chriswt
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Not used the forum for a while, but this forum feels like an old friend and so its some friendly advice that I'm after.
My sisters car (white Fiesta) was hit while parked in the local train station car park. Whom ever hit it drove off without leaving any details. The damage looks slight but involves a new indicator unit (separate to the main headlight unit) and colour coded front bumper because the ridged plastic coating on the old bumper has cracked off revealing the hard foam underneath. There is no paint marks left by the other car apart from some metallic sliver residue.
From my initial inspection of the damage and a visit to the car park last night I came to three obvious conclusions:
1. The car that hit her was silver
2. It had to be big because like an MPV or SUV because the car in question needed a high protruding bumper to able to smash the indicator lense.
3. The damaged to the other car must have been on the Near side front or rear.
My girlfriend has been back to the scene as my sister told us last night that a big silver car often parks in the space opposite hers which is one of only two spaces where a reversing car could have hit hers.
I’ve just spoken to her and she has found a silver MPV parked up with white and black (underneath the white bumper is black plastic) scrapes on the near side of the rear bumper.
I estimate that the damage would cost £250+ for a garage to repair.
With no solid evidence where do I go from here guys and gals? leave a not on the cars windscreen saying we know it was you or go straight to the insurance company for them to battle out.
My sisters car (white Fiesta) was hit while parked in the local train station car park. Whom ever hit it drove off without leaving any details. The damage looks slight but involves a new indicator unit (separate to the main headlight unit) and colour coded front bumper because the ridged plastic coating on the old bumper has cracked off revealing the hard foam underneath. There is no paint marks left by the other car apart from some metallic sliver residue.
From my initial inspection of the damage and a visit to the car park last night I came to three obvious conclusions:
1. The car that hit her was silver
2. It had to be big because like an MPV or SUV because the car in question needed a high protruding bumper to able to smash the indicator lense.
3. The damaged to the other car must have been on the Near side front or rear.
My girlfriend has been back to the scene as my sister told us last night that a big silver car often parks in the space opposite hers which is one of only two spaces where a reversing car could have hit hers.
I’ve just spoken to her and she has found a silver MPV parked up with white and black (underneath the white bumper is black plastic) scrapes on the near side of the rear bumper.
I estimate that the damage would cost £250+ for a garage to repair.
With no solid evidence where do I go from here guys and gals? leave a not on the cars windscreen saying we know it was you or go straight to the insurance company for them to battle out.
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saying that someone reported a hit and run accident. She then had to take all her documents ( licence, insurance etc ) to the police station to verify her legal position. Eventually she received a letter from the third party's insurance company pinning her responsibilties on the claim. She passed all details to her insurance company and that was that. Police was satisfied with all her documents and the matter ended. No more problem. 
