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Nine months ago, I was sitting in standstill traffic looking out of my driver's side window when I felt a bump. My car had made contact with the car in front of me. I feel like I would have noticed if...
My 2007 Skoda Superb, which I use drive as a taxi, was hit by a car. It's damaged near the back door and rear panel near the sill. The sill is badly dented, but the door closes and locks. It probably needs...
I bumped into a car today, but when myself and the other person inspected the damage it was only a tiny little scratch on the front. We both agreed it was fine and drove off. Could they claim against me...
I'm in the process of buying a secondhand vehicle. When I got an insurance quote I was told that there had been a previous no fault insurance claim for the vehicle. Is there any way that I could find out...
I took My 66-plate Skoda Octavia to the Skoda dealer with a tyre monitor problem, which they fixed. But after they washed the car, the service receptionist crashed my car into one of the new cars on the...
I was in stationary traffic when a car drove into the stationary van behind me. There was a lot damage between the car and the van. Although the front of the van tapped my car lightly, there was no damage...
My fence was damaged again on Sunday by a vehicle using the neighbouring supermarket's car park (it runs along my boundary line). The supermarket were not very helpful, they say they don't have CCTV that...
In December 2016, I purchased a 2015 Ford S-Max from a Ford dealer. The vehicle was Ford Direct with a two year, unlimited mileage warranty. Recently my car was hit by another vehicle. When I took the...
My wife grazed a BMW while pulling out of a very tight parking spot at a BMW garage. She thought it was very minor and might even just polish out. The same day, a quote came through from BMW at £1600 -...
I have a Citroen C4 Picasso. It was kerbed and the front section of the nearside sill is badly damaged (metal crushed and torn up as far as to where it meets the inner wing section of frame). My insurance...