I bumped a car today and didn't leave a note...
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I was out with some friends a few months ago and when we had parked up in a car park, their nearly 3 year old son absolutely whacked the car next to us with the car door.
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
sparks_E39 said:
Someone hit my car leaving a nice dent and no note. No worries, it's just an old banger BMW and definitely not someone's pride and joy.... is probably what they thought 
I know what you mean but this was a little different I think. The bumper was literally covered in marks and the wheel arches were only made of rust and the were big rust spots all over the bodywork. There was peeling tape all around the windscreen, and big patches of missing paint where the tape had come off the roof. Probably 100 fag ends all over the front seatsTheBALDpuma said:
Monkeylegend said:
One thing I wouldn't do is confess on here with my name and car/registration clearly showing in my profile 
It's an old car, no my current one.
Annndddd I don't think I gave enough away about the other car for it to be identified.
Vacumatic said:
My 'friend' bumped a car and broke its headlight when they were parking.
This person left a note on the windscreen.
'I have bumped into your car, I am sorry that the headlight is broken. There are people watching me, they think I am leaving you my name and address, I am not'.
That's a new one. I've literally never heard that one on here. This person left a note on the windscreen.
'I have bumped into your car, I am sorry that the headlight is broken. There are people watching me, they think I am leaving you my name and address, I am not'.
Anyway, if your conscience is clear OP then you are fine. Karma definitely won't bite you in the arse some day and you definitely won't come out to a huge dent on your P&J with no sign of the villain.
Somewhere on a 'rat look' forum there's a guy moaning about having to rust up a nice clean bit of paint someone left on his shed.
sparks_E39 said:
Someone hit my car leaving a nice dent and no note. No worries, it's just an old banger BMW and definitely not someone's pride and joy.... is probably what they thought
More likely they saw the badge and thought "rich b
d can afford to have his car bumped". My BMW is worth about £1k but people with £25k Fords still look at me like I'm an excessively-bonussed banker.MitchT said:
sparks_E39 said:
Someone hit my car leaving a nice dent and no note. No worries, it's just an old banger BMW and definitely not someone's pride and joy.... is probably what they thought
More likely they saw the badge and thought "rich bd can afford to have his car bumped". My BMW is worth about £1k but people with £25k Fords still look at me like I'm an excessively-bonussed banker.kers. Ex-friends?
NinjaPower said:
I was out with some friends a few months ago and when we had parked up in a car park, their nearly 3 year old son absolutely whacked the car next to us with the car door.
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
It's a stty thing to do and confessing it here does not make it any better, or absolve you of your guilt. But if you learn from it, then that's the best you can hope for... that and not coming back to your pride & joy to find it damaged by someone else who didn't leave you a note because they couldn't be arsed to accept the consequences.
tty thing to do and confessing it here does not make it any better, or absolve you of your guilt. But if you learn from it, then that's the best you can hope for... that and not coming back to your pride & joy to find it damaged by someone else who didn't leave you a note because they couldn't be arsed to accept the consequences.
Vyse said:
Ex-friends?
Still friends, but honestly it makes me cringe now just thinking about it.NinjaPower said:
I was out with some friends a few months ago and when we had parked up in a car park, their nearly 3 year old son absolutely whacked the car next to us with the car door.
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
Have, in the past, left my number on a note for a car that i gently shunted sheezing into a space on some scrap ground (25 years ago). All sorted out amicably on my doorstep with 60 quid cash to cover a replacement part from the breakers yard. Thinking back was obviously lucky but the guy i shunted was very surprised at my honesty and glad for the cash. I suspect he wasnt insured.
More recently i had some clown in a brand new Audi Q7 park next to me in a multistorey. Left me no space at all (his car was genuinely wider than the marked space) Opening my door as gently as possible still left a small white ding on the wing of the car. And i left a suntan lotion handprint on the door where i had tried put my hand to prevent the cars touching. Read here the next week that suntan lotion melts car paint.....
I didnt own up to the second one largely because of the utterly ridiculous cost of the vehicle (and by extension i assumed the owner would be a grabbing moneyed up tt who would be quite unreasonable to deal with.)
More recently i had some clown in a brand new Audi Q7 park next to me in a multistorey. Left me no space at all (his car was genuinely wider than the marked space) Opening my door as gently as possible still left a small white ding on the wing of the car. And i left a suntan lotion handprint on the door where i had tried put my hand to prevent the cars touching. Read here the next week that suntan lotion melts car paint.....
I didnt own up to the second one largely because of the utterly ridiculous cost of the vehicle (and by extension i assumed the owner would be a grabbing moneyed up t
t who would be quite unreasonable to deal with.)NinjaPower said:
Vyse said:
Ex-friends?
Still friends, but honestly it makes me cringe now just thinking about it.NinjaPower said:
I was out with some friends a few months ago and when we had parked up in a car park, their nearly 3 year old son absolutely whacked the car next to us with the car door.
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
The car that got damaged was an utterly pristine and quite new VW Passat, and the edge of the door had put quite a dent and scrape right into the swage line of the Passat. It was really bad.
The parents had a brief discussion along the lines of "we can't afford to pay for the damage" and then quickly moved their car to another gap.
I still think about it now and feel bad even as a bystander!
I witnessed a car door from an old red heap being opened into the side of another gleaming new-ish white car, leaving a dent. The offenders looked at the damage then walked off without a care in the world.
A minute later the owner came back and noticed the red paint and dent left in the side of his car, looked at the red car door next to the dent, then keyed a scratch along it. I guess that is Karma.
A minute later the owner came back and noticed the red paint and dent left in the side of his car, looked at the red car door next to the dent, then keyed a scratch along it. I guess that is Karma.
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