Airport Valet Caught Joyriding In Brand-New Corvette

A valet at the Birmingham Airport in Alabama was caught taking a brand-new 2023 Chevy Corvette Stingray on a joyride shortly after its owner hopped on a flight out of the facility, WVTM 13 News reports.

The camera system of the 2023 Chevy Corvette recorded the entire sequence, including audio, enabling owner Tim Scherer to piece together what happened to his Vette during his absence.

Scherer smelled a rat when he noticed his 2023 Chevy Corvette Stingray - which appears to be decked out in an exterior paint color of Rapid Blue (color code GMO) - had about four additional miles on its odometer than the slightly less than 300 it had when he left. Reviewing the vehicle's camera system recordings quickly revealed the culprit.

Timestamps showed the valet driver who accepted the Corvette from Scherer took the car out for a joyride almost immediately. The audio system captured the man "yukking it up" as he steered onto the highway to circle the airport. Pushing the vehicle up to 60 mph, the valet also accelerated strongly enough to reach 6,000 rpm on several occasions.

Besides laughing over the current joyride, the audio also included the valet bragging about a previous foray he took at the wheel of a McLaren sports car belonging to Birmingham's leading surgeon.

Scherer pointed out that his Corvette came with a 500-mile break-in period, and that surpassing 6,000 rpm before reaching that threshold would give Chevy reason to deny future warranty claims. The valet company, Lanier Parking, told him it would provide written confirmation that it would cover any problems with the car, but failed to follow up on the promise according to Scherer.

Later, Scherer was contacted again and the company said that since the vehicle wasn't damaged during the joyride, it would not cover any future problems. The Birmingham airport itself says it is looking into possible damage to vehicles parked on-site and planned to compensate owners if any had occurred.

Though no further comments are forthcoming from the valet company so far, the joyriding valet was fired from his job.

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Source: Rhian Hunt - GM Authority

Posted 10/27/23