I don't get why people thinking driving a manual gearbox is such a mystery - it's not much different to automatic driving I've never met anyone who wasn't able to do it well enough.
There's really no magic to it - there's an extra pedal you depress when changing gear, and you bring up to re-engage the engine. Anyone can figure it out when presented with the pedal and the gear lever. People with no no education do it all around the world every day - I'm sure an American can figure it out.
It's possible that the person you were replying to is making a joke playing on the general lack of familiarity with manual transmissions in the US, as opposed to making a statement of literal fact that manual transmission cars are hard to steal.
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