View Poll Results: how much do you tip the valet?
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11.76% |
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5.88% |
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58.82% |
$10
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06-08-2014, 05:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 8,709
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tipping the valet in your Porsche
How much do you tip?
Lately I park in the same garage and see the same valets.
$5 in and $5 out. Parking is $15 - $45.
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06-08-2014, 06:01 PM
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#2
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Gone
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: NV
Posts: 249
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It wouldn't matter the car- $3 each way.
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06-08-2014, 06:02 PM
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Rookie
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Portland Oregon
Posts: 215
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You should add, "Whats a valet?" to your poll.
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06-08-2014, 06:06 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 8,709
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In NYC its the guy who makes sure your car doesn't get nicked. Come to think of it, an Abe Lincoln is sounding a little chiseler like.
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GT3 Recaro Seats - Boxster Red
GT3 Aero / Carrera 18" 5 spoke / Potenza RE-11
Fabspeed Headers & Noise Maker
BORN: March 2000 - FINLAND
IMS#1 REPLACED: April 2010 - NEW JERSEY -- LNE DUAL ROW
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06-08-2014, 07:00 PM
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Eastern NC
Posts: 701
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Honestly - the Tip (not the transmission - aren't they the same everywhere?) would be different in NYC verses NC. Since I don't go anywhere - or have anywhere I want to - that has Valet service I have nothing to add.
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06-08-2014, 07:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 1,675
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Nothing...never would hand the keys to my P-cars to any valet. That's what the DD is for.
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2002 Boxster S
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PCA DE Instructor circa '95
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06-08-2014, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Miami florida
Posts: 1,591
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I cringe at valets. Too many stories of idiots who don't know how to drive a stick and frying the clutch.
I avoid like the plague any American kid valets. American kids now a days don't drive and if they do, they've never seen a stick. In fact, one of e best anti theft devices is a stick. The idiots get about a block before hey abandon the car because they don't know how to drive it.
So if I have to valet, I make sure the guy is Hispanic and speaks no English. That means he grew up in Latin America, where most cars are sticks, and he knows what he is doing. And then I tip generously.
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2000 Boxster 2.7l red/black
Previous cars
1973 Opel Manta
1969(?) Fiat 850 Convertible
1979 Lancia Beta Coupe
1981 Alfa Romeo GTV 6
1985 Alfa Romeo Graduate
1985 Porsche 944
1989 Porsche 944
1981 Triumph TR7
1989 (?) Alfa Romeo Milano
1993 Saab 9000
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06-08-2014, 09:10 PM
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Queensland, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeA
You should add, "Whats a valet?" to your poll.
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I've never seen or heard of "valet" parking and we never tip in Australia, unless its for exceptional service from (say) a waiter.....
Why would you tip someone when they are being paid to do their job??
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2001 Boxster S (triple black). Sleeping easier with LN Engineering/Flat 6 IMS upgrade, low temp thermostat & underspeed pulley.
2001 MV Agusta F4.
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06-08-2014, 10:07 PM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 3,432
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Maybe twice a year we go to a resturant that has valet. He gets a 5er when I get the car back. They pool it and split it up.
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'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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06-09-2014, 03:44 AM
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#10
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Little Switzerland, north carolina
Posts: 551
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As some have already said, I try very hard to avoid dents and dings and that also means avoiding valets.
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06-09-2014, 03:53 AM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Toronto
Posts: 2,656
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No valet for me. You should YouTube valet videos.
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06-09-2014, 04:28 AM
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Multi-Boxer Driver
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Orange Park, FL
Posts: 1,422
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I don't valet if I don't have cash on me, so I rarely ever valet.  Only places I have were at J. Alexander's ("free") and the Hilton in Daytona Beach (mandatory for their garage). Generally I do $5 in/$5 out.
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2004 Porsche Boxster 2.7 (gone  )
2004 Porsche 911 C4S Cab
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06-09-2014, 05:56 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Peoria IL
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I always wondered whether you should tip on the way in or the way out. I don't think I've ever valet parked my car being out in the suburbs, but a five-ski in and out seems fair to me. Now I want to find somewhere and do it just for the experience.
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06-09-2014, 06:06 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 175
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I never valet. I park as far away from people as possible, even in my xterra. I try and avoid any extra human involvement, most things are easier that way.
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2016 4Runner TEP
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06-09-2014, 06:12 AM
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I am my own mechanic....
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 3,432
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muzzle of Bees
I never valet. I park as far away from people as possible, even in my xterra. I try and avoid any extra human involvement, most things are easier that way.
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That's why I use the self checkout lanes. Avoid human contact.
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'04 Boxster S 50 Jahre 550 Spyder Anniversary Special Edition, 851 of 1953, 6-sp, IMS/RMS, GT Metallic silver, cocoa brown leather SOLD to member Broken Linkage.
'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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06-09-2014, 06:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Arlington Heights, IL
Posts: 1,561
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I don't even valet Avis' cars. Skip. I park and walk. After I drop off Mrs. Flavor at the front door.
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06-09-2014, 06:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: FL
Posts: 4,144
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I like the new Dodge Challenger that comes with a special Valet key, that limits revs to 4000 and turns off some other stuff I believe.
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06-09-2014, 07:01 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Midwest
Posts: 1,746
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If I know I will be valeting a car, I drive my SUV, wife's SUV or one of kids' cars. I know a couple of guys / kids that work high end restaurants as valets, some of the stories I've heard them relay that they see as amusing would make my blood boil if it were my car. If a potential headache can be avoided do so.
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06-09-2014, 07:16 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,466
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I don't believe we have any valet parking within 200 miles. Far from any celebs or big shots. Even all the capitol parking is on your own.
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06-09-2014, 07:32 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Toronto
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