Someone ran into my parked car

check_six

Just got a call to say someone ran into my car parked outside my house. Small bit of cosmetic damage on the front drivers side wing apparently. Driver of the other car left details, and appeared 'respectable'.

What do I need to do next? Does this need to be reported to the Guards? Or just let the insurance people fight it out?

Stheno

Call the driver who was decent enough to leave their details, get their insurance details, and report the accident to your insurers

Kenny Logins

Call the number? They might want to settle it themselves. Up to you.

mgbgt1978

Maybe the note reads
'I am writing this because there is somebody watching me and I have to make it look like I am leaving my details for you'.............



.....or maybe not.
Seriously, I hope it works out for you and you get sorted for any damage.

coylemj

Did one of your neighbours make a note of his registration number or was that included on the note he left?

1. Get an estimate to have the damage fixed. Say your neighbour did the damage and is paying cash i.e. do not mention insurance because if you do, the estimate will be much higher.

2. Ring the other guy, quote the number and ask him if he proposes to do it through his insurance company or pay you in cash.

3. Be prepared (based on numerous similar threads on boards) for him to disagree with the quote.

4. If he refuses to pay or give you his insurance policy details, you will need to contact the Gardai but you will need the registration number or they won't be able to help you.

check_six

The man left his phone number with my wife. I asked if he had left any insurance details but he hadn't. Never mind we can get the details next time he parks at work she suggests (he works in a building nearby). Good thinking, says I, what does his car look like? ...*long pause*.... To be honest, I didn't see his car, she says...

I'm thinking I won't have any problems getting this sorted, but I was just thinking back to some of the horror stories on here and wondering what I might really need to get done quickly in terms of reporting.

coylemj

check_six wrote: »

The man left his phone number with my wife. I asked if he had left any insurance details but he hadn't. Never mind we can get the details next time he parks at work she suggests (he works in a building nearby). Good thinking, says I, what does his car look like? ...*long pause*.... To be honest, I didn't see his car, she says...

Does that mean he knocked on the door, asked if the owner of the car he had just hit lived there and gave your wife his name & phone number? If that's what happened then he sounds like a decent bloke, you should be ok if you can get him to eventually part with the cash to fix the damage but I don't think he'll do a runner.

check_six

coylemj wrote: »

Does that mean he knocked on the door, asked if the owner of the car he had just hit lived there and gave your wife his name & phone number? If that's what happened then he sounds like a decent bloke, you should be ok if you can get him to eventually part with the cash to fix the damage but I don't think he'll do a runner.

Yep, I'm getting that impression alright. Thanks for your suggestions.

Lawless2k12

Nice to see there are a few decent people around! I remember seeing a fella in Tesco car park scrape his jeep off someones car. Kept on driving so I ran up ahead and cut him off and said he had to leave his details. He told me to "F*ck off and get out of my way" so I just took his reg and rang the guards. Went back to the car he hit and a few minutes later an elderly woman came along to see the side of her car in ruin.

She rang me a few days later to say the damages were just shy of €3000 and she was so grateful for getting the mans reg as the guards tracked him down. It's awful to see things happen that way. Be great if everyone could be decent and own up. No one would like it done to themselves so why do it to someone else ay?

visual

someone reverse into my car dent over front wheel arch. Guy who didnt it wasn't nice offered to pay upto 50 euro max after I called the garda.

End up going through insurance cost 1700 to repair. Took 5 days and I got a loan car. That was a good few years ago so prices may have changed.

Be careful as everyone thinks dents and scrapes are cheap to repair. When the reality hits home many will back out.

Conmaicne Mara

The morning of one of my NCT tests, which I had a fair bit of work done for. A guy reversed out of a parking spot, hit my parked car doing some damage to indicator/headlight. He stayed around, with his family! They were all on holidays. Gave me his details etc. TBH seeing as he was that sound I never followed him up for the €, it wasn't much and he could have driven off without me knowing a thing about it.