #8

that's good to know about manuals iemanja Nov 2021 #15

That was about two blocks from us. geardaddy Nov 2021 #19

Didn't know you lived near me! Ocelot II Nov 2021 #20

We just moved in last year from CARAG. geardaddy Nov 2021 #21

Meanwhile, catalytic converter thefts are way up... /nt progree Nov 2021 #5

Up 425% this year iemanja Nov 2021 #16

In the Twin Cities: 40 in 2018, 4,000 this year. I wonder if old cars have any better luck progree Nov 2021 #17