A local builder has hit my car :(

[jbaker]

My pride and joy had been hit by a local builder (i think). I am waiting for them to call me back, but otherwise it will be an expensive insurance claim.

images of my car

Anyone have any idea on what this may cost to fix?

[Whippy53]

Ouch. I sympathise, I really do. Any witnesses? Might be an idea to get a quote first before going to insurance and see how it works out. Sorry mate, not a good way to start the weekend. Let us know how you get on. Might be lucky, builder might fess up.

[Doctle Odd]

Door and back quarter respray, ouch indeed!

[jbaker]

The builder came back to me. They said it was not them.....they did however (and a neighbour confirmed this) that a large Tuffnels lorry was there at the same time. I have emailed the company, but I expect to be told to sod off.

My insurance excess is 450..better than last years 650.

[Whippy53]

Yeah well, they would say that wouldn't they. I once had a builder speckle the front of my car with white paint, then decides to clean it off, using a scotchbrite pad. Denied all knowledge when confronted.

[jbaker]

This has come at the worst time. My wife is getting a new A4 2L SE TEK Quattro next weekend. We are sorting out her insurance, and this claim will put the cost of the insurance up quite a bit.

My insurance was purchased via Chris Knott. Just registered the claim.

At least no one was hurt

[Jim Walker]

Not good I feel for you some git ran into the side step of our Q7 & we are still waiting to find out if the company next door caught it on their CCTV.

[johnsimcox]

I recently had a repair to my car done by Autorestore, organised and paid for by the other party's insurer (Aviva). They are a mobile unit and essentially set up a full on paint shop at the location of your choosing. They did a really good job and the upside was I was only without the car for the few hours they were doing the work. Might be worth seeing what they would charge compared with the more traditional route. Also worth speaking to your dealer to see who they use for work on cars. Again a non-insurance deal may be a lot cheaper

[Chesterfield313]

I certainly wouldn't be claiming on insurance for this. There are usually a few people who have set up on their own doing resprays and repairs wherever you live. On my company cars I used a local guy who had his own place, did a perfect job on 3 occasions over the years. Having already used him I'd definitely trust him on my own car. Had bigger repairs than this done by him for less than £250.

[jbaker]

What the image does not show very well is that there is a dent on the rear door pillar. This is on the edge just on the crease line. It's about 2 mm.

I took it to a garage and they could not give me an accurate estimate, but said it would be well over a grand.

I will have to wait until Tuesday, when I will be able to pop it in to Newbury audi and then see what the local approved repairers say.