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 Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:52 am |
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Location: Plymouth
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What is it with people these days!? Parked up in co-op car park in Plympton (Plymouth) and came back to the car to be cnfronted by 2 decent guys telling me a couple had driven into my car when they parked up and just walked off 
On inspection of my car they have scraped the front bumper, pushed the front wing in where the rubstrip ends and have caused the top edge of the SP arch away from the wing itself, the wing is that warped that the front grille does not meet the wing properly and the far edge nearest the door does not sit flush like it used too. 
I took pictures of my paintwork on the other cars rubstrip where they hit me and there registration number, forget to get the number of the guys who told me about the incident but luckily they work for chubb so got the reg of their car and a number for chubb so if I need to a witness statement from them I can try and get hold of them.
So now I need a new front wing, front bumper resprayed and a new sp arch
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:55 am |
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inform the old bill to mate as they have left the scene of an accident, which is against the law!
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:56 am |
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Location: Peterborough
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STOP!!!!!
Call the police and advise them of a hit & run - get an incident number.
Than call your insurance company and tell them you have independant witnesses and photos of both cars and the damage..
Get your insurance to fix everything and they will claim back from who hit you. it will be a non faukt claim and not affect your policy or premiums.
Take it from me - an insurance underwriter!!
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Last edited by Golfguy206 on Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:57 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:56 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: Under your bed
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Sorry to hear that mate.
I was very lucky when my dad's merc was parked at Silverstone some young guy smashed right into it but he was courtious enough to leave his details on a piece of paper and we got it sorted quickly.
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:57 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2010
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Location: Brighton
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Well best thing to do is to let your insurance company know, if your fully comp you wont have to do anything, if your 3rd party, you will have to do the run around!
But luckily people where there to witness it!
I really do hate people causingdamage then walking/driving off
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:59 am |
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Sorry to hear this mate. I saw a similar thing in mcdonalds a bloke in a really old jag smashed straight into a car pulling into a space but he did leave a note and then walked off. Dunno what the note said mind.
Is your car moonstone blue?
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:03 am |
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Location: Plymouth
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| Seb wrote: |
Sorry to hear that mate.
I was very lucky when my dad's merc was parked at Silverstone some young guy smashed right into it but he was courtious enough to leave his details on a piece of paper and we got it sorted quickly. |
They didn't leave anything at all according to the guys that spoke to me, they just walked off and thought nothing of it even when i'm sure they would have felt their car hitting against mine
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:17 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010
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goes withoput saying mate thats why its so important to report it to boys in blue.
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:30 am |
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You should also count yourself lucky that someone decided to inform you. It is an awful thing to happen but it'll be sorted.
Such is the life of car parks.
Szgany
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:48 am |
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| Golfguy206 wrote: |
STOP!!!!!
Call the police and advise them of a hit & run - get an incident number.
Than call your insurance company and tell them you have independant witnesses and photos of both cars and the damage..
Get your insurance to fix everything and they will claim back from who hit you. it will be a non faukt claim and not affect your policy or premiums.
Take it from me - an insurance underwriter!! |
Premiums can still go up even if it is non-fault.
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:25 am |
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Been to the police and reported the incident with them, there classing it as a hit and run because the driver did not hang around to exchange details, now got to go to a decent bodyshop to get a quote on repairing the damage and let the insurance company know and go from there.
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:26 am |
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| Rob2859 wrote: |
| Golfguy206 wrote: |
STOP!!!!!
Call the police and advise them of a hit & run - get an incident number.
Than call your insurance company and tell them you have independant witnesses and photos of both cars and the damage..
Get your insurance to fix everything and they will claim back from who hit you. it will be a non faukt claim and not affect your policy or premiums.
Take it from me - an insurance underwriter!! |
Premiums can still go up even if it is non-fault. |
Been told by my insurers that it won't affect my premium etc
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:31 am |
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Joined: Apr 26, 2010
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Location: Herts/London
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it wont if you stay with them.
go with any 1 else and declare it and it can go up trust me i just got stung with it
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:39 am |
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Sorry to hear that Matty, hope it gets sorted without too much hassle.
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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:53 am |
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cheers guys! Taking the pug to a decent bodyshop I used this last time last year when I got rear ended to get a quote on the repairs, getting a courtesy car hopefully so may have to put pics up if its any good lol
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