Accident caused by third party and existing damage

[The_Ogre]

Howdy folks.

So this morning while my wife was driving down the street a neighbour was coming out of his driveway (head first) and T-boned my wife nicely on the front, passenger side.

His explanation is that he didn't see her as the sun was blinding him. *#&$!!!

I told him we can have a chat later when I get home, but at the very least he's admitting it was his fault.

My wife says there isn't too much damage as he was coming out too slowly - she obviously expected him to stop, but he didn't.

My question is this. The car has some slight damage from bumps at the back and on the side (I bought it like this) so I'm wondering how his insurance would handle this.

I've been planning to have it fixed for a while, just never got to it.

If his insurance is only fixing the damage caused by him, can I then speak to the panel-beaters to fix the bumps and invoice me separately?

 

[scudsucker]

Yes.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yes you can, quite easily...

 

[Beachless]

Yip he will only have to pay for the damaged caused, tell the panel beater to give you a good price on the rest.

 

[The_Ogre]

Right, thanks manne!

 

[Rouxenator]

Do you still have the bakkie from that guy that did you a dodgy deal on the mags?

 

[The_Ogre]

Do you still have the bakkie from that guy that did you a dodgy deal on the mags?

No, I gave up on trying to find him

I literally just gave it away.

I just told the police to record the fact that I've gone out of my way to find him and since they told me that they couldn't do anything because it wasn't reported stolen or abandoned (because I had the keys), I told someone I knew to come pull the thing away, strip it and use whatever he could.

 

[I.am.Sam]

yes you can tell the panel beater to fix everything up and add it to the cost of fixing the small but the neighbour smashed