I'm so F'EN PISSED OFF.

[Mr.Coupe]

Last night I make plans to take my wife out for diner and a movie (Fast Five) at CityWalk. I pull into the valet parking and leave the car. I even show the attendant how to turn the car on. i buy the tickets through fandango. We get to the movie and we are told that we have the 2 seats at the very front and to top it off the movie is in IMAX. I go to guest services and get a refund. My wife and I go to get the car and go for dinner at a nice Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills. The same guy bring me the car. We take off and when we get to the light and take off it feels like I'm taking off in 3rd gear. Luckaly I'm near the Nissan dealership so I pull into the parking lot. I park the car and turn in off. I pop the hood to look and smell just to make sure these guys didn't treat my car like crap. I get back into the car and try to put it into reverse, but the car doesn't go into reverse. It wont even go into 1st, 2nd, 4th or 5th gears. I drive back to the valet and talk to the manager. He writes a report and tells me to call the corporate office on Wednesday. If they don't fix my car I'll get my lawyers involved and they don't want that. So now my car is down. I'm pretty sure they idiot didn't know how to put the car into reverse and slammed it in, braking a clip or something inthe shift linkage. Sorry for the long story, but i just had to vent out. I'm so mad .

Ricky C.

[LongBeachCoupe]

Dont even bother calling the main office without a lawyer on retainer (or even better yet, have a lawyer friend call them on your behalf)

This doesnt sound good at all, and many times they arent insured for this stuff and had some clown driving...

The only valet that sees my car is the guy who I hand $10 to and ask where I can park my own ride!~

[Jman0711]

ouch dude that really sucks. I'd be super pissed off to, definitely find out what they broke and they will have to pay for it. Hope it works out for you.

[LongBeachCoupe]

def hang out and get a good look at that driver!

[wade001]

thats why I dont let people drive my car other then myself because #1 95% of them dont know how to really drive stick if at all, #2 they dont know what a 6spd is, and #3... They dont care about your car like you do!!! My fiancee is scared of trying to drive my car cuz she knows what it means to me lol... I just really dont trust anyone with my car unless I'm right there, I'd rather park my car 3 blocks away rom a place instead of having valet. Sorry, this really sucks for you.. I know I would be livid!

[Viper5000]

What if the guy didn't do anything and its just the shotty SFR job gone wrong.........????? jk

[downedzephyr]

if it makes you feel better, people keep hitting my car when i'm parked at school. it's f*** lame.

[jewelz505]

O HELLLL NOOO! my fav boosted a/c?!? sorry about what happened dude. i hope everything works out for you bro.

[IBCoupe]

Oh nooooooo!
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[DReed86]

What if the guy didn't do anything and its just the shotty SFR job gone wrong.........????? jk

Thats kind of what I was thinking....... but damn Ricky that sucks you have already been though so much already with this car.. I hope its an easy fix

[Mr.Coupe]

What if the guy didn't do anything and its just the shotty SFR job gone wrong.........????? jk

Thats kind of what I was thinking....... but damn Ricky that sucks you have already been though so much already with this car.. I hope its an easy fix

The job SFR did on the car is just perfect. Well worth the wait trust me. There would be no reason for this to happen to the shifter. i've abused the SIHT out of the car and NOT ONE THING has gone wrong or has happend to the car. This was def cause by the idiot valet driver not knowing how to put the car in reverse properly and slamming it into reverse instead of lifting the ring under the knob.

Ricky C.

[Mr.Coupe]

Called the corporate office today and spoke to the lady in charge. I told her the whole story and what not. She said she was going to report it to their insurance company and I would receive a phone call from the insurance company in a couple of days. I'll give it 2 days and if I don't get a call I will call her back to sound SERIOUS and let her know I want my car fixed or I will get my lawyers involved.

Ricky C.

[LongBeachCoupe]

Called the corporate office today and spoke to the lady in charge. I told her the whole story and what not. She said she was going to report it to their insurance company and I would receive a phone call from the insurance company in a couple of days. I'll give it 2 days and if I don't get a call I will call her back to sound SERIOUS and let her know I want my car fixed or I will get my lawyers involved.

Ricky C.

This is grown folks business, you need not reiterate your request.
If you are not contacted by weeks end, have a lawyer fedex some letterhead to their corp office and tell me to buy the domain XYZVALETSUCKS.com that applies to their name.

[Ranga14]

omg, that's hard to hear although like some have said, I don't think I would let anyone touch my car, especially after all that work that was done. And btw, SFR did a good job for a company that had their first foray into converting our cvt coupe to mt. If anyone does extensive research then you'll fully understand that it is NO WALK IN THE PARK. Anyway, let us know how it turns out.

[dldjros69]

omg, that's hard to hear although like some have said, I don't think I would let anyone touch my car, especially after all that work that was done. And btw, SFR did a good job for a company that had their first foray into converting our cvt coupe to mt. If anyone does extensive research then you'll fully understand that it is NO WALK IN THE PARK. Anyway, let us know how it turns out.

Didn't that other dude get his car swapped by a lesser known company in a tenth of the time?

[dldjros69]

Oh and I'm sorry this happen to your coupe. I hope it gets fixed asap

[InfinitiEric]

Oh and I'm sorry this happen to your coupe. I hope it gets fixed asap

All that work put into your car and some idiot who probably dropped out of high school destroyed it in one night. Not cool at all.

Called the corporate office today and spoke to the lady in charge. I told her the whole story and what not. She said she was going to report it to their insurance company and I would receive a phone call from the insurance company in a couple of days. I'll give it 2 days and if I don't get a call I will call her back to sound SERIOUS and let her know I want my car fixed or I will get my lawyers involved.

Ricky C.

This is grown folks business, you need not reiterate your request.
If you are not contacted by weeks end, have a lawyer fedex some letterhead to their corp office and tell me to buy the domain XYZVALETSUCKS.com that applies to their name.

If you don't hear back from them soon, it'll be time to get the law involved. Also, depending on if laws necessitates it or allows it in your city, you should request to file a police report and/or property damage report with your local police station and have them document all of the damages to your Altima, both textually and visually.

The lawyer you put on retainer will most likely charge you $200 to fill out a template with his/her letterhead and forward it to the valet company. You might be able to find someone to do it for much cheaper where you live because that's just the price-point for lawyers that I've come across near me. Or you could just fill out an Intent to Sue template yourself and not pay the fee - here's an example of one.

Good luck with everything buddy, I really hate to hear about your car being damaged. I hope that valet guy gets fired.

[Mr.Coupe]

Thanks for the info and help InfinitiEric. My car was finished today. I haven't picked it up from the dealer yet. I told the insurance that I was getting frustrated with her giving me the run around and we ready to call my lawyer and insurance company. She said " There's no need to get your lawyer involved unless you like paying for them." I replied with "I don't mind getting my lawyer involved at all and it wouldn't hurt me to pay for him or his law firm, but I will not pay for him your company will after I'm done sueing them." Half an hour later she called me back with an authorization that they are covering all the work and if I has a rental car. She changed her tone and ways with me 180 degrees after I threatend her with my lawyer.

Ricky C.

[InfinitiEric]

Great to hear! :

[IBCoupe]

Wooot, lawyers!

[Ranga14]

omg, that's hard to hear although like some have said, I don't think I would let anyone touch my car, especially after all that work that was done. And btw, SFR did a good job for a company that had their first foray into converting our cvt coupe to mt. If anyone does extensive research then you'll fully understand that it is NO WALK IN THE PARK. Anyway, let us know how it turns out.

Didn't that other dude get his car swapped by a lesser known company in a tenth of the time?

No, not exactly. A lot less work was done to that car (aside from the swap) and it was done by a Nissan dealer and it still took a long period of time considering he went from some joe bob shop to the dealer. You have to understand that the majority of the process spent was on securing parts FOR the swap. Not the swap itself.