Well got done eating at a expensive restaurant with my mom and a few other family members. Valet brings the car around and this is what they did. Valet tried to act like it was already their but when the manager came to look at it he said that it obviously was from the garage because it was the same color paint as the garage. So their insurance is covering it now i am in need of an excellent body shop. PS always check your care BEFORE leaving the place.

The damage

 

this is the reason why i dont let ANYONE touch my car without me in the car or watching.

 

holy shit!!

how can they make an excuse lik that wawsw there already...lol

thats a bit big to miss

 

my buddy's car got stolen from wherever the valet parked it. sucks

 

Absolutely Careless. If it was a tiny scratch, maybe but wow, the valet must have been on drugs not to notice or feel that kind of scratch when he scraped the wall like that.

 

Yeah the garage where they park is pretty small but its not ridiculously small. Plus its not like the TSX is a large car....

 

If that was my car, I would have unleashed hell and made a big scene on the valet guy for lying. I would have cussed the guy out.

 

Valet tried to act like it was already there ...some peoples kids!!!

Sorry bout your luck man! Get that thing fixed!

Did they at least have the decency to reimburse your money for dinner? Anything?

 

Sadly no but that just means ill go to the best / most expensive body shop the CO has to offer.

 

Sadly no but that just means ill go to the best / most expensive body shop the CO has to offer

Well good luck with that!

Hope everything works out for you!

 

they got jealous and they need to test drive your car in their garage it seems.

 

+1

 

Damn it man! what kind of asshat would think you were gullible enough to believe that the damage was already there. Like you weren't smart enough to know the truth. I bet you felt like whipping his ass.

 

Yeah I was livid but the manager gave me what I want so no need to make a scene. It looks even worse in the sunlight

 

Ouch!

 

That's pretty bad. Nice that the manager was professional enough to admit and take responcibility for the damage.

 

+2

 

make sure you get the suspension checked out. based on the pix it seems the tire was curbed or something. check your alignment!

 

I agree, make sure you get a couple reputable body shops take a look at the damage, it looks like in the first picture that the body lines/ door gaps have shifted, look how tight the passenger door and rear door look, I got rear-ended at VERY low speeds, so low there was no damage done to my car, a slight indent, but it was enough to shift all my body lines on the passenger side.

 

Yeah so the estimates thus far have been around $3,100

 

Ouch! ^

 

looks like one of the rims is curbed
so far you got 4 new rims, 4 new tires, new door panel, new side skirts, and a whole car paintjob hahaha

 

go after depreciated value as well ... since ur car will now have body filler in the rear door and panel, it's never going to be the same ... talk to thier insurance company about depreciated value ... good get a nice chunk of money

 

X2 get you some wheels out of the deal lol

 

Sheesh. Was this valet guy drunk? This is one of the reasons I'm weary about getting my car valet parked. If I can avoid it I do. However, some places purposefully have no available parking except for valet. When one is with a date or out with others in these instances driving several blocks away just to find parking is out of the question.

 

I do not permit my car to be valet parked. Ever. I am the only person who drives it, period. And this is exactly why.

 

i feel your pain.
last time i valeted a car, they backed it to close to something and somehow broke the rear window. they tried to clean it up so i couldn't see any broken glass. entirely swept up the rear seat and everything. and i think they must have finished breaking all the rest of the glass off the window frame. worst thing was, it wasn't even my car. luckily my friend understood. and the valet actually paid for it.

 

I definitely feel your pain...

I could never understand why ppl ASSume a valet will take good care of a strangers car? To add insult to injury, ppl even tip them!

For crying out loud didn't anyone ever learn anything from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off?"

 

wow, how are they gona act like that was there....

 

sorry to hear that...maybe get the new tsx? heh

i think ive only had my valet once because there was absolutely no parking...yet when i was watching the movie, i just didnt feel comfortable letting a complete stranger drive my car.

 

Well the restaurant is in down town Denver. So parking is a bitch and not free. Its like 12 bucks but most nice restaurants offer "complementary valet" so just have to tip the valet and its all good. But I have valet my car many times before this without issue. Just pisses me off...

 

wow I mean accidents happen but for him to try and lie about is complete bs and I would have been PISSED. Good luck on the repairs and good thing the manger admited it.

 

I haven't used valet on my TSX and now I never will.

 

It was already there!?

I would've been all over them like stink on sh*t if they said that to me!!

I've always been a little wary of valetting, but I'll probably steer clear even more now just cause of that. Makes me burn inside just thinking of it.

 

Job Opening!

 

I would have ripped his fucking head off.............saying he didnt do it! Then I would have asked him then who did dumbass!? Its obvious that the driver of the vehicle scraped a painted pole or wall! I know from experience what different types of impacts look like and no hit / run in that case. Thats why no one drives my car. A valet had a small accident with my moms Jag and she didnt notice until she got home. And of course they denied any wrong doing.

Always check your car after leaving any public place even if you parked it. And park as far away from other cars as possible. And dont park in New York city streets. Trust me.

 

it's good you could at least hold the guy responsible for damaging your car.

my car got scrapped up a month ago in a parking lot and i'll never be able to find the a-hole that did it.

 

damn that sux

 

//UPDATE

 

Very nice repaint. Big difference from the post-valet crisis. Congrats.

How much did the paint set you back?