My first nearly accident! :( :mad:

[Pepino]

so i was crossing a street and i had a stop sign that i completly missed from thinking where am i going to get the fuel filter for my VX and all of the sudden i almost T-bone this carbut it wasnt that close!!
but w/e i keep going and i park a block away and go to my apartment just for five minutes to get money for the fuel filter and then come back and see a huge paper in my windshield so im like wth!
i take it i read it and it says "Learn to drive you f...ing fa...ott you nearly killed one of us by missing that stop sign! i hope you enjoy this scratch in your door" so i get out of the car and see this huge ***** scratch in my door!!!!! it wentcompletly through all the layers of paint!!! there were other five scratches that i kinda buffed out! but this big one i couldnt! what can i do?? touch up paint wont even look natural on the door!!
i know there are like two cops on this forum can anyone give me some advice on if i should go to the cops or not?
im so pissed!!

[tom4bren]

Unless you can find some witnesses who can positively identify the person, there is probably nothing you can do. A decent body shop should be able to blend the paint for you but I have no idea how much it will cost.

Good luck.

[Pepino]

would it help if there might be a recording from outside my building? cause there is a camera right in the front entrance almost in front of where i parked my car but im not sure if the camera just gets the people that come into the building or the outside too

maybe i can recognize the car or something would i get a ticket because i missed the stop sign and what would happen to the othe people? maybe i can get a whole body paint job from them lol finally get my Lamborghinni green color that i want lol

[JHarris1385]

Try cameras.
You would not get in trouble for the stop sign. There is no proof of that happening. It would only sound like an excuse for the scratching.

[JoFotoz]

Yea...the cameras are your best bet.
You must know roughly what time it happened ...most security cams have time / date stamping.

That should give you a time window...maybe only one car shows up...if youre lucky!

Proving THEY did it...thats a whole other deal....

Dont wash the vehicle...and keep the note...and keep fingers off it!

Hope it works out...


jo

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[JHarris1385]

You will be fine. I am sure the expense of that paint job will exceed your insurance deductible.

[Pepino]

ya i know exactly what time it happened i came to my apartment for 5 minutes and left and it was there but oops i screwed up i already washed that part waxed it and buffed it and everything i only got the note as proof oh ya and the scratches that didnt come off too