Having a valet take and park your car is at all times a harrowing expertise, however that’s as a result of there are small cases the place a valet driver takes a automobile for a joyride and it ends in catastrophe. That’s what one man goes by way of as Atlanta’s NBC affiliate 11 Alive reviews how a valet driver allegedly took his CT5-V Blackwing on a pleasure trip that led to a fairly respectable wreck.

Joe Luck — an ironic title given the scenario — lastly obtained his dream automobile after a year-and-a-half of ready: a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. However the dream ended pretty rapidly the week of July 16, when Luck dropped his automobile off on the valet earlier than heading to dinner in downtown Atlanta. Issues took a flip for the more severe from there.

Luck later informed 11 Alive that he went outdoors to search out that his automobile after dinner, which had initially been parked in entrance of the restaurant, was now not parked there. The valet service informed him that his car had been sideswiped, so it wanted to be moved.

What Luck noticed when he obtained his automobile was achieved by far more than a sideswipe. “The aspect airbags deployed on each side, after which the driving force’s aspect seat airbag deployed additionally,” Luck stated. “The rear quarter panels destroyed the rear driver’s axles off the automobile.

So, Luck, hoping to search out out what actually occurred, took to trying on the Blackwing’s built-in Efficiency Information Recorder seize, which informed a really completely different story.

You watch the car go away its parking spot in entrance of the restaurant and cruise for just a few blocks. The valet places in a few spirited pumps of the throttle earlier than slowing down to aim a u-turn. That’s when the Blackwing will get t-boned. Should you hear in, you’ll be able to hear the man behind the wheel grunt just a few instances earlier than saying, “Oh my god.” He locations a name. You may’t hear who’s on the opposite finish at first, however after they bleep out his title he says, “This isn’t an excellent one.” One other voice replies, “What’s up?” The valet replies, “I obtained **** t-boned.”

Luck, had solely had the Blackwing for six months and it had simply 4,000 miles on the time of the accident. Now he’s caught determining subsequent steps. The valet firm, Nationwide Parking, stated it terminated the driving force, and issued a assertion relating to the incident:

Nationwide Parking has been proudly serving the southeast for 40 years, delivering the very best high quality valet service within the business to a whole lot of hundreds of consumers yearly. Sadly, accidents and damages are a actuality of the valet parking business. We acknowledge that, though solely a small share of our interactions lead to claims, each incident is an inconvenience on our clients. As such, we pleasure ourselves on our fame as business leaders in managing each declare that comes by way of and guaranteeing that they’re resolved in an expeditious, truthful, and environment friendly method.

Luck, nonetheless informed 11 Alive he’s been left in the dead of night by Nationwide Parking, and hasn’t obtained any of the corporate’s insurance coverage data, which the corporate actually says within the assertion can be “resolved in an expeditious, truthful and environment friendly method.”

Whereas Luck awaits any type of assist or recourse on his destroyed Blackwing, he has made it very clear he won’t ever use a valet service once more. “…I’ll by no means valet a car ever once more. I’ll work out one thing, even when I’ve to pay additional to park my very own car. I received’t belief them with the keys to my automobile ever once more.”