Papapump51

Last night the 8 went down to Ruth's Chris steak house in Tampa, Pretty fancy place,,so just had to say it is so sweet owning an 8!!

We pulled up to the valet and of course there are about 15 people standing around all staring at the car... so the valet comes over and I hand him the " warning paper" that was on this site about moving and flooding it, he seem confused, so I explained it again that You can not start the car and move it around once it is parked it is park until I come out based on the engine this has..then the other 4 valets come over and they just want to see the car and the inside.... so we have dinner and come out to get the car...

There she was parked in front with a Benz, Ferrari and another Benz...was a cool feeling...knowing we have somthing special.

zaglo6204

good story. what kinda ferrari..........

was there any drool in your car?

Papapump51

No drool have to say they took real good care of her...and it was a F355

raspyrx7

F355, 360, n 430 are my favs.... So we have a special disclaimer for valets huh? This flooding thing is starting to really scare me... can't believe it'd be such an issue.

allmotorRX8

nice, good to hear
one of those good valets

spieder

Unless your dinner was over 2 hours long I don't think flooding would be an issue.

Tamas

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^^yeah, what he said.

Papapump51

TAMAS..yes I understand the whole 2 hour deal...and soemtimes it can take 2 hours in there so hence the paper and explanation to the valets...

mrkinn

Hey papa.. I was over at hollywood ( miami ) at the hard rock casino.. I didnt drive my 8 ( rode with friends ) we did the valet deal.. Parked there in front was a nice sweet *** lambo... 3 mercedes, nice bently and a mazoratti.. and then when we left a Yellow ferarri pulls up... Made me wish i had my 8 there.. someone would have looked at it!!!! How are the steaks there??? Also i saw a 350Z but it had the infinity lights on it.. said skyline?? Is this some new 350z but there using the infin. back lights???

XDEEDUBBX

they always valet mine next to the best civic! haha

cLLcLe

I never get that in San Diego...

Papapump51

funny you bring up the Skylien deal...there is an Infiniti Dealer here in TPA that has a " Skyline G35?? no clue what it is...the Steaks are great IMO, I have been to quite a few steak houses and Ruth's is my favorite! The 8 looked sweet in line with the big boys!! funny how it looks so good and costs so much less

mrkinn

Maybe someone else can help me out on this nisan G35 z350 deal.. I have been to a few myself and right now im leaning towards flemmings steak house.. pretty good not to bad on price. and for some reason i still love the outback filet.. i have cheap taste in steak what can i say???

ucfracerx8

OK MrKinn, going to try to help with the Skyline deal. Now over in Japan a G35 Coupe is a skyline and I have seen one in Orlando, a long time ago, white where the guy had pull all of the Infiniti badges off and put the skyline ones on, and I think he changed the grill as well. It is some thing that can be done. I could not find any pics to support this transformation, but I have seen it before. It is possible, someone did the same thing with a 350z, just for effect, unless they really went thru the whole ordeal to import a REAL Skyline, which would then be Right hand drive. That is as much as I know, I think there is an Infiniti/Nissan site or two that sell the badge kits as a set.

mrkinn

hmmmm.. interesting.. It was a ummmm ummmm.. how do i say this,,, just any other american car.. driver was on the correct side... It had the 350z stuff and it was the infin. back lights.. but i kinda looked like the skyline was added on the trunk lid.. thanks for the info.. the 8's still looked better!

BlueEyes

I have a hard time believing 15 people were standing around staring at the 8.

mrkinn

maybe it was a blind convention????

Papapump51

First off I did not say 15 people came over and looked at the car..."WE PULLED UP TO THE VALET WHERE THERE WERE 15 PEOPLE..it is a place of business and others were waiting on their cars...so Yes there were 15 people looking at the RX8

As far as giving them the letter or explaining not to move the car around, is based on I know a few people there and you never know when a trip there might turn into a 3 hour trip... good lord

UFGator12

Ya, I have always wondered about valeting a car. Do you have any insurance or pull on them if they take it for a joy ride or abuse it or anything? I mean, it's hard to prove that they abused the car, but if you reset the spedometer at 0 and you would be able to tell.