Hi. I had an unfortunate incident yesturday in my work car park. My car wouldnt start so had to push it back to get start leads to the engine. When i pushed it back my abs wouldnt work as the engine was off so no brakes. As a result i bumped into some girls car and dented her front left side wing. So i went back into work and asked at reception whos car it was. They made a call on the radio and some girl came out. I showed her to her car and described what happened. I said i would pay for the costs rather than going for insurance. She then pointed out some marks near the headlight which had red paint and claimed i did that also. My car is silver and so is hers. All i had done was a dent directly above the wheel and minute scratches. She has an 02 plate vw polo. She had a few bumps all round the car and scratches. She went on to say her father works in a garage and that it would cost £600+ and she would take it there in the morning. I wasnt in the mood to argue and was waiting for her father to say it would cost 100/150 max.

So i saw her the next day and she said her father told her to go to another garage in which they said it would cost 500/600 and she wanted to go through insurance. I know this is a lie and she must know someone within the garage who is going to pull a fast one.

So i don't know what to do now. The accident happened in the private work car park. So am i even liable ?

Also i want to pay rather than lose my no claims bonus...but i want to pay for the damage i actually caused. I have an independent witness also if need be, who was going to help me start my car using his car battery. There was no one else around at the time.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks

Edited by RattyRyan on 04/08/2010 at 23:03