Airport Valet parking company taken my F10 M5 for a spin

Third Opinion said:
When I took my car for the MOT last month I came back and they were ragging around the industrial estate.

Excuse was to give it a fair crack at the emissions. Only floor in their explanation was it had already passed them. I didn't make a fuss as it was a 14 year old car that had just passed with no advisories.

Only thing is the clutch wasn't great before and it has totally gone a few weeks later. Not saying it was their fault but I am sure they didn't help it in it's fragile state.

Unfortunately immature people often get behind the wheel of customers cars. If it is anything with a bit of poke the temptation is often too much.
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I'd have called the police to be honest... why did you do nothing??! the fact it's a 14 year old car is irrelevant, actually it's more likely to die because of them doing this than a brand new car!

Gr this has annoyed me.:mad:
 
I know I know :)

Video in about an hour. Internet only got fixed this afternoon, then the file was over 5GB
so couldn't upload to any of the usual sites.

Re-encoded to about 1.7GB and being uploaded now. Give it an hour or so

Edit: Failed, will upload tomorrow
 
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acemastr said:
I'd have called the police to be honest... why did you do nothing??! the fact it's a 14 year old car is irrelevant, actually it's more likely to die because of them doing this than a brand new car!

Gr this has annoyed me.:mad:
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I had a word with them, told them I wasn't happy.

Not being funny but what do you think the police reaction would be? "I saw my car being driven around an industrial estate fast by a spotty little oik".

I didn't call them so I can't be sure but I am pretty sure they would have asked for witnesses etc which I didn't have. At the end of the day it is my word against theirs.

The clutch has gone a few weeks later and as stated it wasn't great before. I just put it down to bad experience and not use them again.
 
I just parked at Gatwick for a week and didnt even let someone drive the Wifes Countryman S, let alone an M5. I paid about £20 extra to TAKE THE KEYS WITH ME and then drag 3 kids to the bus stop. I can see why the managers here swap cars before airport runs, some of the meet and greets would be getting F Types to 'park' bumper to bumper in some random field.
 
Sasso said:
guessing it's an auto? some cars have rev limiters in place for when the car is in park/neutral/handbrake up. like I believe newer audis with the auto/s-tronic boxes can only rev to 4k?

as for the purpose... stop people redlining when parked to save the near by residents the noise? going for more class than "ay up lads, check this out" *wraaapppppppt da-da-da-da-da-da* <<<poor rev impression
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You're forgetting the psssst sound of the dump valve:).
 
Vanilla said:
Yes, quality is a bit bad as it's been downgraded but couldn't fin anywhere to host a 6GB file
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could have just uploaded the 6gb to youtubes ;) (internet upload dependant :p )

and damn! forgot about the D.valve :p suppose that's car dependant though ;)
 
Simon said:
Oh it's still 1.3gig after that.

Have you heard of YouTube ?
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Would take me too long to upload on my connection. With VM but see bove - connection is broken and still ropey - took all night to upload 1.7GB.

is the 1.7GB file really that bad????
 
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