Does valet make you nervous too?

[bhop]

I've been wary of valets and generally try to avoid them unless I have no choice (or am in someone else's car) ever since I saw some valet guys doing donuts in the middle of a Beverly Hills street in some guy's Mustang about 10 years ago. The same valets i'd just picked my car up from (I had a VW Scirocco then).

I seem to recall a post on EvolutionM where some guy's Evo was crashed into a tree by a valet. He won in court I think..

 

[kmoore]

I work at a carwash (not a bad way for a teenager to make some money), but anyway we got to pull up the cars up on what we call the track that pulls the cars through the wash.

And let me tell you, kids LEARN how to drive stick with the cars that come in here. It is really funny seeing these cars buck and jerk and then die... then finally the guys yells, "somebody go get Kyle we got a stick" hahaha.

I will never trust a valet/car wash employee drive my car no madder if it 5 feet or a 1/2 a mile.

 

[zatomz]

Well I do work valet and I wouldn't valet myself...I know what we do. I can park a car, throw it in park,take the keys out and get out faster than anyone and i'm sure after a while it takes a tole because i park the same peoples car on a regular basis at the casino....cause we do have our regulars.....I can drive a stick no problem and I definitely am one of the only ones. I had some people stall my awd talon with the stock clutch because they thought they were afraid to give it gas or something.

 

[THE REAL DEAL]

i couldn't see myself having my $1200 dsm valet parked

 

[housegsx]

I've only valet parked my car once. It was my 94 Vette and he couldn't get it to move. When he finally did, it stalled a couple times. Ass... Anyway, after that and reading http://www.thegmanifesto.com/2007/01/why-you-shouldnt-valet-park-your-car.html I won't ever have any of my cars valet parked.