By Isolde Raftery, Staff Writer, NBC News
Randolph Bean of Oviedo, Fla., had pulled over late Sunday night to text message his wife when two would-be carjackers approached his sporty yellow Corvette.
One, holding a gun, forced him to the ground while the other hopped in the driver?s seat, Bean, 51, told WKMG Local 6.
But there was a problem: The aspiring carjacker didn?t know how to start Bean?s car, a 2002 Millennium Yellow Z06 Corvette. (The car, used, sells for about $19,000.)
"The guy started screaming at me, 'How do I start the car?'" Bean told WKMG.?Finally, the other guy, still holding Bean at gunpoint, hollered back, ?It?s a stick!?
?I had to tell him four different times that you have to push in the clutch because it?s a standard transmission,? Bean told myfoxorlando.com.
The two assailants ? Bean said they were handsome young men -- ultimately ran away with his phone, wallet and keys. The wallet, he said, was special because his wife made it.
?My first thought was I guess we don?t have driver?s ed in school anymore because no one knows how to drive a stick,? he told myfoxorlando.com. ?And my second thing was, ?Don?t shoot me because you can?t start the car! I am trying to help you out here.??
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