Car valet's joyride caught on camera
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Car valet's joyride caught on camera
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —
A park-and-ride business in Brevard County is closed after WFTV exposed the owner joyriding and speeding in a customer's car.
WFTV first broke the story on Monday, which is now making national headlines.
WFTV's Jeff Deal talked to former employees, who say the owner of the Premier Parking Spot closed up shop without paying them.
Jay Nieves, owner of Premier Parking Spot, was caught on video cruising all over town in a 2012 shiny red Corvette convertible that WFTV had a husband and wife drop off at his lot earlier that day.
The couple pretended they were going on a cruise.
Two days later, Nieves drove it again. WFTV watched him haul lumber in it, and even allow a dog to run around on the car.
When WFTV confronted him, he denied everything.
"I'm not driving anybody's car," Nieves told Deal.
"That's a customer's car out there," Deal told Nieves, pointing out a 2012 Corvette WFTV rented.
"That is not a customer's car," said Nieves.
"We rented that car. That's our car," said Deal.
"That is not nobody's car. We're not driving anybody's car," said Nieves.
Little did he know WFTV had placed a GPS tracking device on the car and were following his every move.
He put a total of 61 miles on the car.
Since we confronted him, he's run into more problems.
On Tuesday, his lot was empty and employees said he informed them he was closing up shop. The landlord said he's evicting Nieves because Nieves has never shown proof that he has insurance.
Lewis de Lucia, a limo driver, said Nieves owes him $700 and won't pay.
"I asked Jay many times to please pay me, and he said tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, Mr. Deal... never came," said de Lucia.
Other employees said he owes them more, including Joseph Wilhousky, a father of five.
"We will likely be in a homeless shelter shortly, unfortunately," he said.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said Monday no one from Premier picked up passengers returning from a cruise.
After they took a cab to the lot, they found their cars with keys in the doors and no employees in sight.
No one answered at Nieves' home on Tuesday.
The national company that was taking reservations from Premier Parking Spot said it has severed ties with Nieves and is now sending customers to a different car lot.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —
A park-and-ride business in Brevard County is closed after WFTV exposed the owner joyriding and speeding in a customer's car.
WFTV first broke the story on Monday, which is now making national headlines.
WFTV's Jeff Deal talked to former employees, who say the owner of the Premier Parking Spot closed up shop without paying them.
Jay Nieves, owner of Premier Parking Spot, was caught on video cruising all over town in a 2012 shiny red Corvette convertible that WFTV had a husband and wife drop off at his lot earlier that day.
The couple pretended they were going on a cruise.
Two days later, Nieves drove it again. WFTV watched him haul lumber in it, and even allow a dog to run around on the car.
When WFTV confronted him, he denied everything.
"I'm not driving anybody's car," Nieves told Deal.
"That's a customer's car out there," Deal told Nieves, pointing out a 2012 Corvette WFTV rented.
"That is not a customer's car," said Nieves.
"We rented that car. That's our car," said Deal.
"That is not nobody's car. We're not driving anybody's car," said Nieves.
Little did he know WFTV had placed a GPS tracking device on the car and were following his every move.
He put a total of 61 miles on the car.
Since we confronted him, he's run into more problems.
On Tuesday, his lot was empty and employees said he informed them he was closing up shop. The landlord said he's evicting Nieves because Nieves has never shown proof that he has insurance.
Lewis de Lucia, a limo driver, said Nieves owes him $700 and won't pay.
"I asked Jay many times to please pay me, and he said tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, Mr. Deal... never came," said de Lucia.
Other employees said he owes them more, including Joseph Wilhousky, a father of five.
"We will likely be in a homeless shelter shortly, unfortunately," he said.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office said Monday no one from Premier picked up passengers returning from a cruise.
After they took a cab to the lot, they found their cars with keys in the doors and no employees in sight.
No one answered at Nieves' home on Tuesday.
The national company that was taking reservations from Premier Parking Spot said it has severed ties with Nieves and is now sending customers to a different car lot.
That's why I don't valet my cars anymore.
One time I valet parked my LS, and the car came back with everything adjusted.
This guy deserve some justice.
One time I valet parked my LS, and the car came back with everything adjusted.
This guy deserve some justice.
Last edited by blacksc400; May 2, 2012 at 04:06 PM.
Glad his lot is now closed, and I hope he doesn't try and open another somewhere else. This is the kind of reason why I don't let my IS be handled by valet. They really don't care about your car in the end. There are even horror stories about peoples cars being driven and damaged and then parked back like nothing happened...when the owner confronts the management all they say is "not responsible for what happens on the lot".
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Dam thats insane. 61 miles? I work in a garage and being a car enthusiast as I am i do take quite alot of care in others vehicles. For fellow workers, not so much. Only joyride i've ever taken was when a customer allowed me to take his GTR around the block. (Regular customer, also a car guy, we always bs about cars for hours)
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Valet companies should be required to have a special license, so when things like this happen. They lose the license and thereby their business. Owners who care then, clearly this guy isn't interested. Taking it for a joyride is someone being curious, treating the vechicle as your own(worst actually) letting a dog run on it and such, is worst IMO.
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I learned my lesson after someone stalled in front of me then proceeded to kill my battery by not putting it in reverse to power it down, That said, It's easier said than done sometimes to park yourself. You always get these jerks once in a while that try to convince you to drive it. "I drive ferrari's all the time..." In my head, I'm thinking I dont give a crap 
Slipping them a little cash and telling them "my clutch is slipping" is my new technique that works well.
Slipping them a little cash and telling them "my clutch is slipping" is my new technique that works well.