Trashed It!

I wouldn't do anything till they agree to pay for all remedial work required to pay for the cars restoration. Why should you do any work?

midlifecrisis said:

I wouldn't do anything till they agree to pay for all remedial work required to pay for the cars restoration. Why should you do any work?

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Apparently there paying for a detailer guy to come out on Saturday and have a look at the car and see if anything can be done

I'm not feeling confidant on the outcome though!


Dave

Have they given you their insurance details Dave?

Take photos or get something in writing admitting their liability.

alfatwo said:

Apparently there paying for a detailer guy to come out on Saturday and have a look at the car and see if anything can be done

I'm not feeling confidant on the outcome though!


Dave

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Any chance of a pic?

Conaero said:

Any chance of a pic?

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Doh! Wish I'd thought of that. It ought to be epic!
(sorry Dave)

What colour is the car?
Is the fence horizontal or vertical?

I'm picturing a white 500 with grey Abarth stripes on it

Joking aside, I hope you get it sorted. I'd have thought modern fence paints are likely water based and a good detail will get it sorted.

Its a black car and the fence paint was gray, its not obvious at first glance but when you start looking closely its everywhere

All over the roof, front wings, lights, bonnet, doors, glass,rear wings, the rubbers,the chrome, plastic trim, wheels...

Ok so you might be able to clay the paint work but what about every thing else!


Dave

The clay bar will work on every surface Dave...not that you should have to do it.

It's small comfort possibly. However, I did see a Defender up close a couple of months back, where the cowboy 4x4 'specialist' had allegedly resprayed it. What he'd actually done, was simply paint over the existing paintwork, with zero prep etc. The owner drove home. Got out his pressure washer and when he started to clean said Defender, all of the recently applied paint fell right off in crazy patterns.
So. Might it be a relatively simple fix. Possibly. Ought you to do the work. Obviously not.
Should you let some random 'detailer' have a go? Your call Dave.
Personally, I wouldn't mess about with my own property. If your neighbour was 'sound', s/he would've given you their insurance details immediately, plus a case of whatever you like to drink to ease the 'pain in the neck' they've been. She is a complete idiot and the very last thing they ought to be doing is making a bad situation worse, by dicking you around.
You have the leverage of a probable criminal offence. I'd use that. With subtlety.
To get them to cough up their insurance details.
This is why they took out home insurance. Because clearly this neighbour isn't safe to be let out, unsupervised!

I'm inclined to agree.

At the moment, you have a car that's probably ok after a good detailer has a go, but how far will the neighbour go before giving up after having a go and potentially making it worse..

criminal damage! police! why not wait to see what sort of a job the detailer does, let him do a panel, if you're happy let him do the car , you have to live next door to these people falling out with neighbours leads to all sorts of stress you really don't need

The likelihood of any Police action is ao close to zero I would not even suggest it. They will view it as a domestic accident and suggest you sort it via your insurance. (As I would have done had I still been on the force).

Wise words posted above about living with neighbours.

I'm not suggesting, nor did I suggest that he goes about this mob handed by calling in the Flying Squad or the Anti Terrorist Branch (though the latter sounds appropriate, given what a public menace this woman is) Obviously you keep things civil, as long as it serves your ends.
Especially with neighbours. I was assuming Dave has a surplus of common sense and doesn't need to be told this.
As regards the criminal offence. I never said that there was a likelihood that the police might submit a file to the CPS. I don't know what force area this is. But. The mere hint of involving the police can often motivate people to do the right thing. I believe I said as much.
When I was in uniform, I used the threat of a possible prosecution to get various miscreants to compensate others in similar instances. Old style policing, if you like.
But, I accept that policing has changed hugely, since I was handling files as a probationer, which required an Inspector on the mainland.
Anyway Dave, I believe you have ample advice to choose from. Good luck getting a speedy and satisfactory resolution

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16170820.Stolen_bike_sold_through_Facebook/

Everything has changed when it comes to the law

I was a bit gobsmacked when I read the story in the link above

Woman spots her stolen bike for sale on Facebook , reports it , female police officer attends , gets pinned against a wall by the throat , scumbag gets found guilty of assaulting a PO and theft
£240 fine £100 compensation to the copper and £85 costs , he'd sold the bike so the woman gets chuff all

When did grabbing a copper by the throat result in a fine which is fairly unlikely to get paid

Hmm 'District judge Adrian Lower, sitting at York Magistrates Court, declined to order Yates to pay its original owner compensation because he didn't know how much it was worth.'

Google was broken that day, I assume?

C

District judge Adrian Lower-IQ-Thanmost?

Felonious Crud said:

District judge Adrian Lower-IQ-Thanmost?

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A successful judicial careers beckons.....someone else.

C

CatmanV2 said:

Hmm 'District judge Adrian Lower, sitting at York Magistrates Court, declined to order Yates to pay its original owner compensation because he didn't know how much it was worth.'

Google was broken that day, I assume?

C

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I know the answer

What is a google , is it something to do with cricket.

Wack61 said:

I know the answer

What is a google , is it something to do with cricket.

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'That's the one with the real hair.....'

C