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Video: How Not to Park a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
Digital Journal ^ | 7/11

Posted on 07/11/2014 1:19:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A valet at the five star Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, India is in a certain amount of trouble after he wrecked a guest's precious Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder recently, causing damages of up to $330,000 to the luxury vehicle.

Captured on CCTV for all the world to see, the valet, Arun Kumar drives the car from the parking area at the hotel to the busy valet area. He briefly gets out of the car. Then, after climbing back in, the car suddenly lurches forward, sending other valets running for cover as it hits a wall head-on. The valet managed to injure his head in the process, but was released from the hospital the same day.

What's worse is that the driver who was waiting for the car, Nipun Miglani, had borrowed it from his friend, Abid Fateh Mohammed Khatri, to drive to the hotel last Thursday. He said the car "had been parked by valets a number of times before," and added, "Even that afternoon, the valet took the car to the parking safely and even brought it back to the porch area without any hassles."


TOPICS: Hobbies; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: hotel; india; lamborghini; newdelhi
Video at site.
1 posted on 07/11/2014 1:19:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Oops. left out this part: Miglani has apparently filed a police case against both the hotel, which refuses to accept responsibility, and also against the valet. The owner says the car is worth half a million dollars, due to the high cost of importing it into India.

The hotel, on the other hand, says it was merely an accident, with a hotel spokeswoman telling the media: "We get all kind of luxury cars, important guests and hold outstanding events andthis was something completely inadvertent."

Speaking of the injured valet, the spokeswoman continued:

"We have given him leave until such time that he recovers psychologically and till the time that the insurance claim and other processes clear through."

"We may not put him back on valet. We will give him time because he may get nervous initially," she added.

2 posted on 07/11/2014 1:22:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Not sure if I owned this car I would let a valet drive it, in fact I know I wouldn’t.

Reminds me of a story RUSH told many years ago about going to a restaurant in his maybach, said there was no safe place to park so he left.


3 posted on 07/11/2014 1:22:48 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: nickcarraway

If he worked for me, that valet would be out of a job.


4 posted on 07/11/2014 1:25:58 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: 1Old Pro
The owner didn't let the valet park it the friend he lent it to did.
5 posted on 07/11/2014 1:26:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 1Old Pro

My brother was a valet for many years.

Your instincts are correct...don’t let a valet drive a high dollar sports car.


6 posted on 07/11/2014 1:26:55 PM PDT by lacrew
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To: nickcarraway

Dude, where’s my car?


7 posted on 07/11/2014 1:29:32 PM PDT by Bullish (You ever notice that liberalism really just amounts to anti-morality?)
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To: nickcarraway

Nope ,that won’t Buff out. Ouch.


8 posted on 07/11/2014 1:29:40 PM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: nickcarraway

550 bhp and a manual transmission (some of them, anyway). And, presumably, a short-throw clutch. And close quarters. Bad combination.


9 posted on 07/11/2014 1:33:22 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: nickcarraway

I like the cool composure of the guy in white with the turban. Puts his hands behind his back in an official “I don’t know what to do so I’ll let other people get there first:)


10 posted on 07/11/2014 1:33:48 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

Yep. That is India described to a T, alright.


11 posted on 07/11/2014 1:37:17 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: nickcarraway
NICE!!!! Very clean lines!

I have business partners in Italy and visited their "super car" area including a personal, after hours visit to Pagani.


12 posted on 07/11/2014 1:39:40 PM PDT by newfreep
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To: nickcarraway; GeronL

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ifGlo87u16I

There is a follow up video.
It repeats it’s self ,but has close up pictures.


13 posted on 07/11/2014 1:56:23 PM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t care how much I was worth...I’d never own a car with a sticker price that’s even 25% of what this one was.


14 posted on 07/11/2014 2:03:41 PM PDT by SayNoToDems (Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
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To: nickcarraway

Arun Kumar. Probably felt an urgent need to get to White Castle. At least he’s got a job waiting for him at the White House.


15 posted on 07/11/2014 2:12:03 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: lacrew

I heard my Shelby GT 500 KR SCREAM through a parking garage once. I was PISSED!!


16 posted on 07/11/2014 2:15:43 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Rastus

He is a better driver than Obama is a president.


17 posted on 07/11/2014 2:43:19 PM PDT by bray (Buy my book: http://braylog.com/id47.html)
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To: nickcarraway

Arun Kumar’s excellent adventure.


18 posted on 07/11/2014 2:59:49 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: lacrew

My brother was a valet too...many stories of running Ferrari’s and Porsche’s down a quarter mile strip behind the 1/4 mile strip behind the hotel in Annapolis, MD. Now he owns the fricking cars...God bless him...he always knew what he wanted...


19 posted on 07/11/2014 4:23:37 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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To: BreezyDog

I know...spare me the grief.


20 posted on 07/11/2014 4:26:02 PM PDT by BreezyDog
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