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Originally Posted by TimT
LOL after a weekend driving my Cayman, or other German wondercars.. I get in my Subie to drive to work...press the non existent clutch, jiggle the shifter to make sure its in neutral... and try to insert the key on the left side of the steering wheel..
In the last year or so, I've been to a few restaurants in my Cayman that are Valet only... Only to be told I can park it myself..yea some places have areas for "bling" type cars, but I've been told flat out " I don't know how" regarding the manual trans,,,,
A lil tangent, one of the best Valet experiences I ever had was when I drove my F250 diesel to a catered company holiday party, and the chick in charge of the Valets.. told me hey thats a diesel, "let me leave a note so whoever tries to start it later knows to wait for the glow plugs..."
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Dollars to donuts she learned that one the hard way by frying someone's batteries trying to start a diesel the stupid way. It happened to me once a long time ago, long-term airport parking and an old MB diesel that they ran down to nothing on the battery and did not tell me, they somehow got the car started and delivered it to me running and it stalled on the freeway on South Central LA on the way home. Fun times.
I just had to valet my car a couple hours ago at a restaurant downtown. I parked it and the guy asked for the key--before I handed it over, I asked whether he knew how to drive a manual. He replied that his car was a manual. Got to love the Mexicans!
