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So this happens to have been a bumper bashing. What happens when you write off someone's car?
I'm not running away from paying. I'm being ripped off and I must accept... I'm not naive. I got plenty ty quotes nit even amounting to 10 000.
I hope you sleep better at night.
You told his insurance you can't afford anything.
My suggestion is get quotes to fix what damage would have been to the other car and present the "fraud" in court if unreasonable.
I would sleep better at night knowing everyone on the road with me had insurance... irresponsible fkwits.
Offer to pay them what you can afford. In installments if need be.
No, you're suffering the consequences of being an irresponsible person.
Your poor little feelings hurt? You know this is an online forum, right? No one cares about your feelings, everyone here will tell you what they think, which is what you should have expected to begin with. And no one actually attacked you, but we (or people close to us) have all been burnt by people driving without insurance.
I currently live in the same country, and yes, insurance is expensive, but a lot of that has to do with people without insurance not paying. It doesn't help that we don't have proper public transport in most places.
No one swore/said anything about taking you to the cleaners? And it's your word what all those panel beaters would charge, and we have no clue what you said to those panel beaters is correct, you can describe it without you knowing what was actually damaged. Could be your fix is a quick fix rather than insurance's requirement to restore to the original condition (and as others have mentioned, this includes original parts/paint). If you damaged the next panel, that panel has to be fixed up as well, which could be difficult to discern from pictures. Did you actually see the quote insurance gave you for that mess-up? And remember, you're not only paying the fee to fix that, you're paying the fee for insurance having to deal with you as well, that's probably why they would have discounted to R24k (so their cut is way reduced, but cheaper to get you to pay than to go to court, which is what you're forcing).
Love the victim mentality there, you know nothing about any of us, and I am not the one who got into an accident, and if I did, my insurance would pay out so that people would be able to get their car fixed. So the actual cause of people starving is you, the person who has not paid for the damages caused.
Yes actually mine has done that.
You drove without insurance, you caused an accident and told them you're not paying. Grow up and realise there are consequences for your actions.
Too bad too sad, his insurance has already paid to fix his car, you're now liable for that bill. Perhaps you should've spoken to Mr X after the accident to try resolve things amibicably?
It's not up to Mr X to resolve anything. He has insurance for a reason - to protect himself. You damage his car, he instructs his insurer to return it to the condition it was in previously. They then do so. He has no obligation or reason to deal with you privately. That's just asking for headaches - he would have ended up out of pocket because you're not paying...
Exactly this, but OP needs to grow up and realise they were in the wrong and now are fighting this stupidly and than calling us all out for his stupidity?
