Car dented in car park

Peter2006

Wow, three pages! Thanks for all of the input and discussion, and sorry I haven't got the time to reply to each person's input in turn.

Normally I do go and park somewhere nice and quiet like the back of a car park, as I'm not one for needing to park right on the doorstep of where I'm going (not that there's anything wrong with that). However this Travelodge car park gets very very full (if any of you know it, you'll know what I mean), so not always an option. When I parked there was no one in any of the spaces left or right for 2 or 3 spots.

As for parking over two spaces, god that winds me up...but I can see why people do it!

As for the football, then no I don't think so. Top floor of a multi-storey and never before seen that. Always a first though!

From the dent, I think it is from a door, as it seems to start from an acute angle and then spread out. From my horrendous description earlier, it seems to have hit on the styling line, and obviously the door has a hollow in it which means it has sort of caved in around this point. Interestingly there's somehow no mark on the paintwork, which is what confused me as at first I thought it was a trick of the light.

Spoke to a colleague this morning and managed to find a number on TVP website. They've said I'd need to report it as an RTA and to do so I'd have to go into a police station, preferably a TVP one as otherwise it takes longer for the paperwork to go through. Bit of a pain as I'm off elsewhere tonight, so later on after work got to drive to Slough or Windsor to find a station that's open in the evening.

All a bit of effort for as people say, something that's likely to in the end go nowhere!

As for the insurance thing, then realise if I want to pursue someone (in the unlikely event that I get access to CCTV and it covered my car and it actually has someone doing the deed) then I'll have to involve insurance. Am away from home at the moment, so haven't got all my paperwork (poor excuse I know) so couldn't do this right away.

The probable and cheaper I guess option is just to get it sorted myself. My car's booked in for a service next Friday (first free day), so I'll ask them to give me a quote for it to be pushed out. On the not reporting it to insurance point, it's an interesting one, as say I lost my temper and kicked my door in (I didn't before anyone suggests that, I wouldn't be so keen on CCTV if I had! :-D ) and then thought 'Oops' and went and got it repaired, would you need to then?

pitkin2020

TBH it sounds like it would be easier to just swallow the bitter pill lol. Even if you get CCTV your going to have to be very lucky to see the damage being caused rather than just a car parked next too.

flashnazia

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

if i have to park next to somebody then i'll aim for the car that's been reversed into the spot, as it's more than likely a bloke and he'll be more careful :whistle:

Yeah, until the twit has to unload their trolley. The'll take it round the back and scrape your car in the process. They usually leave their trolley there too.

Strider590

flashnazia wrote: »

Yeah, until the twit has to unload their trolley. The'll take it round the back and scrape your car in the process. They usually leave their trolley there too.

Anyone with the sense to reverse park, will know they're not going to be using the boot.
The flaw in that theory is yet again those who drive through from behind the space.

And here's what happens when people reverse out of parking spaces, there attention on what's coming and not on what their front end is doing!

scheming_gypsy

flashnazia wrote: »

Yeah, until the twit has to unload their trolley. The'll take it round the back and scrape your car in the process. They usually leave their trolley there too.

i unload my trolley, but being a bloke i put my shopping in bags so i just carry them to the boot

scheming_gypsy

Peter2006 wrote: »

. On the not reporting it to insurance point, it's an interesting one, as say I lost my temper and kicked my door in (I didn't before anyone suggests that, I wouldn't be so keen on CCTV if I had! :-D ) and then thought 'Oops' and went and got it repaired, would you need to then?

exactly, you wouldn't tell them because there's no need to. there's even another thread somewhere, where McKneff told the poster that she needs to inform her insurance company (neighbour reversed into her and was paying cash for the repair), so she did. The girl at the insurance company said that she shouldn't have reported it, but because she had her insurance has gone up by £200.

your accident is none existent, you haven't had an accident, you just have a dent in your door that needs to be repaired.

Lum

flashnazia wrote: »

Yeah, until the twit has to unload their trolley. The'll take it round the back and scrape your car in the process. They usually leave their trolley there too.

I always stick my shopping on the rear passenger seat. The boot of the Mondeo is far too big and the bags end up emptying themselves all over the place as I go up and down hills on the way home. Then 3 weeks later I'll probably find an out of date pot of yoghurt in the spare wheel well or something.

I just leave the trolley in front of the car, only time it's ever a problem is in carparks on a slope.

Woody._2

pitkin2020 wrote: »

I didn't explain myself very well, whilst it will still be considered criminal damage they will still advise you to chase it as a civil matter. You will still get a crime ref number for reporting it whether or not its deemed criminal.

If you report someone for instance changing number plates that you deem suspicious they will assign a crime number to it, if they check it out and its not deemed to be anything criminal it will still have a crime ref number assigned to it!!

Sorry but you are wrong. It is either civil or criminal and a crime number is not given for civil matters as there is no crime to be recorded.

pitkin2020

Woody. wrote: »

Sorry but you are wrong. It is either civil or criminal and a crime number is not given for civil matters as there is no crime to be recorded.

You will still get a crime number because its issued to every report, how can they determine if something is criminal or not until they have investigated the report!!

In this case its still criminal damage but they will still advise you to pursue for the damage yourself. Even if the police do find, catch and prosecute the person who did the damage the OP won't see a penny unless he takes it further himself.

Woody._2

pitkin2020 wrote: »

You will still get a crime number because its issued to every report, how can they determine if something is criminal or not until they have investigated the report!!

In this case its still criminal damage but they will still advise you to pursue for the damage yourself. Even if the police do find, catch and prosecute the person who did the damage the OP won't see a penny unless he takes it further himself.

No you won't. Where do you get your information from?