@Maria116 - do not get into the same car with gentlemen who clearly are not trustworthy. In this Manhattan incident you described, it is clear that by the time he invited you into his car you had collected enough intelligence on this man to tell him: "Thanks, I would rather walk a bit to the parking garage. I love taking walks in Midtown (or whatever part of Manhattan you were in). You can take a walk with me if you would like to chat a bit more..." Granted, sometimes self-defense is needed, and I have fought rape attempts physically twice, including one time fighting a tall and super muscular guy who bent on health and organic food, and I am 5'5'' -- successfully, and no it was intuitive as I never studied self-defense, but such cases are rare if you practice basic precautions.

You wrote in your post that you should have run out of the car. This is wrong. A car is a moving object, even with the slow traffic on Manhattan. You made a mistake getting into the car, but once there, you made the right choice to persevere because fighting the man in a moving vehicle is extremely dangerous and can be deadly. I have never heard the word combination "gray rape" before, but if I understand what it means, it sure is far better than being dead or maimed for life. So please try not to get into cars like that again, but if it happens again, as we all make mistakes, do not attempt fighting in a car. Very, very dangerous.