**sigh**
so i went along to a friend’s BBQ at the weekend, parking was along a track up to a wind turbine. People were parking along the edge of the track and there was just room to squeeze past. I was one of the last to arrive and passed all these cars so I was closest to the turbine - where the track narrows. I pulled over as far as i could and parked. Got out, looked at the car and thought to myself, noone else is going to be able to get up here and park, hopefully Im one of the last to arrive. I walked back down the track and had passed 4 parked cars when a car came up the track, pretty fast tbh for a ford focus on a rough bumpy dirt track. She passed me and I turned and watched her get to my truck and thought; there is no way she is getting through there - at which she bowled on through!! I winced as it looked like she had taken my front wing out! **note it was pretty windy and i didnt hear anything**. I kind of froze to the spot but my instinct was to march up there and inspect my car for damage. So what stopped me?? well, the driver was a local mum I kind of know, who was also going to the BBQ and I assumed if she HAD hit my car she would have said something. She waved and smiled and didnt! I didnt want to be that person - looking all precious over my car so i left it and went on in to the party.
4 hours later I went to get in the car to drive home and found the front bumper/wing all scraped and her paint all over it I looked at her car and the damage was worse. A lot of the paint on my vehicle actually wiped off but there is a small dent and scrape. Now - it is a BRAND NEW truck. I have literally had it about 6 weeks, it’s immaculate. I went to tell the lady in the nicest way I could and she apologised and gave me her details - she claimed to have no idea she had done it and I was kicking myself for not looking immediately. I explained I had been giving her the benefit of the doubt and thought perhaps it just looked like she had hit me from the angle i was standing at etc.
So today i got a quote for the work - £338. I have had a really sh!^^y text message from her saying she is very taken aback by the amount and that she isnt bothering to sort her car as it has been through much worse when she was actually injured and in this case it surely is hardly worth bothering about.
she drove into me?!
Im more upset by her attitude than the scrape!
so i went along to a friend’s BBQ at the weekend, parking was along a track up to a wind turbine. People were parking along the edge of the track and there was just room to squeeze past. I was one of the last to arrive and passed all these cars so I was closest to the turbine - where the track narrows. I pulled over as far as i could and parked. Got out, looked at the car and thought to myself, noone else is going to be able to get up here and park, hopefully Im one of the last to arrive. I walked back down the track and had passed 4 parked cars when a car came up the track, pretty fast tbh for a ford focus on a rough bumpy dirt track. She passed me and I turned and watched her get to my truck and thought; there is no way she is getting through there - at which she bowled on through!! I winced as it looked like she had taken my front wing out! **note it was pretty windy and i didnt hear anything**. I kind of froze to the spot but my instinct was to march up there and inspect my car for damage. So what stopped me?? well, the driver was a local mum I kind of know, who was also going to the BBQ and I assumed if she HAD hit my car she would have said something. She waved and smiled and didnt! I didnt want to be that person - looking all precious over my car so i left it and went on in to the party.
4 hours later I went to get in the car to drive home and found the front bumper/wing all scraped and her paint all over it I looked at her car and the damage was worse. A lot of the paint on my vehicle actually wiped off but there is a small dent and scrape. Now - it is a BRAND NEW truck. I have literally had it about 6 weeks, it’s immaculate. I went to tell the lady in the nicest way I could and she apologised and gave me her details - she claimed to have no idea she had done it and I was kicking myself for not looking immediately. I explained I had been giving her the benefit of the doubt and thought perhaps it just looked like she had hit me from the angle i was standing at etc.
So today i got a quote for the work - £338. I have had a really sh!^^y text message from her saying she is very taken aback by the amount and that she isnt bothering to sort her car as it has been through much worse when she was actually injured and in this case it surely is hardly worth bothering about.
she drove into me?!
Im more upset by her attitude than the scrape!