ssiruuk1
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Hi... im wandering if any of you guys can give me some advise; on thursday my car (Audi A4 quattro 2.6 v6) literally rolled ever so slightly into a P reg cinquecento sporting on a roundabout after the driver moved to enter into the roundabout and then changed her mind and put her brakes on, by which time my car was rolling forward at about 2 mph and i was looking the other way to see if i could move out onto the roundabout thinking she had already gone.
My car hasnt even got a mark on it but there was a small crack in her rear bumper about 4 inches long. Having just got 3 yrs no claims up together i was hoping not to go through the insurance but rather to buy her a new bumper (black colour coded with orange trim) and get it fitted. At the time she agreed to this, however i just got a call off her and she now claims that her local garage had inspected it and reckoned that her boot floor has been slightly pushed in. I sort of find this hard to believe as the cars touched so softly that a. there wasnt even a scratch on my car and b. that i thought the engine of my car had stalled rather than id hit anything! Anyway she now says she wants to go thru the insurance cos she can get a courteousy car whilst its being fixed etc. I am desperate to try and keep my no-claims and would be willing to pay for it to be fixed, although she is being very reluctant to let me get a quote from a fiat body repair shop. Has anyone had anything similar happen to their cinquecento and how much did it cost (for the bumper and or slight buckle to the boot), if i can get some kind of general idea of a price and try and convince this woman to let me get it done it would be a massive relief. I'd even put her on my insurance for a day and let her drive my car so she's not put out! Any suggestions greatly appreciated, thanks for reading this!
My car hasnt even got a mark on it but there was a small crack in her rear bumper about 4 inches long. Having just got 3 yrs no claims up together i was hoping not to go through the insurance but rather to buy her a new bumper (black colour coded with orange trim) and get it fitted. At the time she agreed to this, however i just got a call off her and she now claims that her local garage had inspected it and reckoned that her boot floor has been slightly pushed in. I sort of find this hard to believe as the cars touched so softly that a. there wasnt even a scratch on my car and b. that i thought the engine of my car had stalled rather than id hit anything! Anyway she now says she wants to go thru the insurance cos she can get a courteousy car whilst its being fixed etc. I am desperate to try and keep my no-claims and would be willing to pay for it to be fixed, although she is being very reluctant to let me get a quote from a fiat body repair shop. Has anyone had anything similar happen to their cinquecento and how much did it cost (for the bumper and or slight buckle to the boot), if i can get some kind of general idea of a price and try and convince this woman to let me get it done it would be a massive relief. I'd even put her on my insurance for a day and let her drive my car so she's not put out! Any suggestions greatly appreciated, thanks for reading this!