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My poor car seems to have become an A***hole magnet, this one, after having a look, quickly drove off without leaving any details Luckilly I have a reliable witness who took the reg and informed me within minutes of it happening, so now I've got to go and report it. Just when I get it looking good

Ouch, a P2 as well

At least you have paint residue, wheich should make plods job a little easier (if they dont have anything better to do)

Plenty of cnuts about

Keep em peeled.

thats bad news matey! looks like the wheel arch cover is a little dented too?? reall annoying when people do that! but it does look like the majority of it will come out with some cuting compound and a little elbow grease!

Bad luck mate - Very similar happened to mine back in 2001 at B&Q.

Shocking mate just after you had tidies her up so much as well.

The lack of respect and decency in this country saddens me

Cheers
Luke

Lame

That's disgraceful, leaving out all the work you had to do recently anyway, I hope they get their just desserts, though sadly I suspect not.

Good luck with getting it sorted.

Dan

you're right Timmo most of it will eventually polish out, but living in a flat with the car parked 100yds away makes even little jobs a right pain.
I rang my insurer to report it and check out his registration number, he is insured, so there is some hope of being compensated.

Martyn

good news about he being insured matey! atleast there's some hope hey!
i know what you mean about every job being a pain! i have to do all my work on the main road!

Had the same thing happen to me in the same place on the car! with the same coloured paint! but no one saw it happen, fortunately it's not quite as bad so most of it has polished out already.

Would you believe the insurance assessor has put a repair cost of £700 on this damage, which has resulted in my car being written off yet AGAIN. Thats twice within a year and in the same carpark !!! The good news is I pushed the original, laughable valuation of £100 with the help of a lot of ads, photos and invoices, up to a realistic £900
Result so now I can take it to a sensibly priced local body shop and get if fixed for, I reckon, around the £200 mark. So with the last write off sum of £700 (upped from their original £280 valuation) plus this £900, I've just about recovered the real cost of the last repairs.
So hang in there Jezz, it is possible to get insurers to deliver what they promise.

Martyn

good news that they have upped the valuation matey! goives you a spare bit of money!!
i recon though that if you had a pot of thinners and a rag you could wipe off the paint marks ont he panels and leave them almost un noticable! if you could live with any damage left could pocket a good few hundred coins matey! (failing thinners try a bit of cutting compound!)

Glad you have sorted it out Martin can't beleive they offered £280 though should have showed them the used car roadshow clip on th emainsite

I have mine insured for an agreed value of £2500

Cheers
Luke

Hi Luke, I did try to get an agreed value policy but was told it had to be as a second car, was that the case with your policy?

Martyn

Sadly due to me no longer holding a valid license the car is in my dads name but the insurance is with Highway IIRC through Adrian Flux - many detailed forms were filled out mainly due to th emods an dphotos were required but they never asked if it was a 2nd car but it is a limited mileage policy.

Hope that helps

Cheers
Luke