Someone hit into the back of me

[DanPPP]

Hello,

2 days ago someone hit into the back of me at a roundabout going no more than 5-10 MPH, but after cleaning the car there is some small dents and scratches and a tiny crack starting to appear. My car is a Tesla and the only issue is I am about to sell the car so would it be worth going through my insurance to get it fixed, the other driver is at fault and I have a dash cam footage of the incident. I wouldn’t be so bothered if I wasn’t planning on selling the car but I ideally don’t want there to be any damage on the vehicle which isn’t my fault.

[e-honda]

Ideal solution all round would probably be for them to buy it from you but have never heard of that from an insurer just people settling outside of insurance on cheap cars

[DanPPP]

The car is worth 90k fella

[DJP]

Always claim especially if you're not at fault.

[DanPPP]

I just don’t want to seem petty as the damage is definitely classed as minimal but at the same time it’s not my fault and don’t want a potential buyer to be put off by this considering it’s not my fault.

[SteveR1979]

Hit into the back of you??

That's not even a sentence, which btw, you deserve for your poor grasp of English and lack of punctuation.

[Blib]

SteveR1979 said:

Hit into the back of you??

That's not even a sentence, which btw, you deserve for your poor grasp of English and lack of punctuation.

Blimey. What a terrific way to welcome a newbie.



ETA:

SteveR1979 said:

Oh no.

I've got transport but don't like the badge.

What to do

You forgot the question mark in this earlier post. That's abysmal punctuation.

Sort it out man!

[HelldogBE]

Did you stop to fill in insurance forms or did you both just carry on as if nothing happened? With plastic bumpers and some road grime on the car it's very hard to spot the extent of the damage until you give it a proper wash. I'd always fill in the paperwork unless it's a beater.

[SmoothCriminal]

Dude it's a 90k car what are you doing.

You have 4 options

A) Either call the 3rd party tell them its minor damage see if they are willing to let you get a quote for the damage and pay privately.

B) Claim from their insurance.

C) Swallow it pay for it yourself.

D) Leave it.

[e-honda]

DanPPP said:

The car is worth 90k fella

Which is why they should buy it
Putting you in an equivalent rental is going to cost a couple of £k a week.
They could buy it from you today at market value, do exactly what they were going to have to do anyway, them auction it instead of giving it back to you.
Chances are they'll save themselves a substantial amount of money.

[FlybyWyre]

90k car.
You could get a good car for that.
If the only damage you can see is after close inspection I suggest you go to a body shop and get the scratches fixed.

[Spleen]

SteveR1979 said:

Hit into the back of you??

That's not even a sentence, which btw, you deserve for your poor grasp of English and lack of punctuation.

Were you tumescent when you posted that?

[GranpaB]

Spleen said:

SteveR1979 said:

Hit into the back of you??

That's not even a sentence, which btw, you deserve for your poor grasp of English and lack of punctuation.

Were you tumescent when you posted that?

Irony overload!

[carlingofblack]

Well…if you do end up going down the body shop route and require any new parts, good luck. A bog standard Fiat 500 in my family (not mine!) is now approaching month 5 awaiting front panel parts from Italy.

[LooneyTunes]

DanPPP said:

I just don’t want to seem petty as the damage is definitely classed as minimal but at the same time it’s not my fault and don’t want a potential buyer to be put off by this considering it’s not my fault.

The bit you can see may be minimal, but unless you get it properly checked it’s hard to know whether there is damage behind the bumper.

My wife had a similar happen to her new car a few months ago and it ended up being an insurance job (although a week after the insurers got involved the other side asked if we’d sort it away from the insurance).

[georgefreeman918]

Well this thread title was a bit of a let down!

[750turbo]

georgefreeman918 said:

Well this thread title was a bit of a let down!

Not at all, did you miss the bit where Blib ahd a dig at Steve?

Must admit, I thought the same thing after reading the first post...

[edc]

Ultimately it's 2 simple questions. Do you want it fixed and who do you want or expect to pay for it?

[Dingu]

e-honda said:

Which is why they should buy it
Putting you in an equivalent rental is going to cost a couple of £k a week.
They could buy it from you today at market value, do exactly what they were going to have to do anyway, them auction it instead of giving it back to you.
Chances are they'll save themselves a substantial amount of money.

The OP soon wanting to sell it isn’t the insurers problem I’m afraid.

[Jader1973]

The problem will be damage surfacing days after the incident. How does anyone know you didn’t reverse in to a post afterwards?

If you left the scene agreeing there was no damage then I suspect you’re stuffed because the other person will just say you agreed there was no damage.