Old man trashed my car

flea72

so you can prove that you havent hit his car, causing the damage,and are now trying to lay blame with him?

this will just end up in a knock for knock through the insurers

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ciano125

Brilliant, if you're 19 stone you're not going to catch me at 15 stone then, so you deffo need to man up you wuss!! :beer:

Paul_stanyon

I would definately forget it if I still had my old car but we're talking about my shiny new £25 grand Audi here! [heart breaks]

lizzielondon

suppose you could send him a 'letter before action' if you know his address- apparently many people pay up at seeing this threat of going to court in black and white

just a quick warning about your insurance company, a similar thing happened to me a couple of years ago outside my flat- my wing mirror was knocked off & i didn't see it happen- phoned my insurers to ask if there was anything they could do re: maybe finding cctv etc, finding out who'd done it, they said no sorry- so i said sure i'll just go to a garrage and get it fixed ( i was only 3rd party fire & theft anyway)

anyway.... about 6 months later when it came to renew my quote was initially HUGE because i had an open file- i hadn't realised they'd logged it (i know, dumb), was quickly sorted out & fine but just to warn you

I found a cctv camera did show the incident and the van had a company's slogan on the side so contacted them myself and they paid my bill- maybe you could see if there was any cctv which recorded your incident?

good luck

Paul_stanyon

haha, wuss hey?? dont get me wrong, im not a 19 stone fatty, think laurence delaglio! hmmm.

mollycat

Paul_stanyon wrote: »

Hi there,

I'm looking for some advice.

I've just moved into a new flat and a few days ago (not entirely sure when) a lovely big scrape appeared on my front bumper. After some investigation it was apparent that this had been caused by a purple car (evidence: Massive streaks of purple paint within the damage). There is a Purple fiesta that parks next to me most days which belongs to an old man who visits the cafe next door. I thought I'd have a look at his car for signs of a scrape and lo and behold there it is, a massive scuff on his bumper, perfectly matching the one on mine. On confronting the man, he became immediately defensive and borderline abusive, saying the damage was weeks old and i was a f*** young Sh*** and he'd "See me in court".

Speaking to my insurance company they cant commit to anything as I didnt see the incident and its "My word against his".

WHAT SHOULD I DO??????

Thanks in anticipation

Paul - St Annes

Excellent Troll Attempt! :rotfl::rotfl:

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

An old man telling a 6'7" 19-stone rugby player to !!!! off?

Oh look, there go some pigs. With wings, and green beards.

Inactive

Is it the only " Purple Fiesta " in the country?

Of course not.

lovethymini

Perhaps the old guy didn't realise what he'd done / forgotten / felt scared about being confronted by a stranger in the street....?

anewman

lovethymini wrote: »

Perhaps the old guy didn't realise what he'd done / forgotten / felt scared about being confronted by a stranger in the street....?

If he didn't realise then I fear for people's lives.