Someone crashed into my A8

[Audi do]

As the title goes, last week I'm in the house when a neighbour knocks to tell us that someone's crashed into the car, my wife shouts to tell me and I say " I hope it's yours" I was wrong....

The lady had parked up on the hill near us to drop her child at school, the car decided to come down the hill, it hit my wife's Tiguan first then continued to the A8

Thankfully the Tiguan took the main brunt of the force (expecially as it's a company car so little skin off our noses) but the front bumper on the A8 has been pushed back on the near side, I'll upload pics when I get my lap top back (it's getting fixed BTW, it hasn't been seized!)

The damage looks quite minimal but as the bumper is out of allignment I'm guessing there's some damage to the mount.

Obviously the "other party" accepts full liability & her insurer promises me a courtesy car "like for like". They call to say it's being dropped off & I check that I'll be covered for business use as I need to run about during the day. They come back to say no, it'll be for commuting only. I point out this is no use to me then enquire on the car they're sending me.

A Vauxhall Corsa

So I obviously refuse & point out that I could quite easily contact "It wasn't my fault so I'm going to have your eyes out .com" 2 minutes later & I'm told the car will be a BMW 320 with full business insurance, there now, that wasn't hard was it?

I'm still waiting to find out how long it's going to take to get sorted, the BM is nice but it's no A8.

[Norretal]

Sorry to hear that mate, hope it gets sorted to your satisfaction soon

As an aside, when I got side-swiped by a student type in a Corsa in April 2011 I made the mistake of letting my insurance company sort it out. I was given a Corsa, a brand new one, but nonetheless still a Corsa.

You've met me, I don't fit in a Corsa. I did take quite a liking to wearing a baseball cap back to front though

[Audi do]

Originally Posted by Norretal

Sorry to hear that mate, hope it gets sorted to your satisfaction soon

As an aside, when I got side-swiped by a student type in a Corsa in April 2011 I made the mistake of letting my insurance company sort it out. I was given a Corsa, a brand new one, but nonetheless still a Corsa.

You've met me, I don't fit in a Corsa. I did take quite a liking to wearing a baseball cap back to front though

Cheers for that Ron, it must've been a convertible Corsa or you've been practising your Yoga?

[Norretal]

Nope, it was this one.

I looked proppa mint

[audifin]

Unfortunately I'm in the same situation right now - my other half parked the car by a road, and just as she was opening the door another car came from behind and hit the door. Nobody was injured so that's the main thing.

On a positive side, my car will be getting brand new door, and insurance company sorted me out with a brand new CLS (all paid for by the other party's insurance)

[tonupkid]

I'm a bit flabberghasted that your car door opening into the path of a passing vehicle is the fault of the other vehicle. What am I missing here

[audifin]

Originally Posted by tonupkid

I'm a bit flabberghasted that your car door opening into the path of a passing vehicle is the fault of the other vehicle. What am I missing here

Read here http://www.trafficaccidentadvice.co....sponsible.html

[sarg]

Originally Posted by audifin

Read here http://www.trafficaccidentadvice.co....sponsible.html

But that article just backs up what tonupkid said, if you open the door without checking for traffic, it's you to blame if you get hit

[audifin]

Originally Posted by sarg

But that article just backs up what tonupkid said, if you open the door without checking for traffic, it's you to blame if you get hit

You picked one sentence from a long article, it starts like this:

"Who is at fault in this situation really depends on the circumstances, although it is generally assumed that the person who hit the door is at fault as it can be argued that they were driving without 'due care and attention' if they didn't see it in enough time to stop."

[tintin]

Hmm..I'm with Tonupkid and Sarg on this one (without knowing the specific circumstances…)