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10-15-2008, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Lodi,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #773, 482 stroker, cross ram stack injection
Posts: 95
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Valet Parking
What do you do when the valet wants to park your 650 HP 482 SC?
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10-15-2008, 10:05 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,097
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LodiWino
What do you do when the valet wants to park your 650 HP 482 SC?
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Keep driving man! 
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. 
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Doug
No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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10-15-2008, 10:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Fresno,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
Posts: 14,448
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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.
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Jamo
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10-15-2008, 11:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Orange County,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF Brock Coupe #88, Keith Craft 427w
Posts: 707
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamo
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.
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Same here.
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Now back to my midlife crisis...
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10-16-2008, 06:43 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Detroit Burbs,
MI
Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner of SPF#2632
Posts: 257
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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.
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10-16-2008, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tampa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham #473 427 every option, Keithcraft aluminum FE 482 ci. Mass Flo FI. Tremec TKO 600.
Posts: 260
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Ferris Buehler
Did you ever see this movie. Let me speak from experience with a teenage valet parking job, it does happen.
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10-16-2008, 08:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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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.... 
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10-16-2008, 09:33 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
Posts: 4,097
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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. 
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.
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Doug
No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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10-16-2008, 09:35 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
Posts: 22,025
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Got the Bug
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. |
Kinda like this?
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10-16-2008, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Yorba Linda,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: SPF w/392CI stroker
Posts: 3,293
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patrickt
Kinda like this?
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"Sir, don't you worry...I know a detail guy that can take that right out!"  |
10-16-2008, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Fox Island,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: '66 Shell Valley, Original "K" Code 289
Posts: 210
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That could explain something.....I've been giving the guy a buck.
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10-16-2008, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Scottsdale,
AZ
Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance, Roush 427R-095, Pro Systems carb, 2" headers, Buckshot Racefab side pipes, 10s off idle start
Posts: 705
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LodiWino
What do you do when the valet wants to park your 650 HP 482 SC?
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Give them a 10 and park it myself. They let you park in the front location because the car is cool.
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Park in a good spot myself and walk. |
10-16-2008, 11:41 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: SF Bay Area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF #1019
Posts: 1,657
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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!
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10-16-2008, 12:47 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,029
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy Rosenberg
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! |
I could see a bidding war if it was a large group of Cobra owners. 
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