Who's to blame?

[ryanMIL]

Hi All,

Hoping someone might have experience of this....

I damaged my company lease car a number of weeks ago (reversed off a high kerb and stripped my car of it's undertray) and the car had just gone to the garage this morning for repair.

Having got to work about an hour later, they've called me to say that there's a scuff on the bumper (front drivers side) and damage to the headlight. They say that this damage wasn't reported and want me to come and inspect it.

I was completely unaware of the damage and didn't even notice any scuffs when I cleaned the car this weekend - the car is only ~3 months old, so I would notice any damage like that. There's been very little opportunity for the damage to have occurred over the weekend.

So, how do I know that this damage hasn't occured whilst it's been parked at the workshop? I can't really prove either way if it happened whilst in their care and they didn't do a walk-around the car with me when I dropped it off.

Is there anything I can do?

[anonymous-user]

ryanMIL said:

they didn't do a walk-around the car with me when I dropped it off.

Here endeth the lesson.

[rohrl]

ryanMIL said:

Is there anything I can do?

Not really by the sounds of it.

It's a good reminder for anyone leaving their car with a garage, or picking up a car from a hire company though. Your phone will record video, so do a quick walkaround to record any pre-existing damage.