I’ve given the keys to every single one of my cars to the valet, except the E9 which is sufficiently custom and unique to be both difficult to drive and impossible to replace without a ton of work.

Dang fancy... valet parking at home, high rise?

You’d be amazed at the range of cars the average valet deals with.

WHY?!

I don’t valet because it makes me feel like human scum.

Came here to mock the too-smart-to-valet chest-puffers. Leaving delighted by the preemptive dismissal of same.

Funny thing is the valet mode still has 300 hp. The car is such a pig that 300 hp feels slow to a kid who’s parking minivans all day.

Good point. 99% of my valet experiences have been fine. I valet all the time. Shit happens, right?

Just to add, I figure the chance of my car getting hit/door-dinged/keyed/broken into in an unattended self-parking situation are just as good as having an issue with the valet.

That logic has some serious holes in it but I’ll give you a star for the 7-series comment.

Was a valet for throughout college at a nice restaurant. Never took any of the cars above 10mph, but always enjoyed driving so many unaffordable cars. And the challenge of never stalling an unfamiliar manual.

I drive into the Bronx a lot for work and have to park in one of those valet garages. The valets are good, never have time to go joyriding in your car, and always park me near the booth so it’s ready when I leave. This is a stick 14 Mustang GT. It really depends on the kind of place. Casino hotel where they park you 5…

Clearly this is exactly what I’m saying except for the part where I never said or even remotely implied that.

Its quite rare. I did Valet for 3 years and I only saw a car get totaled once and it wasn’t even the Valet’s fault. Drunk driver blew a red light and T-Boned a brand new 7 series.

Love this comment.

Haha. Idiot Valets. That said, when I did valet I definitely had some fun but didn’t do reckless shit in some of the faster cars I drove (F430 Scud, Nissan GT-R, 997 911 Turbo, R8 V-10.) Go ahead, bitch at me I know im going to get the Hur, Dur, Valets are evil response.

HARUMPH GRUMPF THIS IS WHY I DON’T VALET LOOK AT ME I’M SUCH A RESPONSIBLE PERSON UNLIKE THIS GENTLEMAN HARUMPH I GUESS YOU SHOULD BE GLAD YOU HAD VALET MODE AM I RIGHT BUDDY?!?!

I was really hoping to see the gears through some kind of transparent cover.

Come to Philly! We can do the very same comparison again!!!