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Hard lines matie. You must be gutted after all the effort you've put in.
On the bright side, if she's admitted fault I should imagine Chris and Dan will do an insurance job for you.
Be careful WCA, I've had some of that, admitting blame at the the roadside, is one thing, what she tells her insurance company after advice later, is another! I won my case, but it was a fight in court, the lying bastard went back on his word and blamed me.
I should have added, prepare your case carefully as though she had blamed you entirely, go to the accident site and take lots of photo's, of the area from all angles.
That is what I did, and then drew in the car positions on the pc,
As I said, I won my case, and the judge commended me on an excellent set of photographs!!
Its like everything else, attention to detail will nail it every time.
I was awarded £1600 damages and the lying bastard had to pay all the court costs.
Go for it WCA, you may as well be bomb-proof before you start.
I have just received this in an email from the husband of the driver after I had sent them my description of the incident
My wife and I concur with what you say in your statement apart from, what to you was a, 'sickening crunch of breaking fibre glass'. To us was a 'simple bump' at less than 5 mph. This in no way obviates her from being guilty of causing the accident. And of which she is truly sorry. I will send you a copy of our statement to our insurers in due course.
I don't think there will be too much problem with the insurance
I spend a bit of time in court... not in the dock and have seen a number of cases where people have tried to pass the blame. Pics are the way forward. Although you have a letter of confirmation in this case.
Their insurance company contacted me this morning. Please could I deal directly with them to make things simple. They accept full responsibility.
Was my car roadworthy?
Do I want a car while mine is being repaired?
Who do I want to do the repairs?
Was I hurt in any way?
I explained my car was a bit different and that Chris was the best guy to look at it. They agreed. Did I want my car trailered down there?
I explained Chris was unavailable for a week. Not a problem, the claim is logged. Just get Tribute to contact the insurance when it is convenient for him. Probably best for him to deal with it as he has the mould if I need to replace the whole rear end.
Really nice, friendly and helpful. My insurance company recorded the incident and agreed it would have no effect on my No Claims and wished me luck.
Glad it's turning out ok for you.
A friend of my father's owned a garage on a main road. One day he drove off the forecourt having checked left and right was clear straight into the side of a bus that had stopped in front of him.
These things are easily done!
Hope you get it sorted OK Nick. I thought that your paint job put most of the others at Stoneleigh to shame. There were some Aston Martin replicas for sale in the sheds that looked terrible.
Bad lady. Women drivers, what are they like! Before you say anything, I'm a woman driver. Is she still breathing? I would need restraining if it was my car. Perhaps I could just drive it around the garden to keep it safe (once its finished). Poor car :-(
Spoke to the other half (NuBodiBoss) who said that he can offer his services, if you need them. He said that repairing fibre-glass is a specialist job. Obviously, there's the insurance to sort out first but if you want to contact him, his number is 07779 365 247 or email him at [email]nubodi.autos@gmail.com[/email]
No problem, I will pass the info on to the boss. I think I will have to set up an account for him on this forum (otherwise I will feel like his secretary). Good Luck.
