Car repair without police report

[Mr Rossi]

Someone knocked the back of my hire car while parked in Spinneys and forgot to leave their details. Damage is to the back, plastic bumper. I don't know if it could be bent back in or would need replaced.

Anyone know where to take it as I assume the hire company will charge a huge mark up on this when I go to hand the car back.

[zin]

If someone just hit the back of you when you were parked then you need to call the police so they can come give you a green slip. If there is no other party then that's all they can do.

[indoMLA]

Originally Posted by zin

If someone just hit the back of you when you were parked then you need to call the police so they can come give you a green slip. If there is no other party then that's all they can do.

+1. Also, ask the Spinney's for the surveillance footage (id they have it).

[Mr Rossi]

Originally Posted by zin

If someone just hit the back of you when you were parked then you need to call the police so they can come give you a green slip. If there is no other party then that's all they can do.

Errrrr, it was over a week ago, do you still think I'd be able to do this?

[zin]

No need to tell them it was a week ago, just park up somewhere (away from someone's view preferably) and call them, tell them it just happened now whilst you were away. You would only have to worry if you hit someone and did a runner and someone got your car description and/or number plate and it raises a flag.

[zin]

In fact there's probably no reason to lie about when it happened although you'd get the question "why you tell us only now?"

[Tropicana]

Originally Posted by Mr Rossi

Someone knocked the back of my hire car while parked in Spinneys and forgot to leave their details.

They didnt "forget". They just dont care ..

My car(s) have been hit at least 6 times in parking spots over the last 4 years, twice so bad enough that my bumper was pushed in, and twice in Dubai mall, where security wouldnt even show the cameras so we could see who did it.

What infuriates me is that the offender is very likely to go to police with a blank face and claim someone hit their car, and so they get away with damaging other peoples cars. Of course i suspect people drivign rental cars are more careless as they arent affected at all if they have the CDW

[Tropicana]

Originally Posted by indoMLA

+1. Also, ask the Spinney's for the surveillance footage (id they have it).

In all likelihood they will refuse to hand it over unless the police asks for it.

[zin]

The police won't bother. We had a big dent on the back of our car, I suspect by some prat with a trolley, the police had no interest to investigate the matter. Green slip from the police station (they came and took a look at the car to write the report) and off you go.

[Laowei]

I used a garage recently, some ******** reversed into the side door of my Boxster, as its & years + old its only 3rd party so took it to a garage recommended by his insurance. While it was there i asked the guy to repair a couple of small dents on the wing with full wing respray and the rear panel for the soft roof was alos scratched so he blew over that as well. Very happy with the job and for 800aed for 2 panels resprayed and repaired thought that was very reasonable. Colour match on a metalic colour was perfect also.

I have a pilot which i reversed and demolished a lamp-post, didnt get a police reprot (wont go into the details!) i hasked him about this repair and if i needed police report, he said no problem.

Garage is in Al Qusais, if you need the contact drop me a pm.