will this polish out?
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Obviously not... Delivery driver gave my car a little "rub" yesterday. Regular driver that picks up pallets from us, glad we joked about having enough space before he left. Only spotted in when putting fuel in last night. Going on their insurance, so I guess I can expect my insurance to go up next year having been involved in a claim. Oh joy. Anyway, most people I know will tell me it's only a car, so I thought I'd come to a more sympathetic crowd.
outofstepuk said:
Obviously not... Delivery driver gave my car a little "rub" yesterday. Regular driver that picks up pallets from us, glad we joked about having enough space before he left. Only spotted in when putting fuel in last night. Going on their insurance, so I guess I can expect my insurance to go up next year having been involved in a claim. Oh joy. Anyway, most people I know will tell me it's only a car, so I thought I'd come to a more sympathetic crowd.
YakThat's the panel that scares me more than any other on the car. What a d
k the pallet man is for driving off having done that. Don't worry it'll get repaired properly and there should be no lasting damage. Better than having a "big one"
Meantime
Sorry to see the trouble you've had.
Insurance shouldn't go up though as you should be able to recover your uninsured losses (i.e. excess) from the other side as it's a clear case of liability. (Although be prepared for the other side to deny it.)
You should write down a careful, detailed timetable of what happened while it's still fresh in your memory.
Someone hit my Lexus in a car park last year and was decent enough to write a note admitting liability.
After my insurers paid for the damage, the other insurers denied liability at which point I once again sent them a copy of the note.
They backed down and Admiral didn't load my insurance this year.
Good luck and commiserations.
Insurance shouldn't go up though as you should be able to recover your uninsured losses (i.e. excess) from the other side as it's a clear case of liability. (Although be prepared for the other side to deny it.)
You should write down a careful, detailed timetable of what happened while it's still fresh in your memory.
Someone hit my Lexus in a car park last year and was decent enough to write a note admitting liability.
After my insurers paid for the damage, the other insurers denied liability at which point I once again sent them a copy of the note.
They backed down and Admiral didn't load my insurance this year.
Good luck and commiserations.
yeti said:
Sorry to see that 
I wonder if he knew he'd done it? Sometimes you might not in a big van/truck...
He's a regular driver, we get on great with him. I'm pretty sure he didn't know. His truck has got quite a long overhang at the back, so he was probably oblivious until he got into work today. Accidents happen, I'm not mad at him. It'll get fixed, but I am a bit wary that the insurance process/companies could still have a sting in the tail. I wonder if he knew he'd done it? Sometimes you might not in a big van/truck...
Gibberish said:
Not nice...was the wheel completely untouched?
there's a graze on the bumper that went across the face of the wheel too. To be honest, the wheels are desperately in need of a refurb anyway. Mainly the previous owner I must add, but I took a good chunk out of the front passenger wheel getting on my new parking space. Might as well share a pic, as it's quite fun. Until there is a power cut of course. 
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