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LodiWino 10-15-2008 10:00 PM
Valet Parking
 
What do you do when the valet wants to park your 650 HP 482 SC?

Got the Bug 10-15-2008 10:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LodiWino (Post 889378)
What do you do when the valet wants to park your 650 HP 482 SC?
Keep driving man! :LOL:

Or slip the guy a twenty and ask the guy where to park. Or...don't go anywhere were you would need to valet park. :D

Jamo 10-15-2008 10:56 PM
Whether it's the Cobra or the Vette, I do the same thing...slip em a $20 and park in the valet area and keep the keys.

Never once been turned down.

CoupedUp 10-15-2008 11:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamo (Post 889387)
Whether it's the Cobra or the Vette, I do the same thing...slip em a $20 and park in the valet area and keep the keys.

Never once been turned down.
Same here.

ekrupa2 10-16-2008 06:43 AM
Would do the same...one thing I have seen mentioned is to slip in the 3000rpm chip in an MSD ignition if you have one.

Murphy 10-16-2008 06:58 AM
Ferris Buehler
 
Did you ever see this movie. Let me speak from experience with a teenage valet parking job, it does happen.

patrickt 10-16-2008 08:53 AM
Niftly Little Accessory
 
I don't let the valet, or anyone else, drive my Cobra. BUT, if I did, I would crank my adjustable rev limiter, that I have tucked in the back of my glove box, all the way down so that it would be much more difficult to get in to trouble....:cool:

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ev_limiter.jpg

Got the Bug 10-16-2008 09:33 AM
Several years ago, the valet at the Grand Hyatt Seattle wiped out the driver's side (from the front bumper to the rear bumper) of my Hertz rental.

The valet guy brought my car around and tossed me the keys...guess he didn't notice that the rearview mirror was hanging off of the door. :rolleyes:

That was fun fighting with the Hyatt and their valet contractor. I now do a quick "walk around" the car with the valet before they drive away.

patrickt 10-16-2008 09:35 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Got the Bug (Post 889463)
The valet guy brought my car around and tossed me the keys...guess he didn't notice that the rearview mirror was hanging off of the door. :rolleyes:
Kinda like this?

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/blemish.jpg

RedBarchetta 10-16-2008 10:43 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 889464)
Kinda like this?
"Sir, don't you worry...I know a detail guy that can take that right out!":3DSMILE:

Mastiff107 10-16-2008 10:51 AM
That could explain something.....I've been giving the guy a buck.

greg schroeder 10-16-2008 10:55 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by LodiWino (Post 889378)
What do you do when the valet wants to park your 650 HP 482 SC?
Give them a 10 and park it myself. They let you park in the front location because the car is cool.

or

Park in a good spot myself and walk.

Randy Rosenberg 10-16-2008 11:41 AM
This problem arises very, very rarely, since going somewhere which has a valet service would mean that da wife would not want to arrive with "Cobra hair". Guys, you know this is true...

However, I have been offered valet service at local high end hotels (Sonoma Mission Inn, Ahwahnee Lodge, etc...), and they have let me "self-park" with a generous tip.

Summer of 2007, I took da wife on a 9 day Cobra road trip visiting national and state parks. 5 minutes before we arrived at the Ahwahnee lodge, it started to rain. I pulled underneath the portoco (sp?) and the valet dude asked, "Checking in, sir?".

ME: "Yes, but can I leave my Cobra underneath the portoco until the rain stops?"

VALET DUDE: "Sure, let me check my boss - so, come back in a few hours after you've checked in and gotten a drink."

ME: "Great! Thanks (I slip him $20)."

A few hours later, the valet dude (whose name escapes right now) tells us, "My boss loves your car. She said that you can leave it here under the portoco during your entire stay with us."

ME: "Great! Thanks (I slip him another $20 and do so every day of our stay)."

It's good to be a Cobra owner! :D

Silverback51 10-16-2008 12:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy Rosenberg (Post 889505)
This problem arises very, very rarely, since going somewhere which has a valet service would mean that da wife would not want to arrive with "Cobra hair". Guys, you know this is true...

However, I have been offered valet service at local high end hotels (Sonoma Mission Inn, Ahwahnee Lodge, etc...), and they have let me "self-park" with a generous tip.

Summer of 2007, I took da wife on a 9 day Cobra road trip visiting national and state parks. 5 minutes before we arrived at the Ahwahnee lodge, it started to rain. I pulled underneath the portoco (sp?) and the valet dude asked, "Checking in, sir?".

ME: "Yes, but can I leave my Cobra underneath the portoco until the rain stops?"

VALET DUDE: "Sure, let me check my boss - so, come back in a few hours after you've checked in and gotten a drink."

ME: "Great! Thanks (I slip him $20)."

A few hours later, the valet dude (whose name escapes right now) tells us, "My boss loves your car. She said that you can leave it here under the portoco during your entire stay with us."

ME: "Great! Thanks (I slip him another $20 and do so every day of our stay)."

It's good to be a Cobra owner! :D

I could see a bidding war if it was a large group of Cobra owners.:eek::D


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