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Had a similar experience.
Went to a real fancy restaurant with Velocity and Bob McKee. Can't remember the name of the place but can find out. No place to park but they offered valet parking, so I tipped the guy $20.00 bucks up front and asked him to park our Mercedes-Benz SL 500 carefully as I'm very cautious about door dings.
To my dismay, the next day I found a paint chip in the driver's door.
Told Stacy we would NEVER valet park her car again. In fact, if we have to attend a function where our only option is valet parking we will rent a car and let the rental car take the abuse.
Case in point, this last weekend for Detail Fest instead of driving my truck or her MB we rented a Ford Edge. Cost us $84.00 and
ZERO risk of door dings, scrapes, getting keyed, flat tires, fender benders during the drive to and from the company event.
The peace of mind and assurance of zero problems was more than worth the $84.00 I did the same thing for Mobile Tech Expo and after driving the horrific roads under construction to Orlando for that event again the cost of the rental car for the weekend was nothing compared to the potential damage that could have happened to, at or driving home from this event. My buddy Bob Phillips from P&S Sales had his rental car stolen from the parking lot at the MTE hotel. (Double Tree).
Remember this and think about taking up this option next time you're in this position.
