Nipsey
Footballguy
Long story short... I'm in an underground parking lot. Car ahead of me is stopped waiting for a car to pull out. While I'm stopped another car pulls out from a spot and backs into side of my car near the front wheel. Damage is apparent but my car still drives. His bumper is scratched up. Guy gets out says he didn't see me, I say I honked. We're blocking traffic so I say hold on and move my car up and into a spot. I go into my glove box for the insurance info, when I get out I see the guy peeling out of the garage and up the exit ramp. Hit and run! I'm standing there a little stunned and another car pulls up to me, guy waives me over. He took a picture of the guy and his plates. Said something similar happened to him and he thought the guy might bolt. What a mensch! I call my insurance, send them the photos. They tell me to fill out accident report at police station just to cover my behind.
Get a call this morning saying insurance company tracked the guy down. He admits on voicemail he backed into me. 100% he's at fault. He's confused how they got his info, they tell him there was witness and photos. Guy saying he doesn't want to go through insurance and open to work something out. Guy is a professional, his ride was high end. Have not had damage appraised yet because I don't have collision insurance, only liability because it's an older car. Was waiting to see if they could find the guy. Now that they have, what's the play here? Just say screw him and have his insurance pay whatever the estimate is? Deal with him directly? Guy seemed like a hot head when he got out of his car. Obviously shady with the hit and run. I'd assume the body damage estimate would be somewhere between $500-$1500. May have eff'ed up the alignment too.
Get a call this morning saying insurance company tracked the guy down. He admits on voicemail he backed into me. 100% he's at fault. He's confused how they got his info, they tell him there was witness and photos. Guy saying he doesn't want to go through insurance and open to work something out. Guy is a professional, his ride was high end. Have not had damage appraised yet because I don't have collision insurance, only liability because it's an older car. Was waiting to see if they could find the guy. Now that they have, what's the play here? Just say screw him and have his insurance pay whatever the estimate is? Deal with him directly? Guy seemed like a hot head when he got out of his car. Obviously shady with the hit and run. I'd assume the body damage estimate would be somewhere between $500-$1500. May have eff'ed up the alignment too.
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