A***hole neighbour hit my car

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:56 am

Could report it all to insurance and see if they will chase him for you.

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Code4 · Postby **Code4** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:29 am

Hey, he's old (maybe with few assets ? and not a full load of neurons to fire off) and its only a car. Ease up.

At least you can rant here.

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:04 am

On a serious note if he has medical issues maybe he should not be driving. Do us all a favour and get him removed from being able to drive. Is there any paint missing from his car?

In a recent near miss on my bike, the driver who decided to merge into my lane at 100 kmh said "I can't see well out of my right eye and did not see you" this was responded with "Maybe you should not be driving". Then the A hole asked me to stop shouting at him as I would give him a heart attack, this was responded with "What do you just think you gave me, pay back is a bitch".

Magpie · Postby **Magpie** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:04 am

Maybe set a sprinkler up and accidently turn it on when he walks past

However neighbour 'disagreements' can very quickly escalate into a World War type situation (highly emotional).

Postby **NitroDann** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 11:28 am

cherrymx5 wrote:Well I spoke to the cops and they just told me it was a dead end.

They just cant be flocked because theres nothing in it for them.

Get used to it. Pray it never gets stolen.

Dann

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:08 pm

Unfortunately no witnesses, so can't be proven. That's why the police/insurance won't get involved.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:51 pm

bruce wrote:Unfortunately no witnesses, so can't be proven. That's why the police/insurance won't get involved.

Yep, pretty much.

You'll say "he hit my car"
He'll say "no I didn't"
You'll show the scrape, he'll say "could have been any car"
and you'll just go in a circle.

Insurance and police can't simply go after someone based on paint colour, or "you reckon it was them"
Since, well, imagine someone down the road finds a red scrape on their car, say the postie rubbed the van when they did a delivery.
They get home, see the red paint, and see your car with a scrape and think you've done it.

Would you want insurance/police to come after you because the paint is the same colour?

Would you expect them to take paint samples and do forensic testing on the paint etc?

Roadrunner · Postby **Roadrunner** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:25 pm

Yeah no one accepts responsibility for small dings and scrapes these days.
The amount of times I've seen people door the car next to them, look at it, shrug their shoulders and walk away is astonishing.

I had what I can only presume is bike handle bars dropped on my front guard (parked next to a sign post). Scratched right through to the metal 4mm wide an inch long and a rather deep dent. No witnesses, no note, no one cares even on a busy main street with lots of pedestrians...
Matches the door dings down both sides I guess...

It's like your car has to be near written off for people to acknowledged responsibility and even then some will try to blame you or someone else.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:54 pm

A bit of grace and good manners may have got a result but belligerence especially to an older person is a sure way not to- it's a give away "confronted" . If you did not see it and he denied it then that should be the end of it. It is totally unrealistic and absurd to think that the Police should get involved.

kazama · Postby **kazama** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:49 pm

As other have said without a witness its more hassle than it's worth for insurers.

Some people might be inclined to lodge a claim to their insurer and state that they personally witnessed the incident. The insurer then contacts the TP. If there is a dispute they may assess the TP vehicles damage to see if it's a match. If it is the insurers recoveries department will handle the rest.

I do believe this is fraud though, so I would advise against it.

Roadrunner · Postby **Roadrunner** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:52 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:A bit of grace and good manners may have got a result but belligerence especially to an older person is a sure way not to- it's a give away "confronted" .

I read the initial post like that too. Going in aggressive and confrontational straight up is the ideal way to instantly get the back up of the person your having a go at.
Even worse, imagine if your neighbour genuinely didn't do it and you've just had a scream in his face. Quick way to make an enemy out of your neighbour. Have fun with that when he starts pooper scooper lobbing the dog poo into your yard...

david_syd_au · Postby **david_syd_au** » Tue Jul 19, 2016 10:24 am

Since he is old, with presumably somewhat impaired senses, maybe even if he did hit your car he honestly didn't know?

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Tue Jul 19, 2016 10:53 am

Cherry is clearly totally blind to his own language and the equally unconvincing defence of it. Most of us would be very uncomfortable with a neighbour whatever age who "confronts" us or harbors thoughts of knocking someone out if they were younger because there car had a scratch on it. The best thing for this subject would be to delete it all.

Vat · Postby **Vat** » Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:19 am

Feel your pain. Mrs was involved in a car park touch where the other party verbally admitted fault at the time (she reversed out first, spotted him then back out via the camera and was trying to get back into her spot to avoid him) and told a different story when the insurance company rang. Couldn't prove anything, car parks default to 50/50.

1green5 · Postby **1green5** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:01 pm

cherrymx5 wrote:My neighbour, charming old fart that he is obviously has dementia, because he was parked behind me and scraped my car with his, leaving a little white paint present..

(wish he was younger so I could have knocked him out)

(Should I slash his tyres?)

You think you're the first person who have something like this happen to them?
Is your car so precious?
How bad is the damage?

cherrymx5 wrote:..scraped my car with his, leaving a little white paint present..

You're so sure he "obviously has dementia" then that pretty much dictates how a mature person should react, behave and handle the situation in an appropriate way.

Are you also going to shout at or hit a 5 year old child if they damaged your car whilst playing nearby?

Being "enthusiasts" not only refers to a love and appreciation of cars, it also means having a level head, even temper, and being a socially well-adjusted adult, otherwise, does the colloquial term "bogan" hold any meaning to you?

What kind of a reaction would the bogan stereotype have if they were in your shoes.....?

I'm sure this is not the first time and won't the last time you've been told this: Grow up