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Saw two "live" Mercedes McLarens while on holiday in London (It's the car that beat a ferry from London to Oslo on Top Gear). The street value - somewhere north of £300,000 (So call it $AU750,000). This one was parked outside a hotel in inner London. And more exictingly, I got to see the valet take his life into his hands to try to reverse park the thing for the client...

Shot 1: The car (and I even like the colour!!)



Shot 2: What the valet says: "Okay, let's get this party started." (What the valet thinks: "There's an Aston and a Rolls in front of me and another Rolls behind me. Oh, crap!!!"



Shot 3: And he's off!! (near as I can figure, simply scratching one of the sideview mirrors is going to cost more than this guy's monthly salary. And that's without worrying about the damage done to whatever he scratched it against)



Shot 4: Right now, he's thinking "I should probably correct that. Alternatively, against all visible evidence, I could proclaim it 'perfect' and get myself out of this potential nightmare"



Shot 5: The Valet says: "Against all visible evidence, I hereby proclaim this reverse park PERFECT!" <cue the applause>

Cars do nothing for me, but I like the commentary.

macka
You haven't met the right car yet.

Matt. K wrote:macka
You haven't met the right car yet.

This is true - I drive a Hyundai.

That green/black brit is making me queasy at the knees

 LOL dude. It brought a smile to my face when you first told the story.

It still does

macka wrote:Cars do nothing for me, but I like the commentary.

That car, along with the Aston, should do EVERYTHING to you

sweet ride(s)

The new Lexus does reverse park for you..it is actually pretty impressive seeing a car park itself. It was shown on this weeks 5th gear episode.

BT, great pics and commentary. The valet didn't try too hard when you consider it is an automatic