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Aseem Merchant's X6 being stolen from valet does not need your sympathy!

Alcohol with 245 horsepower is a heady mix

Overdrive|Jun 11, 2015, 12:34:01 IST

This morning, ET Panache carried a story on Aseem Merchants BMW X6 being stolen from the valet service at a party he was attending. How many times have we all gone through the same issues? Cars left with valet services being misused or abused, and sometimes like Mr Merchant, found out to our dismay, that it's stolen! Handing over the responsibility of your car to another is a big responsibility indeed. I recollect another incident that also caught the headlines several months ago. In that incident, a car was handed over to a service station for a service and the owner who had installed a security system on-board found his car being taken out for a joyride in the middle of the night on his ...Continue Reading...

First Published:Jun 11, 2015, 12:34:01 IST

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