Do you valet your 911?
04-27-2018, 08:57 PM
#46
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I always ask the valet only places to allow me to take my car into the garage with the valet as a passenger. Usually works.
Last edited by 4pipes; 04-28-2018 at 02:02 AM.
04-27-2018, 08:59 PM
#47
04-27-2018, 09:11 PM
#48
Nordschleife Master
Always valet car
Tell them feel free to take car out for a spin if they have some downtime
Also tell them how much fun launching and doing donuts with the car is
NOT!
Tell them feel free to take car out for a spin if they have some downtime
Also tell them how much fun launching and doing donuts with the car is
NOT!
04-27-2018, 10:35 PM
#49
Great posts. I’m happy I’m not alone in my OCD. I usually take a picture of the odometer with my phone before handing over the keys and my current car is nothing to brag about (C2S coming in 26 days!).
04-27-2018, 10:58 PM
#50
Rennlist Member
Oh boy, I know where to come for a well looked after car, you folks!
I only valet where mandatory (no posing at the mall) lots of restaurants and businesses even are like that where I live. None of them take it off site anyway and they drive max 50yds, you can watch even. Higher odds of a Toyota running into me than a scuff from valet IMO.
I only valet where mandatory (no posing at the mall) lots of restaurants and businesses even are like that where I live. None of them take it off site anyway and they drive max 50yds, you can watch even. Higher odds of a Toyota running into me than a scuff from valet IMO.
04-27-2018, 11:19 PM
#51
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No.
Because I used to work as a valet in high school.
Because I used to work as a valet in high school.
04-28-2018, 10:26 AM
#54
Some places are dicks about it like Alpha Omega in Napa they make you park all the way in the back of the parking lot if you don’t let them Valet so you have to hide your nice car in the back and walk past all the civics and corollas parked out front to get to the wine.
Still worth it though. (To not have them drive your car, not their overpriced wine).
Still worth it though. (To not have them drive your car, not their overpriced wine).
04-28-2018, 01:24 PM
#55
Not a chance - ugly american
I will not valet park even a rental car and if the hotel aor resturaunt is valet only im out. There is no better example of the ugly fat americans mindset than valet parking. Get off your fat lazy **** and walk the 500 feet.
Mt buddy did it and got his 08 turbo clutch toasted. He deserved it.
Mt buddy did it and got his 08 turbo clutch toasted. He deserved it.
04-29-2018, 01:33 AM
#59
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04-29-2018, 05:01 AM
#60
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In the summer between finishing up at Northeastern and starting grad school at MIT (many many years ago now!), I worked for a valet company in Boston. We were contracted to all of the best restaurants and clubs. Besides the semi real threat of ending up in Charlestown with concrete cinderblocks on your feet if you wrecked a car, it was the best job ever for a broke college student who had a thing for cars even back then. If you couldn't afford to own a fancy car, drive someone else's.
We took particular pleasure in thrashing Porsche 911's. Owners were ALWAYS OCD about their 911's, too cheap to give you $50 to leave the car in front of the restaurant and not touch it, and were by far the WORST tippers. 1980's Masters of the Universe recently divorced and dating women younger than their daughters. We would see this over and over again.
It's like eating McDonalds. As long as you've never worked in the kitchen, you don't mind the food. Same goes for Valeting your car. I will never do it, or will pay just to leave it out front and have the valet not touch it. :-)
We took particular pleasure in thrashing Porsche 911's. Owners were ALWAYS OCD about their 911's, too cheap to give you $50 to leave the car in front of the restaurant and not touch it, and were by far the WORST tippers. 1980's Masters of the Universe recently divorced and dating women younger than their daughters. We would see this over and over again.
It's like eating McDonalds. As long as you've never worked in the kitchen, you don't mind the food. Same goes for Valeting your car. I will never do it, or will pay just to leave it out front and have the valet not touch it. :-)
Same with valets...no thanks. If I am able bodied enough to drive a Porsche then I should be able to park it too!
As for the pics of the odometer and memory scans of every panel of my car...no don't do that (am a medical professional too so know all about attention to detail) but I do note the status which i left my car when I do have to turn it over to another party (those are usually limited to the dealer, shop mechanic, or maybe my wife almost all the time)! Agree we work hard for the coin to purchase these cars (most of us I guess do) but also life is too short and its a bit unhealthy both physically and mentally to stress of some of this stuff folks....there's a reason why many Americans are overweight, have high blood pressure, and a ton of other issues which you come to people like me to treat. Learn not to sweat the small stuff! You'll live longer and get to enjoy your 991 longer too!