Had a prang, need some general advice

[Fev]

Originally Posted by King Nothing

I agree with most of the posts above. He already tried to screw you over once by driving away, there is no guaruntee he won't do it again. Really you should have called the police straight away and had him done for running from an accident and drink driving. Too late for the second charge now anyway, as there is no proof.

I would go through your insurer, you pay your premiums for them to sort out these problems. If you go through his spray shop, there is no warranty on the work so if it goes bad you will be kicking yourself. The kid needs to learn a lesson, too many people try to avoid blame and responsibility (I'm only 23 myself!). He should consider himself lucky he is avoiding a drink driving charge, if it were me he wouldn't have been so lucky.

I'll tell you a quick story. My Dad used to have an 85 landcrusier which he parked on the street. One night a couple of kids threw a brick through the window. My brother ran out and confronted them, they went to the same school (not friends though). We called the police and started to file a report. Eventually we got hold of the parents, one was reasonable and apologetic, the other was a cow. They agreed to get the kids around to clean the glass up and pay for a replacement window if we dropped the charges (I warned against this). The kids offered no apology, didn't clean up properly and was short on the money ($20, but anyway. They turned up with pies and coke for themselves, wonder where the $20 went?).

A couple of months later Dad had sold that 4WD, and bought a newer one (95). One morning we came out and someone had jumped on the bonnet. Straight away we knew it was the same kids but we had no proof.

My point is, it didn't matter if they did it or not, it's that we will always wonder if it was them, and if we had of gone to the police would our new car have been damaged. Dad was kicking himself for going too easy on them.

So if he has done the wrong thing by you, don't go out of your way to help him. Follow the proper channels, cover your own backside, protect your peace of mind and don't risk putting yourself out further.

hope you took a broom handle too them..

Been there done that.
At least 20 years ago, a bloke in a yellow Volvo sedan, NSW plates, comes out of a side street (intociated by alcohol or drugs) T bones the GT (XY) says he is ****ed and if he stays I will get no insurance.
Me being about 19 says (after the advise of a big Kiwi tow truck driver) yeah man fu@k off this car is worth about 10 grand I need to claim.
And guess what the insurer said.
You guessed it, no driver details, no claim.
DEVASTATED :evil3:

Grab hold of the bastard/beach and hold he/she until the coppers arrive and let them deal with it!

out of curiosity, why wouldnt they let you claim? a few weeks ago my car was sideswiped out on the street while i was in bed asleep but i went through the process and made a claim sucessfully - still to pay the excess but its all fine.


To the OP - Hope this all works out for you, so close to christmas it could ruin the season for you so i hope none of this happens and the guy honors his word