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Is this fair? Someone hit my car.

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KitKat1985 · 15/04/2018 20:42

Someone hit my parked car on Wednesday. It was very clearly other drivers fault and he acknowledged this. Left me with a tennis ball sized dent at the back and scuffs across 3 panels. We exchanged details and the guy said he would rather resolve it between us rather than through insurance. However I was quite literally in the process of moving house (it was actually my removers that saw the accident) so I've only just really thought what to do about it. The thing is my car is a 12 years old and has 109000 miles on the clock. A quick check on Autotrader suggests the car is probably only worth a few hundred quid anyway, although obviously the dent will de-value it a bit more. From experience a proper dent / scuff repair over 3 panels will probably cost more than the car is worth. It would also mean having the car in the repair shop for 2-3 days which is a pain in the arse with my work commitments etc. Is it fair to just ask for £100 towards the value knocked off the car, or is that not really the done thing?

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inabeautifulplace · 25/04/2018 22:26

I think he's basically told you (if he wasn't lying) that he had a choice of doing the washing up, or paying for a car that he drove into. And he chose to avoid washing up. This person isn't giving you any money, claim or accept the damage.

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