Would you leave a note?

[Huge]

Someone has briused my car again! Dented and scratched this time, this makes 3 seperate occasions, pissed off!

Anyway, would you leave a note?

Most people would drive off if no one was watching I'm sure, but after 3 times in 3yrs a "sorry I backed into your car" would be nice. I mean if I was to do this to someone and for what ever reason did not want to pay for it, I would now leave a "sorry dude" on thier car.
I'm angry about my car, its no HSV but its mine and I look after it, a sorry note might have made me feel much better about it.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Ah,,,,,,, calm has now washed over me.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Everyone on here will probably say they would leave a note, but I wonder how many actually would when it comes to the crunch (no pun intended). With my insurance, I get one at fault claim a year without losing my NCB, so I would definately leave one, and with my contact details so the owner could claim it.

[minux]

I have left a note before, was having a bad day, swung out a little early and smacked into the side of an old commodore, left a note with my details. The guy gave me a call that day and thanked me for leaving the note.

I try to treat people in real life how i'd expect to be treated when it comes to these things.

There is one exception to the rule. 4WD's. I would probably just drive off as i have seen so many mothers in these pigs of things scrape against cars and just drive off(needless to say the owners car had a note left with my details and the 4wd's rego).

[VL Berlina 5speed]

I have left a note before, was having a bad day, swung out a little early and smacked into the side of an old commodore, left a note with my details. The guy gave me a call that day and thanked me for leaving the note.

I try to treat people in real life how i'd expect to be treated when it comes to these things.

There is one exception to the rule. 4WD's. I would probably just drive off as i have seen so many mothers in these pigs of things scrape against cars and just drive off(needless to say the owners car had a note left with my details and the 4wd's rego).

that is exactly how i am.
i will leave the note if i damage someones car, as i would hate it to happen to mine. i always believe treat someone how you would like to be treated....

i have spotted a woman do it to a car and just drive off, so i got her rego car details and time etc
wrote it down with my details and my now ex's as a whitness too, waited for the owner to come out (15minutes) and as they got in the car i pointed it out and gave the details.
they were over the moon that we did that for them,

just rember karmas a bitch and one day they will get side swiped and left with the damage

[JD]

i'd leave a note, its common decentcy but touch wood i haven't been in that situation for a couple of years.

[89vncommy]

I saw a courier back into a nice porsche in the city ages ago .. Didn't do much damage but did a little ... Anyway the guy made his delivery and drove off..

So I got his rego, put it on the back of one of my business cards, with a little note... The Porsche guy called me, and though I drove into him ... Said to me that he was not going to report it due to my honesty ... When I told him the guy drove off, and I recorded his rego and would act as a whitness... He went for blood at the guy who did the damage...

And rightly so ....

[Spaced]

Someone has briused my car again! Dented and scratched this time, this makes 3 seperate occasions, pissed off!

Anyway, would you leave a note?

Most people would drive off if no one was watching I'm sure, but after 3 times in 3yrs a "sorry I backed into your car" would be nice. I mean if I was to do this to someone and for what ever reason did not want to pay for it, I would now leave a "sorry dude" on thier car.
I'm angry about my car, its no HSV but its mine and I look after it, a sorry note might have made me feel much better about it.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Ah,,,,,,, calm has now washed over me.

First and only crash touch wood I hit a parked VS. Looked left and the car drifted left. Only had my licence for three months. I could have driven off and for a split second thought about doing it. My mate told me to but i have a terrible concience (won't let me do anything wrong). So I tried to find the driver for half an hour. When I realised I couldn't I left a message. You hit someone you should leave a note it's the right thing to do. I paid my insurance I just hope if someone ever hits my VS they pay me the same courtesy.

This is why you pay insurance. In two days I'll be rating one for life so doing the right thing was worth it in the long run.

[Stretchomatic]

my door got a work mates car the other day...i told him when i got back from lunch...lucky it was only a little scuff on the clear coat...i felt like such a dick head.

[Low_VX_Taxi]

Got an exact opposite of this:

A person in a restaurant reported that my mum hit a white van in a parking lot, she didnt hit the car and when she saw the photos of the damage the marks had large red paint in it (my mums car is white....) it went to court and the insurance company represented her, the idiots gave her the wrong day and the solicitor she spoke to was sick and their replacement pleaded guilty on her behalf. Mum had a unblemished licence (40 yrs) before now she has running from the scene of an accident on her record......

[padrickz88]

i know id leave a note for sure

so if its not bad = ill pay for it
bad = claim insurance



EDITED!

[Spaced]

lol i wouldn't spread that around mate

[minux]

i know id leave a note for sure
but if it was just a little dint or scratch id put my details down, if i happened to smash pretty hard into it id wait for them to come out and if they dont for a while id put my mums details down and say she was driving.... she already told me to so insurance doesnt screw me because she is rating 1 for life

so if its not bad = mine and ill pay for it
bad = mums details and claim insurance

So you will commit a federal offence of fraud?

[Spaced]

padrickz88 I'd probably edit your post if I was you not such a smart thing to say (that's why I didn't quote it)

[JD]

padrickz88 I'd probably edit your post if I was you not such a smart thing to say (that's why I didn't quote it)

especilly when minux's around

[sircruisealotVS]

ive never been in a situation where ive done anything to warrant leaving a note, but id like to believe i would, for the same reasons many have said - because if it were the other way around id be pissed and as someone said already- "karma is a bitch".
i have however been sitting in my old car (vn calais) once waiting for a mate to get back from dropping a video into the shop and a asshole opened his door really badly onto my back passenger side while getting his kid out.
i deliberately stayed in the car for a sec to see what he would do.
he looked at HIS door to check for damage, did the typical "rub your hand over it", like that fixes it or something, lol...and then walked off with his kid.
so i jumped out (he obviously didnt realise i was sitting in the car) and asked him where he thought he was going.
he acted all smug and said "what do you mean?" and i told him, i had just been sitting in my car the whole time while he banged his door into mine and now he's walking off like it never happened.
the dude actually had the nerve to play dumb and said he didnt do anything, even though i witnessed the whole thing and felt his door rock my car when it hit.
so i exchanged a few choice words, called him what he was - probably not the nicest thing to say to a guy infront of his child, but i was venting.
he ended up just walking off giving me the finger and returning a few words. so i took down his car rego, make and model and got my insurance to take care of it all, i had to give a written report and they took him to court for the money.

[STEALTHY™]

I'd have no hesitations to leave a note (or wait).


But i've seriously never been in that situation, as i have to park to avoid such people. i'll take up 2 parks away from other cars (yeah of course you come back and theres 6 cars parked next to you, even tho the carpark is empty)

But if i have a blonde moment or lapse of concentration, i'd wait.

[AttaBoy]

I've never been in a situation where I backed or damage other's cars but had someone done some damage to mine and left no notes, I was so pissed!!!! But what can you do?? Just take a sook and fix it at your expense. Thats what I did and then life moves on.

[padrickz88]

So you will commit a federal offence of fraud?

better then smashing someone elses car and then driving off isnt it? that way im left with all the bs to deal with and not them....

[Spaced]

Minux just doesn't want you to promote doing something illegal. Discussion closed.

[vkberlina]

I had someone back into my VK a few years ago and drive off, luckily I was walking back to my car when it happened and just got the guys rego as he drove off, I reported it to the police and had him charged with leaving the scene of an accident.
If I even ran into another persons car I sure as hell would leave a note.

Scott

[Jesterarts]

I would leave a note cause i know how much it sh*ts me when people hit my car n drive off!

[MasterOfReality]

ive never been in a situation where ive done anything to warrant leaving a note, but id like to believe i would, for the same reasons many have said - because if it were the other way around id be pissed and as someone said already- "karma is a bitch".
i have however been sitting in my old car (vn calais) once waiting for a mate to get back from dropping a video into the shop and a asshole opened his door really badly onto my back passenger side while getting his kid out.
i deliberately stayed in the car for a sec to see what he would do.
he looked at HIS door to check for damage, did the typical "rub your hand over it", like that fixes it or something, lol...and then walked off with his kid.
so i jumped out (he obviously didnt realise i was sitting in the car) and asked him where he thought he was going.
he acted all smug and said "what do you mean?" and i told him, i had just been sitting in my car the whole time while he banged his door into mine and now he's walking off like it never happened.
the dude actually had the nerve to play dumb and said he didnt do anything, even though i witnessed the whole thing and felt his door rock my car when it hit.
so i exchanged a few choice words, called him what he was - probably not the nicest thing to say to a guy infront of his child, but i was venting.
he ended up just walking off giving me the finger and returning a few words. so i took down his car rego, make and model and got my insurance to take care of it all, i had to give a written report and they took him to court for the money.

I had some bitch do this to me in her magna. But i got the 'what are you worried about, its just a car'.

She walked off, so i walked to her drivers door and booted the hell out of it.

Love the steel capped boots.

[calais_304]

i would....unless it was a 4x4 then i'd drive off with a smile.

[minux]

better then smashing someone elses car and then driving off isnt it? that way im left with all the bs to deal with and not them....

Well it depends, would you prefer both you and your mother to be in jail?

Either way it's not my problem, providing you left someones details if it were my car i wouldnt car if someone went to jail lol.

[padrickz88]

Well it depends, would you prefer both you and your mother to be in jail?

Either way it's not my problem, providing you left someones details if it were my car i wouldnt car if someone went to jail lol.

i would say she had nothing to do with it and take all the blame if it got that far and that she didnt know....

and your right, who cares aslong as the car gets fixed, and as if it makes a difference to the insurance company. they have enough money... its illegal but its better then pissing off from the scene.

i would....unless it was a 4x4 then i'd drive off with a smile.

why not a 4wd? not all of them are idiots...