ernst tischler wrote:
I saw a guy recently walk around his very expensive car with his phone, taking a video of the outside of his car and then video of the valet driver getting into the car to park it. 

Not a bad idea.

smart. keeping an eye on the mileage is a good idea too.

I dislike Valets, because some of them do abuse cars.

About a year ago I was working in LA on a project with another photographer.
One night we checked into a hotel that had ONLY valet parking.
Now, my car is no $200k Lambo, but its got some nice custom goodies on it, and its fast.
Its actually faster than the first couple model years of the Gallardo.
I didn't want to hand over my keys.

Luckily the Valet told me I could park in one of the 3 spots right outside the front door of the hotel. Happily I backed my car in.

I started to walk into the hotel and he asked me for my keys. I told him I was leaving early in the morning, but he gave me some bullshit reason for still needing my keys and assured me he wasn't going to move my car.

Before handing over my keys I went back and reprogrammed my car for "Valet mode" which stops the engine from going above 3500rpm and lowers the amount of boost the turbo produces. In retrospect I should have reprogrammed it to "Anti-theft mode" which cripples the car so it won't even start.

Later that night I'm laying awake in the hotel and I hear a unique sounding car going around the block and down the street. I tell myself "Nah, thats probably not my car. I'm just a paranoid motherfucker".

The next morning I walk out and see my car now facing forward and slightly angled in the parking spot I had backed it into.

Fucking assholes.