Ever see "Ferris Beulers Day Off"?

 

In short, yes it was a dick move. If you don't trust the valets, don't valet your car. I hope you at least tiped the guy well since you asked him to go above and beyond what his job calls for. I rarely valet, but it's necessary at times. I don't worry much about the Lightning, but I'd never let anyone valet the 300.

 

Or how about "XXX" with Vin Diesel? The very beginning and a Corvette....

 

They have that product here in my city? Very pricey at like $800 and you have to pay a yearly fee, the first year is free I believe, and the install is extra also. Car Toys quoted me $1100. I just laughed and left.

 

THREE, LOL, am I missing something here, where's the third one?

 

ZU L8R

Since you work at a hotel, I was wondering what MOST customers do with tipping. At a restuarant, you park for a few hours max, and tip when you get the car returned. At a hotel, the guy who parks your car is almost always not the person who or even shift who returns it. Everytime I go to Vegas, the guy who takes my keys is looking for tip....as is the guy that returns the car. What's the rule?

 

Well I guess some places only have valet parking. I usually tip $5 before and $5 after.

 

Is it considered a dick move to visually inspect your car (do the slow walk around upon return) in front of the valet before tipping? I've always avoided valets, so I am not quite up to par with valet etiquette.

 

the one time i use a valet they lost my keys. Jumped in another car and the keys fell out of their pocket. Luckily the found them and returned them. I had the fun of getting the managers LX 470 for 3 days while they tried to find my keys. (he let me take his car home because we didn't have extra keys on us for the MDX.) then they towed my car back to town.

i too used to work at a chevy/pontiac/caddy/subaru dealership back in highschool. yea, we beat the hell out of those cars. 3 miles on the odometer? eh who cares....... we were bad. the best part was playing bumper cars with the shitty used cars that were coming in to be sent to wholesale. (old crappy celebrities and stuff).

i would say it isn't a dick move to ask for your keys back. after my experience, i would do the same thing if i ever had to valet again.

when i took my mr2's places and somone else might drive them (even the dealer once) i would set up my standalone (power FC on the first one, Autronic on the second one) to a 2500 rpm redline., leave a note in the car saying that the milage, gas level, and digital pictures of all sides of the car have been taken,and then leave that note on the dash.

 

I vallet all the time when I go down town... no problems....

 

I used to have valet parking outside my office, and one day they brought down my car (not my Z) with the tires flat!

Not exactly a horrible experience, but I don't believe I'll ever pay someone to take my car out of my possession to have it parked.

 

More then likely the guy that takes your keys and hands you your ticket is NOT the person that's going to park your car. Unless you used the above metioned technique of tipping well or paying for a spot up front. Some places will take your keys even if they let you park up top, they'll usually let you park if you want to though. They have to take your keys for insurance reasons. If we don't have the keys to a car were NOT responsible for it. PERIOD. Most places are like that. Doesn't matter what happens to the car, so I do suggest you a least give up the keys after you park it yourself, just to cover your own ***. Getting back to the subject, the guy handing you your ticket is more than likely a supervisor/manager (like myself) so he's the person you wanna talk to, he can have someone he trusts park it or maybe even do it himself if your cool about it. I do it all the time. This is how I make my $$$. I never bring up a car nor do I park a car unless specifically asked to by a guest. I also get 10% of what each one of my guys make. When it's busy(always is) the runners will be bringing up cars like crazy I hold all their keys once there up to the front. Why, so they can go get another car and make more $$. I give the keys to the guest and they give me the runners $$. I give it to them when they bring up the next car. There is a lot of trust going on here but I have never once cheated one of my guys. I handed one of them $126 for a tip once. I could have easily given the $50 and they would have been happy as hell. Were all really good friends so nobody ever gets stupid.

 

And you, WashUJon can park my Baby anytime!! You I trust!

How can you trust anyone you don't know, is the whole thing!

 

What does the red "valet key" do that I received with the Z?

 

Can someone tell me what the purpose of a valet is?

Why would you pay some punk kid money to park a 30,000+ machine?

Valets are a waste and all they do is occupy space. They are only good for one thing. For fat lazy old people who pull up in their Benz's and Bimmer's!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Usually a valet key will not open the trunk or a glovebox if they are locked by one or the main keys.

 

The 350 has two trip meters (A & B) next to the main odometer and the timer/trip meter on the dash gauge.

Three total.

On a trip for work where I had no choice but to have my car parked at the hotel (I needed help getting equipment out. I had about $50k worth of stuff that I needed to keep my eyes on, and it wasn't the Z) I did however let my paranoia get the better of me. I set the "B" trip odometer to zero, switched it back to the "A" meter (which had miles on it) then set the dash timer/odometer to zero). When I checked the car during my departure everything looked kosher. The "B" meter matched the dash meter to a tee. The guy that brought me my car asked me a lot of questions about the car. It was a memorable conversation. One thing that eased my nerves was seeing a Benz AMG waiting in front of me before I left my keys with them. I figured they would choose that over mine.

 

I've recently started getting into the habit of valeting my own car, parking and retrieving it myself, taking the keys with me (depending on the policy). It's worked out really well, and gives me much more peace of mind.

 

what would setting the rev limiter do?

valet guy: "ooh, a blinking light! i better slo..... nah F*** it."

 

Umm... reading your last sentence... of how you had to assure him and give him your word... makes me think that you ****ed around with alot of other cars.

Valet sucks. I always park up front and pay money for it.