This is why I never leave keys when parking
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that's dumb to turn your keys over to someone you don't know like that. Plus you would think on a vet the owner would notice it has about 100 more miles than what he put on it when living for a vacation.
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
that's dumb to turn your keys over to someone you don't know like that. Plus you would think on a vet the owner would notice it has about 100 more miles than what he put on it when living for a vacation.
Unless you wrote down the mileage, there's really no way of knowing / remembering how much mileage you left the car with vs when you picked it up.
When i left my car at a parking garage before going on a cruise, I TOOK THE KEYS WITH ME!!
that's dumb to turn your keys over to someone you don't know like that. Plus you would think on a vet the owner would notice it has about 100 more miles than what he put on it when living for a vacation.
Unless you wrote down the mileage, there's really no way of knowing / remembering how much mileage you left the car with vs when you picked it up.
When i left my car at a parking garage before going on a cruise, I TOOK THE KEYS WITH ME!!
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman
that's dumb to turn your keys over to someone you don't know like that. Plus you would think on a vet the owner would notice it has about 100 more miles than what he put on it when living for a vacation.
Yeah but you forget that most Corvette owners are dumb
that's dumb to turn your keys over to someone you don't know like that. Plus you would think on a vet the owner would notice it has about 100 more miles than what he put on it when living for a vacation.
Yeah but you forget that most Corvette owners are dumb
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Typical scum bag. That's why you never valet park if you can avoid it.
Originally Posted By: hattaresguy
Typical scum bag. That's why you never valet park if you can avoid it.
Exactly.
I'll tip the valet guy to let me park the car and pick it up myself. Basically tip him so I can get a safe spot.
Typical scum bag. That's why you never valet park if you can avoid it.
Exactly.
I'll tip the valet guy to let me park the car and pick it up myself. Basically tip him so I can get a safe spot.
nearly 30 years ago, I worked as a valet for a posh Connecticut Country Club - an interesting summer job. Most valets are honest and hard-working...but, treat them poorly, stiff them a few times, or treat them like they're your servant, and you've set the tone on how you would like your car to be treated.
The sweet little old lady, in her canary yellow caddie with less than 8,000 miles on it, always, and I mean always, gave me a quarter...but to her, that was a big deal, she was a child of the depression...so her caddie was always treated carefully.
The owner of the local Rolls-Royce dealership always gave me $5 up front, along with some instructions on parking his Corniche Convertible...and I followed them to the letter.
The jerk with the black Jag, who always "forgot" to have change, who ordered me around like an indentured servant? Well...when the lot was full, I had to chose which cars to park near the 18th green...
Not excusing this behaviour (reminds me of the two guys in Ferris Bueller's Day Off), but if you take care of the valet (in advance if you're new to the place), and treat him with some decency, he'll take care of your car.
You should see how carefully the valets treat my 1990 4Runner (hardly an expensive car) when I chat with them like equals and give them a few $$ in advance....
The sweet little old lady, in her canary yellow caddie with less than 8,000 miles on it, always, and I mean always, gave me a quarter...but to her, that was a big deal, she was a child of the depression...so her caddie was always treated carefully.
The owner of the local Rolls-Royce dealership always gave me $5 up front, along with some instructions on parking his Corniche Convertible...and I followed them to the letter.
The jerk with the black Jag, who always "forgot" to have change, who ordered me around like an indentured servant? Well...when the lot was full, I had to chose which cars to park near the 18th green...
Not excusing this behaviour (reminds me of the two guys in Ferris Bueller's Day Off), but if you take care of the valet (in advance if you're new to the place), and treat him with some decency, he'll take care of your car.
You should see how carefully the valets treat my 1990 4Runner (hardly an expensive car) when I chat with them like equals and give them a few $$ in advance....
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