Originally Posted by shapeshifter309

You would be surprised. With my rear tires the way they are, semi-wet pavement can be a lot of fun. These cars can be amazingly easy to handle while drifting.

As for the comment about some people not knowing how to shift it into reverse, I've had that happen. I do love when one of them either takes the time to come ask me or actually sits and thinks about what that little "R" off of the main tree diagram really means. I watched one guy who was a little too embarrassed to come ask figure it out fairly quickly after looking at it for a second and then lifting it. I was proud of him.

Speaking of valets, took my car to the car wash today (don't worry, it's a rather nice one; the service I question now). I had the interior cleaned, which is a separate part of the wash. With the wash, you drive your car yourself. With the interior cleaning part, they drive it for you onto a conveyor platform, which on a good day they'll actually use, so it doesn't require them to drive it much.

Anyways, today I was watching them as they finished up and were about to move it. I had three of them hanging around the driver's seat talking and one got in the car. I have no idea why he would ever think it was a good idea (I was watching them, and they could see me watching them), but I guess his coworkers who where talking to him at the time convinced him he should try to drive stick when he didn't know how. Needless to say, I watched the kid look at the shifter for a second, look at his coworker and shrug. He was about to get out, but they told him how to put it in gear. I'm sure you know what happens next. He forgets to take the handbrake off and stalls the car rather painfully, at which point I stepped out of the waiting room and "politely" told him "If you don't know how to drive manual, don't get in a manual car. This is why I ask if you guys know how to drive stick shift. You're going to ruin my transmission."

That being said, I'm never letting them drive my car again. They do a good job there for a good price... I'm just not willing to let them fool around with my Ava and damage something.

Sorry that was a long post. In regards to the main topic, I've seen some pretty bad things happen to one of my family member's Mercedes in a garage owned by the condo in which they live. I've never let a valet park my car unless I had no other choice. There's enough horror stories to go around.