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If also make sure you get them to pay for a hire car while your car is being repaired.
well that goes without sayingmake sure you get them to pay for a hire car while your car is being repaired.
most insurance wont agree to it and normally when the quote gets sent to the insurance company from the garage via the owner of the crashed car, the insurance company will normally ring the garage and work out a bit of a discount with them....its all part of the courseAll garages should go by whats called a glassmatic's report.. standard pricing for a part and standard labour charge and time for adding the part... labour is normally 55 a hour.. a 100 is a lot and most insurance companies wouldnt agree to it..
and you'll just end up paying it all back in insurance, if less people claimed and tried to work it out in a cilivised manner then maybe insurance wouldn't be so expansive here.
Insurance isn't overly expensive here overall. If someone rear ends you and your car is off the road for repair as a result, a rental car is quite reasonable.
i would put a time limit on it, but the labour charged by some dealers is silly money, over 100 an hour in some places. How can anyone justlfy that. They have every right to question the price, i take it 3 quotes were provided by you.
Generally dealers don't do bodyshop or paint work. it's subcontracted out. The o/p has no obligation to provide 3 quotes either. 1 is enough.
I would have the limit but leave the claim as a last resort.
So you think it's fine for someone to be left without transport through no fault of their own.and you'll just end up paying it all back in insurance, if less people claimed and tried to work it out in a cilivised manner then maybe insurance wouldn't be so expansive here.
The OP has tried to work it out in a civilised manner...the offender is not willing to co-operate in a timely manner so the OP is quite entitled to have his cake and eat it. Its not their fault their car was damaged.and you'll just end up paying it all back in insurance, if less people claimed and tried to work it out in a cilivised manner then maybe insurance wouldn't be so expansive here.
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Half-decent garage?If I got rear-ended, I would:
1) let the offender arrange to get it fixed for me in a half-decent garage.
Oops - reading this thread I think we may have been hasty.
Fiance was rear-ended last Friday. Guy who ran into him said he was denying all liability. Other driver is liable, regardless of whether or not he admits it. Did you call the cops?
We basically reported it to our insurance on Friday night (the accident), and to the their insurance on Monday. An assessor from their insurance has now seen the car. ok.
Have we been too hasty?? Would it have expected by the other driver that we would send them a quote first? Can we still arrange to go through them direct?? Unlikely as if he is denying liability he'll hardly pay you himself.
PS: Sorry for hijacking this thread!
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