@MARK
Active Member
So having had a run in with a mental motorcycle rider a couple of weeks ago which needed the Dent Devils guys finest to sort, there I am driving down Chiswick High Road thing morning when crunch!
Mr White Van Man has clearly failed to spot I have stopped and has driven straight into my drivers side rear corner.
So I get out of the car and his co pilot is hanging out of the window asking if there is any damage.
At this point the driver has not got round to putting down his bacon butty.
So a good look around and it looks like he has rolled into the plastic bumper and there is no damage so after checking, checking again and telling Mr White Van man to wake up, we get on with our days.
For some reason, something in the back of my mind told me to make a note of his reg number as he was driving off.
Then when I was walking up to my car this afternoon I spotted it.
Sure enough the plastic was undamaged but there on the wheel arch was the dent
Right on the edge of what appears to be a single thickness of metal so hopefully the guy from Dent Devils will be able to sort it but none the less.
So I now need to send off £2.50 to DVLA to get the registers keepers details and then drop him a letter giving him the option of a £75 plus VAT Dent Devils bill or a call to his insurance company.
My gut feeling is that he will deny everything but at least that part of town is crawling with CCTV although I really don't want to go down the insurance route for something so minor.
But this is more damage than 4 years with the previous car so I am thinking of putting tyres round the side of my car like they do on boats as clearly I have bought a magnet.
Mr White Van Man has clearly failed to spot I have stopped and has driven straight into my drivers side rear corner.
So I get out of the car and his co pilot is hanging out of the window asking if there is any damage.
At this point the driver has not got round to putting down his bacon butty.
So a good look around and it looks like he has rolled into the plastic bumper and there is no damage so after checking, checking again and telling Mr White Van man to wake up, we get on with our days.
For some reason, something in the back of my mind told me to make a note of his reg number as he was driving off.
Then when I was walking up to my car this afternoon I spotted it.
Sure enough the plastic was undamaged but there on the wheel arch was the dent
Right on the edge of what appears to be a single thickness of metal so hopefully the guy from Dent Devils will be able to sort it but none the less.
So I now need to send off £2.50 to DVLA to get the registers keepers details and then drop him a letter giving him the option of a £75 plus VAT Dent Devils bill or a call to his insurance company.
My gut feeling is that he will deny everything but at least that part of town is crawling with CCTV although I really don't want to go down the insurance route for something so minor.
But this is more damage than 4 years with the previous car so I am thinking of putting tyres round the side of my car like they do on boats as clearly I have bought a magnet.
