Was dropping something off to a shop that a friend owns in town tonight so parked up outside the shop (not on double yellows) near an entrance to a car park (not blocking the entrance). The street I was parked on has narrow walls.
I was in the shop when I saw this big jeep pulling out of the car park getting very close to my car then yes you guessed it he scraped my front bumper with the side of his jeep as he was turning left. He basically misjudged the distance between my car and his.
I ran out of the shop, he got out of his jeep, acussed me of having my car parked in a pedestrian zone, I replied i was dropping something off. He then threw me his buisiness card, I said I would inspect the damage after washing the car, he drove off after that.
I since have washed the car and the bumper is quite badly scaped. However it turns out the guy is a solicitor. So im quite intimidated and really am not looking forward to calling him either toady or tomorrow.
I really dont want this to go through insurance as that takes ages and I have a high excess which means I will basically have to pay for the repairs myself to recover the cost later (theres no doubt over blame). I also dont want to have more accident history, even though it wasnt my fault. I have two witnesses, he was on his own.
Gutted
As I jave said before I get the feeling im going to have problems getting money out of this guy and I really am not looking forward to ringing him.