My next-door neighbour's relative's car was parked on their drive, and I reversed into it and just scraped the side, and took a chip out of the light unit. I offered to pay for the damage done out of my own pocket, not wanting my insurance premiums to rocket. My neighbour’s relative went to a franchised dealer and got a quote for over £500, which I thought was very excessive for the amount of damage done. (The dealer contracts the bodywork out to another company.) I asked if he could get another couple of quotes to see if the quote was actually comparable to others as I have no problem paying for the damage but I wanted to pay a fare price. He point blankly refused to do so.

Therefore, I went to two garages at random and received quotes for no more than £300 for the work done, to include the light unit. I emailed him back to inform him that his quote didn't seem comparable and didn't hear back. A week later I received an email telling me he will be picking his car up in the morning and that he will be posting me the bill. He had taken the car without me knowing and got the work done and paid for it. Now he insists that I reimburse the cost even though I never agreed to it.