[UPDATE] Valet parking an expensive car at the club... [UPDATE]

Yeah, $20 is another lap dance.
I'm not in that league, I like having an old beater car, no problem if you get a ding in parking lot.

Hey Paul, did you buy an Italian car or an American car?

Did you find that dancers were paying you more/different attention than when you show up in your beater?

Ever seen Ferris Bueller?

Can you believe Acura discounts the NSX by $20K and a 1963 GTO recently sold for $70M.

Ghost, yeah there comes a point at which cars are more art than cars.

I'm curious of the type of car we're talking here.

You've got that right. Those 250 GTOs are pieces of art.

So what did you get - a Camry?

I don't think it's kosher to trust valets - not saying they're all bad but plenty are.

And yeah - I'd be wary of driving a very nice car to a club in part b/c of too-many idiot custies which are either drunk or just aholes - I'd be especially wary if the parking-lot is not in good condition or it's tight-parking - if I had a very nice car my pref would be to pay for valet but park it myself.

I read that the NSX isn't selling that well and that the interior is a little on the cheap side for a car of that class. But otherwise a great car.

Congrats @Paul and you should tell us what kind of car you bought. Forget the special treatment at the club -- I know this blonde car-nut who would probably fall in love with you.

Originally I was thinking about getting a used McLaren but from everyone I talked to they are money pits and the extended warranty cost was just raised to $7500 a year. So I made the "smart" decision and got a 2 year old Corvette Z06. The one I got was $110k new and was almost half off that used, with only had 2000 miles and it was the last year you could get the 100k factory warranty.

As far as getting more attention from dancers, no there wasn't much of a difference. I am sure I could have tipped the manager $20 for some recommendations/introductions but I don't like to roll that way.

There was however a new 18yo DS that I wanted to give money to pretty bad but she was acting W-E-I-R-D. Looked like it was her first night. She wouldn't come to the edge of the stage when guys wanted to tip, then she wouldn't sit with customers when went to talk to them. Seemed to just circle the room super nervous. I got her to come to the side of the stage and tipped her a lot of $1s but then she wouldn't approach me at all after that. She would look the other way when she walked by and generally seemed to be intentionally ignoring or avoiding me. It was really strange. But hey I can always try again tonight!

I don't see how dancers will know what a custy drives unless they have staff tipping them of but I don't think that's a common occurrence.

This post corroborates the quote:

“People greet you according to the way you dress (car you drive) and say goodbay according to the way you behave (a gentleman vs an a**hole)”

Wow that's a big difference in price and car. I would have met myself in the middle and gotten a Shelby Cobra 427 replica or a new Porsche. To each their own.

when I roll up in my bad ass Prius...
heads turn...

If you have an issue with valet parking just park it yourself and pay the valet fee, I like the idea of security in the club parking lot, it keeps the riff-raff out and makes the area safer.

One time. many years ago, some clown wanted to "park" my Harley. I just laughed at him and parked. I told him as I walked past, beware trying to mess with the bike. You would not like to meet my friends. A threat? Nope, that was a promise.

I mentioned it to a seemingly manager once inside. He seemed to understand and said he'd address NOT parking motorcycles.