Hit and run victim, what do I do next?

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze

This isn't all of it, but it's the worst of it. The scratching goes most of the way down the front side of the wheel well, you can see a scratch at the backside of the wheel well (where it clearly started) and there's a mark on the rim part of the wheel itself as well.



It's all white paint and there was a guy who parked beside me at Market Mall yesterday with a white car.

That sucks big time Eddie!

I remember your car when I bought a playoff ticket off of you. You kept your car in nice shape - so I can understand the anger and frustration.

[jolinar of malkshor]

I have had a few hit and runs over the alst year on my wifes car. The worst being they smashed the passanger side mirror and broke it. I am about to mount cameras on my car because I am tired of s not being honest. I feel for you buddy.

[Eddie Bronze]

I'm not even that angry to be quite honest. If the guy had left a note on my car it wouldn't bother me a bit. But I know what people are like in the society we live in and most of them don't want to be held accountable for their actions so I expect stuff like this.

I just wish I had taken a lot closer look at my car at the time it happened. I always park away from other parked cars but that wasn't an option there yesterday. I'll never go there in the middle of the day again. Usually if I can't find a wide open area to park in I'll check my car out when I come back to it but I never even thought of it yesterday.

[Burninator]

That sucks man, my brother basically got his truck totaled from a hit and run. You have a Mazda 3 right?

[Eddie Bronze]

Originally Posted by Burninator

That sucks man, my brother basically got his truck totaled from a hit and run. You have a Mazda 3 right?

'07 Mitsu Eclipse.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze

'07 Mitsu Eclipse.

My bad, I thought you were one of the many 3 owners on CP.

[urban1]

Hard to tell by the damage but make sure it doesnt look like you possibly hit something and are claiming a hit and run. Dont want insurance to fck you around.

[Eddie Bronze]

Originally Posted by urban1

Hard to tell by the damage but make sure it doesnt look like you possibly hit something and are claiming a hit and run. Dont want insurance to fck you around.

I actually thought it was my fault at first but there's no way I would have hit something hard enough to cause that kind of damage without being able to feel it. I realise though that with no kind of evidence at all they could do that and I wouldn't put it past them. Insurance companies love to screw you 10 ways from Sunday so I'll probably end up footing the bill on this one.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze

I actually thought it was my fault at first but there's no way I would have hit something hard enough to cause that kind of damage without being able to feel it. I realise though that with no kind of evidence at all they could do that and I wouldn't put it past them. Insurance companies love to screw you 10 ways from Sunday so I'll probably end up footing the bill on this one.

Looks to me like someone was backing out of the stall beside you and caught your front end with their bumper. Trucks sit higher than cars so i'm wondering it was one.

[Eddie Bronze]

Originally Posted by Dion

Looks to me like someone was backing out of the stall beside you and caught your front end with their bumper. Trucks sit higher than cars so i'm wondering it was one.

I guess I should show the entirety of it then because it was scratched down much lower.



The part I circled in red is here:


The front of the wheel well here:

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze

I guess I should show the entirety of it then because it was scratched down much lower.



The part I circled in red is here:


The front of the wheel well here:

That throws my theory out the window.