Quote Originally Posted by ARFNSX
Honestly I am not going to get into a pissing match whether the valet did it or not but I am asking for the evidence to tell the truth....

Do you remember the restaurant where the valet parked your car? If so go back there and first see if there are curbs that can be hit and on what side. You will be surprised to know alot of parking lots dont have curbs, just open parking areas.

Also what wheel was curbed? Passenger side? Driver Side? Front? Rear? This will also help show which way the car was going....remember valets spend alot of time in reverse. so if the scratch marks are going forward or backwards will help...

I bring all of this up because I usually get 1-2 calls per week regarding claims like this. Dont get me wrong, we do have insurance and we pay most of these claims once the edivence proves it but if the evidence doesnt show we did it, then I have to shoot it down. (meaning there isnt anything possible for the wheel to hit)

I can tell you countless stories about people blaming valets when they might have inadvertently hit their own wheel.

I am not trying to defend the valets at all because I actually get alot of business from other valet companies that treat their restaurant and guest like this. I just want to help you get to the bottom of this.

Thanks. I'm not upset, honestly. The car is old, the wheels are well, wheels.
I guess I'm more alarmed that if you go out often, you HAVE to valet often downtown, which increases the chance of something happening if you valet or makes things a PITA if you don't want to.

As I stated in the first post, it had me pretty stumped about the curb rash (which is on the rear passenger wheel) as I KNOW I didn't do it. I played it over and over in my head. It wasn't until I was out again (Kat's on Piedmont Rd) and the valet wrecked the E39 5 did I think "wait, maybe that explains it".

Not out to get valets, considering I must have valeted dozens and dozens of times over the years I have been fortunate that I have been injury free.

One time, about 6 years ago, I noticed some keys left in my old GS 400. They had a Valet tag on it. I called and was the valet at Lenox Mall and well the poor guy was going nuts that he lost the keys a couple days earlier.

I drove back and returned the keys and told the manager don't fire the guy, I am sure it was a mistake.