Dents repair

jacubo

Did anyone use and recommend http://www.thedentman.ie/ or http://www.dents-away.ie/? I was driving backwards and hit a car which was parked on a lawn opposite my house. It's my neighbour's car and I would like to compensate the damage (dent) which was made.

We did not discuss details yet. I am looking for my options now. I hope we will reach reasonable agreement. However if there is a problem with an agreement I would also like to know if parking on a lawn is legal? If car was parked illegally am I legally obliged to cover the damage? Still I hope we will be reasonable about this...

Stheno

jacubo wrote: »

Did anyone use and recommend http://www.thedentman.ie/ or http://www.dents-away.ie/? I was driving backwards and hit a car which was parked on a lawn opposite my house. It's my neighbour's car and I would like to compensate the damage (dent) which was made.

We did not discuss details yet. I am looking for my options now. I hope we will reach reasonable agreement. However if there is a problem with an agreement I would also like to know if parking on a lawn is legal? If car was parked illegally am I legally obliged to cover the damage? Still I hope we will be reasonable about this...

You did the damage, you need to restore it to what it was.

Your neighbour is fully within their rights to go where they want by the way.

You should inform your insurance.

I had dealings with dent away in my area (seems to be a franchise) and found them very good to deal with.

jacubo

@stheno: could you tell how much you paid for their service?

are you sure about insurance? with small repairs I think it makes more sense not to notify them since I will lose no claims discount.

Supergurrier

That dent could be fixed with PDR for less than €100

Stheno

jacubo wrote: »

@stheno: could you tell how much you paid for their service?

are you sure about insurance? with small repairs I think it makes more sense not to notify them since I will lose no claims discount.

I didn't use them in the end, as I walloped the bejaysus out of my car a week later and it needed a bigger job.

However when I checked them out, they were excellent to deal with, they will either come to you or you drop off the car to them, and they were very happy to provide references.

Their prices were good, I needed a dent above my wheel arch sorted and it was a couple of hundred euro.

Until your neighbour gets quotes you don't know if it's 50e or 5000e that you'll be paying, notify your insurance, if you then decide to pay it yourself, it will be noted on the policy and you won't be penalised.

jacubo

Stheno wrote: »

Until your neighbour gets quotes you don't know if it's 50e or 5000e that you'll be paying, notify your insurance, if you then decide to pay it yourself, it will be noted on the policy and you won't be penalised.

I see. However he asked me that I get a quote from my mechanic to fix it. That's why I thought about checking price before talking with insurance.

However what you are saying about insurance sounds good anyway. If I can decide later if I am wiling or not to pay this is good option too. Do you know how quickly I should notify them?

Stheno

jacubo wrote: »

I see. However he asked me that I get a quote from my mechanic to fix it. That's why I thought about checking price before talking with insurance.

However what you are saying about insurance sounds good anyway. If I can decide later if I am wiling or not to pay this is good option too. Do you know how quickly I should notify them?

Straight away?

jacubo

Supergurrier wrote: »

That dent could be fixed with PDR for less than €100

What does PDR stand for?

Stheno

jacubo wrote: »

What does PDR stand for?

Paintless Dent Repair, exactly what the likes of Dent away do

Chris_Heilong

notifying insurance will put your premiums up next year, for small dents and such it should all be done off the books in this situation, not condoning anything illegal; if the other party hasnt mentioned insurance it be better to get it done yourself.

Stheno

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

notifying insurance will put your premiums up next year, for small dents and such it should all be done off the books.

Didn't make a difference to mine, and was useful to have the insurance involved.

colm_mcm

May not be possible to get at that dent from the boot, hopefully there's nothing behind the skin.

Stheno

Is the fuel tank lid in the middle of the dent?

If so the owner could look for that to be replaced as well as the dent being fixed.

colm_mcm

Stheno wrote: »

Is the fuel tank lid in the middle of the dent?

If so the owner could look for that to be replaced as well as the dent being fixed.

Far as I can see its just the circled area down near the bumper?

jacubo

colm_mcm wrote: »

Far as I can see its just the circled area down near the bumper?

It is just the area in black circle.

jacubo

Stheno wrote: »

Didn't make a difference to mine, and was useful to have the insurance involved.

This is exactly what I would like to investigate further. If there is an option to notify insurance, but choose to pay for repairs by myself and if this does not affect insurance premium this sounds like a way to go. Could any of you point provide links which describe this in details? We are insured with 123.ie. Also another thing to note - I suspect there is probably an excess involved so I will need to pay for repairs by myself anyway.