My neighbor had a Shelby Charger back when they were new. Somehow a valet lost it on a spiral ramp in a garage and got it wedged in the ramp where they needed to mangle it with a forklift to free it. Then he tried to hand the keys back with the disclaimer highlited and walk away like nothing happened.
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Dec. 17, 2009 1:58 a.m. Wally SuperDork
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Dec. 17, 2009 7:27 a.m. pete240z Dork
My boss owns a Dodge Charger SRT8 that just growls...........we valet parked at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit and had dinner one night and the Valet guy came roaring around the corner when he returned the car.
My boss laughed because he too loved all the performance and he thought it was cool that somebody else could enjoy it.
I have "fought" to not valet park my cars for almost 30 years.
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Dec. 17, 2009 8:33 p.m. porksboy Dork
How about leaving something over night in cold weather that has a carburetor. Should be fun watching a kid raised on fuel injection try to start it in the am.
On my Spitfire I have a wooden shift knob with out the shift patern medalion. I pull it in to spaces and figure most wouldnt know how to find reverse. Of course if they just pushed it out...
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Dec. 18, 2009 12:02 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork
you need a saab then.. fun watching people reach for the key on the column
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Dec. 18, 2009 8:51 a.m. sachilles HalfDork
We have valet's where I work. They'd be beat within an inch of their lives if they did anything more than 15mph in a guest's car.
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Dec. 18, 2009 9:02 a.m. mtn SuperDork
I valet sometimes in the summer. I have come to the conclusion that there was no need to improve on the key. Why are we doing these push-button starts? They are stupid and don't work. Also, a gear shift shouldn't have three steps to shift (I'm talking to you, new BMW X5's)
Never taken a joy ride, but did have to "teach" a woman how to drive stick once. She was blocking people behind her.
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Dec. 18, 2009 9:09 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork
ever seen valets jump into old Ferrari's with the different shift pattern? They go to put it in first, in actuality, they just put it in reverse, take off backwards - fun to watch...
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Dec. 18, 2009 9:14 a.m. cwh SuperDork
"They go to put it in first, in actuality, they just put it in reverse, take off backwards - fun to watch... " I would consider that a death wish if it was my Sentra, much less an old Ferrari.
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Dec. 18, 2009 9:34 a.m. Spinout007 HalfDork
aussiesmg wrote:
Sleeping pitbull on the back seat.... be very very quiet
Funny you mention that.... I was discussing concealed carry permits a few ago with a reserve LEO/gun shop owner. He told me a story of a little old lady that wanted a .357 mag for personal defence, but at the same time she had a mastiff that rode everywhere with her. He told her that she really didn't need the gun but sold it to her anyway, and put her through the concealed carry coarse. Apparently about 6 months later she came back in to see if he would buy back the gun, she told him that she had gone to the mall and parked out a ways so no one would bother the dog, and gone shopping, long story short, some guy got into the passenger side of her car when she came back to it, and pulled a knife on her, the mastiff in the back seat being quiet as can be till that point, when the guy threaten's the lady, the dog comes flying out of the back seat and latches on to his shoulder. Needless to say the gun never got pulled and she realized he was right about not needing the gun with a REALLY big freakin dog riding in the back seat. True or not, dunno, but I saw the punch line coming.
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Dec. 18, 2009 9:38 a.m. dimeadozen New Reader
From the article:
Then when he got in the car to drive away, he noticed there was a problem, "It drove really funny," O'Brien recalls. "I had to replace the spark plugs and the distributor when I got home because they were not working any more.".
huh??
