Lawsuit Says Florida Valet Handed Keys For $300,000 Ferrari To The Wrong Driver

[NDallasRuss]

"Imagine you own a 2014 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider. Great job being excellent. You love it. OK, now, picture this: One night, you drop your primo Italian sports car off at a valet. Later, that valet—for whatever reason—gives the keys to your ride to someone else. Oops. That’s exactly what happened last summer to a Florida resident, and now he’s taking the interesting step of suing the resort that employed the valet."

"The couple that made off with the Spider, Levi Miles and Chloe Rimmer, were arrested within an hour, according to the newspaper. Miles faces charges of grand theft, possession of cocaine, and habitually driving with a suspended or revoked license; Rimmer’s facing a marijuana possession charge."

Heh - her name is "Rimmer"!

 

[EveryoneBleedsGarnet]

Lawyers convention... Great place to steal a Ferrari.

 

[Hayduke GW]

 

[F4Gary]

If you are dropping your Ferrari off at the valet, you don't really care about your Ferrari.
Besides, that's what insurance is for if your car is stolen.

 

[BelemNole]

Was any damage done to the car?

 

[SoddyNole]

I thought it was a Buick

 

[NDallasRuss]

I like the guy's defense though:

""Miles stated the vehicle and keys were given to him by (the) valet," the report said, "so technically he did not steal the vehicle.""

Link to TB Time article

 

[NDallasRuss]

Was any damage done to the car?

It doesn't really say. Just this:

"The lawsuit said he "spent significant sums" on car inspections, repairs and legal fees after his Ferrari was stolen and that the value has been "diminished.""

 

[BelemNole]

It doesn't really say. Just this:

"The lawsuit said he "spent significant sums" on car inspections, repairs and legal fees after his Ferrari was stolen and that the value has been "diminished.""

Sounds like lawyer talk for "I wanna get paid"

 

[NDallasRuss]

Sounds like lawyer talk for "I wanna get paid"

That's how I took it. "I don't see anything wrong with it, but I'm going to keep looking until I do."

 

[F4Gary]

2 things you don't do with a Ferrari.
Don't rack up miles on it.
Don't repaint it.
They are a very finicky clique.

 

[OrlandNole]

 

[LT4PLY]

2 things you don't do with a Ferrari.
Don't rack up miles on it.
Don't repaint it.
They are a very finicky clique.

And don't have anything on the Carfax either... like 'stolen'

 

[LesClaypool]

This is what one looks like.

 

[helmetnuts]

Poor people valeting their vehicles.....too funny

 

[FSULongM]

This is what one looks like.

That's not a Spider. This is a Spider, you poor.

 

[LesClaypool]

That's not a Spider. This is a Spider, you poor.

That's the same damn car...one just has the top off. Knucklehead.

 

[NDallasRuss]

That's the same damn car...one just has the top off. Knucklehead.

Isn't that what defines a "spider"?

 

[F4Gary]

Isn't that what defines a "spider"?

Yes.

 

[SoddyNole]

If I had only known "gimme the Ferrari" would work, I would have tried it years ago.

 

[LesClaypool]

Yes.

No. The Spider is a convertible.

http://auto.ferrari.com/en_US/sports-cars-models/past-models/458-spider/

CORRECTION:

There is a hard top and a convertible, it appears:

https://www.kbb.com/ferrari/458-spider/2014/#survey

 

[TPANole]

Pagani Huayra - they go for $2.5 Mil and should come with your own valet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagani_(company)

 

[F4Gary]

It's this model and is only worth around $240,000.

 

[JohnnieHolmesNole]

73 year-old dude driving that rig??? Compensating for something......

 

[Gonolz]

73 year-old dude driving that rig??? Compensating for something......

To compensate for his lack of humanity running nonstop commercials falsely stating that he is for the people while fleecing them to make millions ... wait, maybe I'm thinking of another lawyer.

 

[ericram]

We had a rental car stolen at the Vinoy a few years ago that was being brought around by the Valet. The car was pulled to the pick up area. Some drunk and stoned dude jumped in and took off. They caught him passed out miles away at a gas station. Was a waste of a good night. Sadly the car was not a Ferrari.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Having a car like that would be so frustrating. Built to run but you're stuck in traffic, or at best doing 90 on the open road.

 

[redrum448]

This is what one looks like.

Thats not a spider

oops, missed the whole debate following this post... ignore