Back in the mid-oughts I took the wife out for an anniversary dinner. Had a 2nd gen Nissan Xterra 6MT at the time. Pull up to the restaurant just to realize it was valet only. I normally never valet if I can avoid it, this time I could not avoid it. Wife walked into the restaurant to secure our reservation, and I spoke politely with the valet and indicated it was a manual transmission and that I'd prefer to drive with him to the parking spot and walk back, and that his tip would not be in jeopardy. He brought the valet manager over who indicated "Sir, our staff is all experience with manual transmissions, and we do not allow customers to ride along. A liability, you see." I asked if there was some public street parking within a couple of blocks. There was not. Resigned, I handed over my keys and said "ok, well I appreciate your patience with my request" the response: "absolutely understood sir, have a wonderful dinner". We did indeed have a wonderful dinner. After leaving I handed over my ticket and within 2 minutes I heard the distinctive "whoosh" of the cooling fan on that 4.0L V6 operating at a particularly high RPM. I'm talking at least 3k RPMs if not higher. It kept getting louder and spinning faster. My truck comes around the corner creeping along at maybe 4 MPH but with the revs bouncing between 2k and 4k RPMs. It finally pulls up in a literal cloud of clutch smoke. I very visibly pocketed the cash tip and took the keys with some serious side eye.