Bo knows
Enthusiast
Had the Viper all shined up last night and drove up to the main entrance of Foxwoods Casino. I saw all the valet parkers looking, pointing, talking, & staring at the Viper. I knew what was going thru their minds and what they were talking about. Who was going to get to test drive the Viper. I already knew who was, NO ONE! The first young kid came running up, greeted me, and continued with the routine fluff talk, sir this & sir that, how am I doing, nice car etc etc. I told him I wanted to park the Viper right in front of the Casino with the Hummers, Caddys, & Porsches already there. He said he would have to get his boss. His equally friendly boss came over and said they often let special guests with special vehicles park out front. I didn't have any idea how much money would have to change hands to have this happen so I asked right up front, what kind of gratuity would be considered proper to make this happen. In the neighborhood of $20.00 was the reply.That was OK with me. I was enjoying the crowd that was hanging out in front of the Casino checking out the car and was glad the early gen 2 had the hotter cam as it sounded cool sitting there idling thru the Corsa exhaust under the pavillion. Now on to the next problem. I told him I wasn't going to leave my keys with anyone, citing certain horror stories pertaining to valet parkers & Vipers. He said I had to leave my keys if I wanted to park there. I told him Mohegan Sun Casino was only 15 minutes away and I was going to drive over there & check out the parking situation. He told me to wait while he got his boss. On to the third person. The next equally friendly boss also said I would have to leave my keys if I wanted to park out front. I said no way. He then assured me that absolutely no one would drive or move my car. So I asked him why did he need my keys if no one was going to move the car. He had a confused look on his face and no answer. I then offered to give him my cell phone number & promised him I would come right away if they called and my car needed to be moved. He thought about for a minute & said he would have to ask the big boss. He came back and said that would work. They moved a shiny new Lexus from out front and guided me & the Viper into that spot. After a few hand shakes & well wishes from my new best friends I was off to the black jack tables with my keys in my pocket. I came out a few hours later and all was well! Today I went back again & arranged the same parking deal and it worked out just as well. I would reccomend this Casino and the parking facilities to anyone. How about a Viper day at Foxwoods with 20 or 30 Vipers parked out front. Cool! Oh, by the way when all was said and done, including the $40.00 parking tips I am down $5.00, DAMN!
