Ever Wonder What Happens to Your Car at a Valet? Undercover Investigation Captures Stunning Footage
- Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:40pm by
Liz Klimas
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When you think of passing on your keys to a valet, the iconic scene of the parking attendants’ joyride from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” may come to mind. But that’s a product of Hollywood. How true is this to reality?
One of ABC’s local affiliates in Cocoa, Fla., wanted to find out after it received a tip that owner at a “Premier Parking Spot” lot may be taking joyrides. Customers often use parking lots such as this to keep their car near an airport while on travel without parking in a more expensive airport lot.
Renting a sleek, bright red Corvette and equipping it with a GPS tracking device, WFTV investigated what happens with fancy cars parked in the lot owned by Jay Nieves.
Watch and see for yourself:
The investigation found Nieves was not only driving the Corvette on errands and out to Applebee’s for dinner, but was smoking in it, let his dog inside it and even parked it at his home at night.
WFTV confronted Nieves when it had enough evidence, but he denied knowing what the reporter was talking about. Nieves said he didn’t recognize the people in the car when he was shown footage of what appeared to be himself on a smartphone. He just walked away.
When all was said and done, the GPS unit recorded 61 miles racked up by Nieves using the car.
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Comments (81)
OlefromMN
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:13pmThe guy is an obvious maroon. Mileage does not disappear from the odometer. Most people I know write down mileage even dropping off at a valet for dinner. If I drop off at a park and fly and have to leave keys, mileage is notated and photoed with my cell phone. And I only own a POS.
Report Post »BlackAce41
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 9:15pmMaybe he drove it back wards…
Report Post »Rohawk
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 10:03pmRim shot here!
Report Post »SamHill
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:18amNice try. Driving backwards won’t affect the odometer.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:20pmI left my pickup at airport valet parking (very last minute business trip), when I picked it up my neatly stacked CDs were spread all over. Unfortunately I did not record the milage when I dropped it off.
I’m sure this happens more often than people realize. Imagine if they caught him trafficking cocaine using that car? Wouldn’t surprise me if he was using them for that. His arrest record showed ‘1 kilo’… of cocaine… street value about $50k.
Report Post »bjornskis
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:12pmI got a 85 Peugeot 505 4 door sedan heck I never lock it and even leave the keys in it.
always where I park it no one ever takes a joy ride for some reason?
Report Post »yona101
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:28pmI miss my Peugeot 505 4 door sedan with sunroof. Nieve girls used to think it looked like a mid 80′s BMW.
Report Post »1956
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:58pmGrand Theft Auto.
Put him somewhere where he won‘t need no stinkin’ ‘Vette to drive.
Report Post »Perspective
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:45pmDon’t worry,where he‘s going he won’t be the driver he’ll be the drivee lol.
Report Post »liinsivi
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 1:00amWhere we’re going, we don’t need roads….
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:31pmi would have had those clowns arrested!!
Report Post »Guckerts
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:28pmWhat has happened to just being able to watch the video that you are interested in viewing? I find these commercials annoying and just skip the video altogether. Uhhh
Report Post »Falindraun
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 9:46pmi use google chrome for my browser and use an add in called “Adblock Plus” it gets rid of all online ads even some in the videos.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:14pmWhat if you wrote down your mileage BEFORE you flew out of town and checked it when you returned to the lot ? This “ investigative report ” should have resulted in an arrest; grand theft auto ! Now let’s concentrate on “ The Ineligible One ” with some investigative reporting about FOUR YEARS LATE !
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:08pmThere’s a lot of advantages to having a piece of sh-t car like mine.
1999 Plymouth Neon. Still runs good and noone will steal it. I don’t even lock it.
Report Post »HotFixIt
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:59pmI bought a Chrysler 300 (a kinda fun car ) we took it to the gas station to fill it up and the dealership called to say they needed me to bring the car in for some agreed touch up paint work on some minor nicks in the paint. I immediately drove it in. Picked up the car a few days later with only a 1/2 tank of gas left! That was a few years ago. I was sooo angry and they just told me that I must have been confused about how much gas was in the car!
Two months ago when we are now paying a fortune for gas I filled up the same car with gas… $55 Drove home… the next morning I found oil in my driveway! something was very wrong… took the car to the repair shop…. repair work done in 4 days… they had the car over the weekend which was unusual.. I left it on a wednesday and they usually have it done by friday at the latest… I did not get it back until monday.. got my car back with less than a 1/4 tank of gas left and car smelling like an ash tray! Don’t try to tell me that someone was not joy riding in my car… they tried to tell me they were ‘test driving’ the car to make sure everything was OK… you don‘t have to drive 100’s of miles to test it!!!!! I can’t imagine where they took my car.. we are in the middle of nowhere… must have taken it on an out of town trip.
I have learned my lesson… write down the odometer readings!!!
Report Post »TskTsk
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:18pmI propose that all valeted cars have a card issued with odometer readings… one to the customer, the other to the valet business. Enough of this!
Report Post »AnotherLiberalDouche
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:29pmItsJustTim – Go put your tinfoil hat back on before the aliens find you.
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:20pmThey should have reported it stolen, had the police raid his house and arrest him for it.
Let him try to deny it then. In possession of a stolen car…the car he stole himself that was parked at his own home.
Report Post »burnbabylon
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:54pmWhich is worse?
A. Trusting a valet with your car.
Report Post »B. Trusting politicians with your money.
C. Trusting government schools with your children.
sWampy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:15pmc
Report Post »boxy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:45pmDef C
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:07pm@ BURBBABYLON: The answer is (C) AND (B) , in that order. Answer (A) falls way behind.
Report Post »Pounding_hammer
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:05pmI just had a child, so I would say (c), but it was a close call for (b) too, since that relates to my family’s future.
But also, you know, if I had some nice stuff, be it a house, or a TV, or a cottage, or a nice car, I would not feel right with some “Shmoe” taking advantage that.
Hey, you’ve got a pretty good conundrum of a question here.
I’ve got one too:
Report Post »Why is it that the the anarchistic left (not my words, but theirs, check the news), supported by Unions, which of course we cannot forget that Unions are the essence of USA automotive production; Why is it that those same anarchistic type, would be so against a person who has the interest and ability to purchase a nice, American-made, quality Union-Produced sports car?
SO against it, that they would disrespect the purchaser by abusing the car as a Valet?
tharpdevenport
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 5:58pmThe answer is “C”. Fix the children, and they should grow up properly and solve both “A” and “B”.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 10:57pmD trusting anyone with a heart beat
Report Post »burnbabylon
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 5:59pmRhetorical question blows up. Good answers.
Report Post »@Tharp. That’s a challenge. There are plenty of people trying to screw the kids up. Besides there is that problem with perfecting Mankind. You might want to borrow a cup of cynicism, or realism, from Repub. I don’t mean to be discouraging, things can get better and there is a lot of room for improvement. But when things get good, people get complacent. It’s hard to stay vigilant. Then we get suckered.
burnbabylon
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 6:00pm@Pounding. Congratulations, boy or girl?
I don’t think my question was a conundrum, just a matter of keeping your priorities in mind. They all matter, but you don’t fix a leaky faucet when the dam is bursting.
For your question:
I think we broad brush too much. I do, who doesn’t? (I did it again.)
Neither the left wing nor the right wing is monolithic. There are lots of rooms and lots of floors, an attic and a basement too.
(For the attic on the left, I would nominate California. They have some bat crap crazy people in office there.)
I wouldn‘t assume that all the union workers would support the abuse of someone else’s property, much less their own. Union bosses might support it in this case to bring themselves more business. I would guess that they supported Cash for Clunkers too.
Finally. I don’t know what politics Nieves holds. I would guess left. I heard someone, I think Al Frankin*, mention that people coming out of prison tend to move left. Hopefully, he won’t be allowed to vote.
*California has some challengers.
Report Post »lstoddard004
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:37pmProsecute Nieves to the fullest – he’s operating without a business license and abusing people’s cars who entrust them (and pay for the ‘parked’ services). What a ****** – he’s shown evidence and still denies it. He’s right out of a Disney character list.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:38pmFrom where I sit, most of the people who post on the Blaze are pigs who love snorting and gulping down all sorts of slop. Maybe you deserve Big Brother.
Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:55pmThat‘s why I don’t reply to many posts on here, because the Bible says meat with cloven hooves is unclean and is not food.
JRook
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:31pmThis so called report highlights exactly what sites like this one does. Video confirming the tip they received is hardly an indictment of all valet services. The content here intended to get a reaction is generated by the same weak minds that are trying to minimize the Presidents security accomplishments like the elimination of Bin Laden by manufacturing a controversy around his highlighting this on the campaign trail.
Report Post »DogTags
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:19pmProverbs 26:4. This is as close to answering this fool as I will get.
Report Post »sreksuhn
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:42pmMatthew 15:11 “It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”
Report Post »Richalu
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 4:03pmYet you post an awful lot on here Tim, making you one of the biggest snorters and gulpers. And since you almost ALWAYS respond to yourself, it seems you enjoy the taste of your own unclean cloven hooves.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:25pmTim…stop snorting the baking soda, powdered sugar is better for you.
Report Post »And if I had hoofs I would spit shine them and take great pride in their appearance. It will be better in the morning. Just squeeze your head a little harder for the desired effect.
NLN
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:43pmHumans do not have cloven hooves, is it alright to eat em. How bout a horseburger.
Report Post »DaneChile
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 7:45pmAnd – yet- you read it. What´s THAT say?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 11:42pm@Itsjusttim
“That‘s why I don’t reply to many posts on here, because the Bible says meat with cloven hooves is unclean and is not food.”
Then explain why you reply to your posts so often? I will now call you “Cloven Hooves”.
Report Post »enough_liberal_BS
Posted on May 3, 2012 at 1:00amthoughts from the peanut gallery……
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:34pmI’m making a mental note to myself to never buy a GM.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:25pmI’m making a mental note that you are an idiot.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 11:38pm@Itsjusttim
“I’m making a mental note to myself to never buy a GM.”
You do mean a Gay Male, right?
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:31pmI just bet that Valet Parking lot owner can afford to buy two corvettes, and use one of his own corvettes to burn-out his tires all over town.
Report Post »Strat-M16
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:23pmwhat a piece of spic … I mean sh_t , or do I?
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:22pmA completely fabricated incidence designed to make people feel comfortable and protected although big brother is watching your every move.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:47pmHi big brother, you know God is going to ram a volcano and asteroid down your throat don’t you?
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:00pmYes, that’s a fact, and you will not see the massive ship that is doing it as it launches a comet or asteroid at the earth, and you won’t see it because the Lord God only shows his backside.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:27pmThose asteroids you are talking about are actually hemeroids Timmy, get yourself some preperation h .
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:28pmYou’ve got to squeeze your head a little harder.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:22pmJay Nieves, like many other criminals, find Florida to be a safe-haven for their nefarious activities. Florida is notoriously lax in its enforcement of business-related laws.
Even when confronted with video evidence, this liberal thief denies wrongdoing. Basically he’s like a Bill Clinton with less charm and power.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:38pmYes .. I never valet park .. would rather walk a mile than let them drive my vehicle .. that includes Disney World Hotels and Universal Orlando Resort.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:12pmOh how ruthless! So how come the Valet Parking lot owner looks up directly at the camera in the video when he first sits in the corvette? Oh I know why because the video is bull-crap.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:24pmHey, if you‘re going to try to pull the wool over people’s eyes, at least give us the respect of hiring intelligent people for your scandals. But that’s the problem, intelligent people don’t have to commit scandals.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:29pmWhat did you say?
Report Post »LibsAndCopKillersALoveStory
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:42pmYes. The owner took part in this phony video to ruin his business.
Report Post »Good call.
Springfield1861
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:09pmI Love your know it all BS TImmy.
But sorry to break your bubble…I know Nieves. I live in Cocoa. He is a jerk.
Report Post »Ksera Sugarmail
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:09pmKeep in mind that as soon as that car left the private property of the restaurant, the valet is guilty of grand theft…………a felony.
Report Post »Texas Hills Patriot
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:04pmI wish they’d put that much effort into vetting Obama.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:19pmWhere would they put the GPS device to track him?
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:00pm…
Report Post »This guy wasn‘t just driving the customer’s car, he was abusing the H*LL out of it.
Prosecute him to the fullest.
Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:52pmFerris
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 1:29pmYeah, that was a quick tidbit of humor to distract you into recollection of the movie, and shutting down your brain.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 2:02pmTimmy, you actually think you are bright and well read, but that is the danger you pose to you and those you love…I pity the world you inhabit.
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:46pmYa think, stupid is as stupid does…did you ever see the episode of Seinfeld where the valet stunk up Jerry’s car!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 12:58pmCould never understand why people who have $50,000 and above sport cars trust valets….”Here kid, watch my Vette, Porsche, etc…”
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 3:17pmTo most of those that have those kind of cars, and go to places with valets, don’t care about $50k, it’s chump change.
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