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

Joe Luck — an ironic title given the scenario — lastly acquired his dream automobile after a year-and-a-half of ready: a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. However the dream ended pretty shortly 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 instructed 11 Alive that he went outdoors to seek out that his automobile after dinner, which had initially been parked in entrance of the restaurant, was not parked there. The valet service instructed him that his car had been sideswiped, so it wanted to be moved.

What Luck noticed when he acquired his automobile was carried out by way more than a sideswipe. “The aspect airbags deployed on either side, after which the driving force’s aspect seat airbag deployed additionally,” Luck mentioned. “The rear quarter panels destroyed the rear driver’s axles off the automobile.

So, Luck, hoping to seek out out what actually occurred, took to wanting on the Blackwing’s built-in Efficiency Knowledge Recorder seize, which instructed a really totally different story.

You watch the car go away its parking spot in entrance of the restaurant and cruise for a number of blocks. The valet places in a few spirited pumps of the throttle earlier than slowing down to try a u-turn. That’s when the Blackwing will get t-boned. For those who hear in, you may hear the man behind the wheel grunt a number of 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 acquired **** 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, mentioned 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 trade to a whole lot of 1000’s of shoppers yearly. Sadly, accidents and damages are a actuality of the valet parking trade. We acknowledge that, though solely a small share of our interactions lead to claims, each incident is an inconvenience on our prospects. As such, we satisfaction ourselves on our fame as trade leaders in managing each declare that comes by and guaranteeing that they’re resolved in an expeditious, honest, and environment friendly method.

Luck, nonetheless instructed 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 info, which the corporate actually says within the assertion could be “resolved in an expeditious, honest and environment friendly method.”

Whereas Luck awaits any kind 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 determine one thing, even when I’ve to pay further to park my very own car. I received’t belief them with the keys to my automobile ever once more.”