Valet Parking GT!!!???

[2015 drof]

Has anyone had any valet issues with their new 2015, specifically GT, actually all levels of Mustang, across the board? Has any one used the key fob to limit the cars capabilities?
Thanks!

Also, i think i used too many exclamation point in the title, sorry about that. Haha.

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[danielc]

tip them extra and i will drive it to car park? i haven't been in the situation yet but i wouldn't want to allow it. the funny thing is though, when i was at a hotel for a job, there were jaguar's, ferrari, porche..you know the cars, that were in line to be parked. the difference is i don't have money to waste should something happen. would rather not chance it.

 

[Waylap1]

Oh hell no. When a valet kid goes home after work, do you think he says to his girlfriend....." Yup, got to drive that new GT mustang tonight....babied it real easy like it was my own"

 

[Clink]

I've never tried but I would prefer to tip the guy and park it myself, and keep the keys.

I'm sure they have rules against that but worth a shot..

EDIT - HELL NO

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[Waylap1]

I know they're experienced professional people, but there's that one in a million that might possibly maybe just a little, horse your car.

 

[2015 drof]

tip them extra and i will drive it to car park? i haven't been in the situation yet but i wouldn't want to allow it. the funny thing is though, when i was at a hotel for a job, there were jaguar's, ferrari, porche..you know the cars, that were in line to be parked. the difference is i don't have money to waste should something happen. would rather not chance it.

True that!

 

[Farmundeh]

No issues, simply because I refuse to hand my keys over. I rather look for parking on the street and take my chances.

 

[Toofarfromjune]

Yeah I only valet boring rental cars while on vacation. I'm in the group of just find your own parking and walk in, because as much as I love my cars I'd feel like quite a douche canoe asking for special treatment with my lowly ford or honda among a sea of exotic six figure pimp mobiles.

 

[2015 drof]

Yeah I only valet boring rental cars while on vacation. I'm in the group of just find your own parking and walk in, because as much as I love my cars I'd feel like quite a douche canoe asking for special treatment with my lowly ford or honda among a sea of exotic six figure pimp mobiles.

Lololol! Well said. sometimes I feel the same way.

 

[tsunami]

I am planning on installing a dash cam. It will turn on every time the car is running. It has a small LED screen to play back recording. I already have one on another car. Not only for valet parking but for insurance/police if an idiot runs into me.

 

[MELLOWYELLOW06]

I was staying at Harrahs in Vegas years ago. They were building the new towers out back so there was open land covered in fine dirt. My brother tells me at dinner there was a sports car, kind of looked like your vette having a blast in the back lot drifting everywhere kicking up dirt. He said it was "a free cool show".

Didnt think much of it until I had valet bring my car the next day. I parked a blue vette but they brought up a light beige, dirt covered vette. I instantly knew whose car was drifting out back. They took a report, found out who parked it, verified surveillance videos and I heard the guy got fired, but ................

 

[activeGT]

It's a fricking Ford.

 

[2015 drof]

It's a fricking Ford.

I agree, but sometimes one man's Ford is another's Ferrari. $36,000 doesn't come easy for everyone.

 

[Clink]

I am planning on installing a dash cam. It will turn on every time the car is running. It has a small LED screen to play back recording. I already have one on another car. Not only for valet parking but for insurance/police if an idiot runs into me.

What model dash cam do you have?

 

[analogman]

It may only be a "Ford", but, you might be shocked at what some valet parkers will do to it. I would never, under any conditions, valet park my Mustang, or any other car with a standard transmission (they'll all say they can drive a stick, but how many 19 year old slackers really can?).

I've had a couple of bad experiences. With a 2001 Acura CL with a 6 speed stick, a parking lot attendant said 'sure, I can drive a stick'. When I got the car back at the end of the day, the clutch pedal engagement point was very different, at the top of the travel. The car had 6 more miles on it that when I left it in the morning. The clutch was toast, and had to be replaced (the car had 11k miles). Of course, the parking garage denied all responsibility, and even though the car was under warranty, clutches are not covered. That day of parking ended up costing me over $1000.

Another time (long ago) I valet parked a 1985 Pontiac Firebird. While I was waiting for the car, I heard the distant sounds of a revving engine and squealing tires. As my blood pressure rapidly rose, my car appeared around a turn on the garage. The attendant got out and said, 'wow, it really gets rubber!'.

Those two experiences have sworn me off of 'valet' parking with any manual transmission or any car with remotely sporting pretentions. When the outcome means either eating a big repair or suing, it's just not worth it...

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