Originally Posted by
Fordmad!
Some complete tosses has pulled out from a junction and hit the side of my rs1800 today
I'm not really clued up on the insurance side of things. Have everything to prove he was at fault
Now I want to keep the car regardless and get it sorted. I have notified the insurance but that's as far as it's gone so far. I really don't want it to go through the insurance as they will probably write it off.
Minimal damage to his car, probably a respray of his bumper would sort it. Mine needs new door and rear quarter.
What's my options? Can I fix it myself? If I don't claim and he does on his will that effect me?
I know I'll have to foot the bill if it doesn't go through the insurance but I'm prepared to do that so that it doesn't get written off
Advice needed before I speak to the insurance
Cheers!
If it was his fault his Insurance Company will have to pay for repairing your car. If he claims on his Insurance company for his own damage they will want all of your details so I think you have to tell your insurance company about the accident.Why do you think your car will be written off? The damage has to be over a certain percentage of the cars value before its written off. As its a fairly rare car now it must be worth quite a bit? If your car had just had a few scratches then yes maybe repair it yourself but from the sound of it, it needs to be repaired properly.