The old “four-in-the-floor” once again earned its reputation as an anti-Millennial car theft device in a Thursday incident in San Antonio, Texas. It was a stick shift — and a good guy with a gun — that foiled an attempted carjacking in the middle of the night.

According to media reports, the alleged carjacker commandeered the vehicle only to discover that it sported a stick. This was apparently something he missed in drivers’ education class, and he was forced to ditch that attempt.

It was then that the alleged carjacker appeared to conclude that perhaps this was not his night. After all, his master plan for carjacking a vehicle at 2:45 a.m. was abruptly ended by his inability to drive a car featuring a manual transmission.

He reportedly ran to a second suspect’s vehicle in a possible getaway attempt, but the person he attacked to steal the first car was armed and came after him. 

The intended victim opened fire and shot the suspect, who was grazed in the head.

The now-wounded man made it home, but his family called for medical assistance for treatment of his gunshot wound. An ambulance came and transported him to a hospital, and that’s when the police got involved.

The suspect was detained there. There is currently no information on the other suspect in the getaway car. 

In his attempt to get away from the armed intended victim — and the mysterious stick shift — police said the alleged carjacker left his own vehicle at the scene.

This account raises more questions, such as why two suspects drove two vehicles to the scene to steal a third. Either way, a bumbling criminal learned a pair of lessons on Thursday.

It is best to avoid armed citizens when looking for a carjacking target, and car thieves should know the fundamentals of driving various vehicles.