Somebody hit me, what do I do?
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Sorry if this isn't a GG matter - I wasn't sure and was too lazy to double check...
Yesterday, as I walked back to my car in the car park, a girl tried parking into the bay next to mine but went in way too quick, hitting mine. My heart sunk - I was about 15 feet away from it when it happened.
Anyways, despite a humongous dent in her car (Mk6 Fiesta) mine has luckily only been scratched - it is a lot of scratches though, across the right side of the rear bumper and rear wheel arch.
She was very young and really shaken up and didn't really say much - it looked like she was going to burst into tears. Her boyfriend did all the talking. They handed me some forms which already had her details on (got photos of her reg just in case) and I passed on my details.
We tried to calm her down, all shook hands then carried on with our days.
This has never happened to me before and I'm not sure where I should go from here - ideally I'd like to keep insurance out of it as it was a genuine accident and as she's clearly only recently passed her test I don't want her to end up having to pay thousands more over the next few years on her premium, we all make mistakes.
I'd like to get it done and then send her the bill (obviously if she fails to comply I'll then go to the insurance).
Could this prove to be problematic later on? Should I just go through insurance to avoid any possible problems?
Once I upload photo's I'd also like to know a rough respray cost.
Also, admittedly my parking was similar to something you'd see in the bad parking thread - it was a hard spot to get into - the part of the car she hit was technically in the bay she was trying to park in - could this be used against me if we went via insurance?
Yesterday, as I walked back to my car in the car park, a girl tried parking into the bay next to mine but went in way too quick, hitting mine. My heart sunk - I was about 15 feet away from it when it happened.
Anyways, despite a humongous dent in her car (Mk6 Fiesta) mine has luckily only been scratched - it is a lot of scratches though, across the right side of the rear bumper and rear wheel arch.
She was very young and really shaken up and didn't really say much - it looked like she was going to burst into tears. Her boyfriend did all the talking. They handed me some forms which already had her details on (got photos of her reg just in case) and I passed on my details.
We tried to calm her down, all shook hands then carried on with our days.
This has never happened to me before and I'm not sure where I should go from here - ideally I'd like to keep insurance out of it as it was a genuine accident and as she's clearly only recently passed her test I don't want her to end up having to pay thousands more over the next few years on her premium, we all make mistakes.
I'd like to get it done and then send her the bill (obviously if she fails to comply I'll then go to the insurance).
Could this prove to be problematic later on? Should I just go through insurance to avoid any possible problems?
Once I upload photo's I'd also like to know a rough respray cost.
Also, admittedly my parking was similar to something you'd see in the bad parking thread - it was a hard spot to get into - the part of the car she hit was technically in the bay she was trying to park in - could this be used against me if we went via insurance?
THREAD UPDATE
Forgot to come back to this one!
She didn't want to pay (Quoted £360 by a reputable body shop I've used before)and wanted to go through insurance.
At which point her dad stepped in, realised how much more it would cost her long term and offered to pay upfront.
Its taken a lot longer than it should have but finally its all sorted, with my car being repaired this week.
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Forgot to come back to this one!
She didn't want to pay (Quoted £360 by a reputable body shop I've used before)and wanted to go through insurance.
At which point her dad stepped in, realised how much more it would cost her long term and offered to pay upfront.
Its taken a lot longer than it should have but finally its all sorted, with my car being repaired this week.
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