I Love My New Valets!

"rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S" (rb1971)
09/27/2016 at 22:31 • Filed to: None

I just moved into a new full-service building in San Francisco. Which is basically great, except all parking has to be done with 24 hour valets. Before I moved in, I brought over my Lincoln and explained that while I have a few nice cars, this is the only one I really care about that is irreplaceable (the E9 doesn’t ever park here), and that they should be extra careful with it. They agreed to park it in a special spot away from where most of the car moving gets done. I also tipped (bribed) the crap out of them.

Fast forward to last Saturday. I hadn’t driven the Lincoln in 2 weeks and planned to take some folks up to Napa. I called down and when I got the car it had scratches all over the passenger doors. (Fortunately nothing through the paint.)

I didn’t get mad at the valet who delivered the car since it was clear he didn’t know anything. But I am super frustrated that, sometime in the last 2 weeks, someone damaged my car and then handed it back hoping I wouldn’t notice. Because of course once you drive out of the building, you did it yourself. I know how these things work.

They have agreed to pay for me to get it fixed exactly as I see fit (and that will likely be expensive), and any machine can be fixed, but how do I trust that they are being careful with my other cars now, and would disclose problems that occur?

Ugh.

DISCUSSION (10)

CB > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
09/27/2016 at 22:39

Wow, that’s bullshit. Full service sounds great until you actually have to use it.

rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S > CB
09/27/2016 at 22:41

I like all of it except the valet stuff.

A co-worker did point out that in a normal garage a neighbor could do this and you’d never figure it out or get someone to pay for it, so in some respects having the valet cause the damage is an advantage. Not totally illogical.

RallyWrench > rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S
09/27/2016 at 23:04

Any chance you can use that as leverage to park your own car? Just starting in a new building and they damage an obviously special car for which specific instructions have been given? Nope nope nope.