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01-20-2013, 11:00 AM | #90 |
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This is such an awful story, and why I never valet my car. The problem is that you didn't do a once around your car, which I always do after leaving a dealership, car wash, or my work parking lot (which I only park in front of the cameras).
If you approach valet, they will deny it, and will argue you did it as soon as you left. It looks like they hit hard enough to damage the bumper, not just the cover, so you're probably looking at an insurance claim. Sorry about your story, it sucks |
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01-20-2013, 11:53 AM | #91 |
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I'm not going to lie, when I was 17, I applied for a couple part time valet job at a few luxury condos in Boca Raton. I lied on the application saying I knew how to drive manual. I had no clue. That summer I learned how to drive manual on a 911, Corvette, and an Audi S4. After many stalls and burning of clutches that weren't mine, I learned how to drive manual. Needless to say, I never valet my car unless absolutely necessary.
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01-20-2013, 01:31 PM | #93 |
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Just buy a used painted bumper on ebay for around 400 shipped and then have the bumper put on. You didn't mention the damage until a day after, you'll lose in court guaranteed
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01-29-2013, 03:55 PM | #94 |
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wow, this post is back from the dead. Insurance won a default against the company but as yet we haven't collected and I am out my $500 deductible.
I have never used a valet since this incident. Valet and BMW manual transmission = disaster, Reverse next to 1st on a luxury car that will often get valet parked is just stupid.
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01-29-2013, 05:23 PM | #95 |
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fuck valet companies. the saying goes "the few bad ones ruin it for the rest" but in the case of valets, "the majority are fucked up idiots that ruin it for the few honest ones."
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03-25-2013, 03:05 PM | #96 |
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I've worked as a valet runner in the past and I can tell you that I would NEVER valet my car anywhere after working there. There was a guy that said he could drive stick (which he couldnt) and rode the **** out of a clutch in a Jeep. You could smell it burning for over a hour, and all the supervisor did was have another driver drive it around for 20 mins to air it out before returning it to the owner.....
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03-25-2013, 04:03 PM | #98 |
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I look at the employee selection and I'm immediately afraid for my car when I hand over the keys. The only time I would not mind having valet is when I have a rental. I know what goes on with valet services. I used to work in TV news, and we did an investigative piece for sweeps on valets in LA. We wired up some hidden cameras, and the footage we got were shocking.
Abusing the piss out of our news car, theft (they took an iPod, some change, and a couple of tickets to a Lakers game), and some even smoked weed in our car. |
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03-25-2013, 05:38 PM | #100 | |
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The valet service that had the employees hot-boxing in the bait car did get fired. I really wish car companies would start putting in "valet mode" in cars. Make the car governed to 25mph, unable to unlock the trunk and pass-through, and instantly display the miles accrued once valet mode is activated. |
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03-25-2013, 07:34 PM | #101 | |
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I always note my mileage when valet parking. Also, use a valet key if the car has one (my 328 does not).
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03-25-2013, 07:56 PM | #102 | |
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03-25-2013, 10:40 PM | #103 | |
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As far as I'm concerned smoking in the car (especially weed) is straight up damaging it. Not even a full detail is going to be able to take that smell out especially after they've hot boxed it. It completely ruins the interior. Last edited by Kalidian; 03-25-2013 at 10:46 PM.. |
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03-27-2013, 09:18 AM | #106 |
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I new guys in NYC that use to vallet on weekends and spend hrs driving cars around in the garage. Ferraris, Porsches - they would beat the crap out them.
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