Don't park next to Range Rovers

AAAKKKK!! What is with people??? You were admirably cool. So, was there any damage? Ugh....what a horrible story. I'm sorry. :Cry:

 

It was a jerk driving a Ranger Rover. The Range Rover was innocent.

 

What an ars! I'm still trying to park out in the boonies of lots to avoid my first ding. Also, I notice I get cut off by alot of SUV's now and Mustangs love revving their engines as they go by.

 

Some people just have a hard time with other people's joy. Spelled: curmudgeon.

 

If that guy hits your car with his car, that is a collision which he is liable for damages.

If he takes off from the scene, that is hit and run. There is no "I just 'tapped' your car, no biggie". He either hit it or did not.

Guess the best can do is get the license plate and pursue for damages if any.

 

Sorry to hear about your experience. Some but not all SUV drivers are very self centered, they think the whole world evoles around them and is there to serve their needs. I noticed he drives a big car yet he is the only passenger in it. He was probably just jealous that you have cool new car that is super fuel efficient and he has to pay almost $100 to fill up when gas prices go up.

What cycledrum said is correct and you have legal grounds to file a hit and run report with the police if you want to pursue this. It will be an sure win for you both in court and with his insurance agency. His premium will definitely go up after this claim.
He hit you, he admitted hitting you and then he drove off when you confronted him and he did not to provide his insurance info to you. It doesn't matter how hard he 'tapped' your car. A hit is a hit if there was contact between the 2 cars.

 

This likely varies among states. In mine, a hit-and-run charge requires an injury, or property damage above some dollar level.

 

I keep a disposable camera in my car for just such occasions.

Next tim eyou hear a thud just walk out,snap a few pics with them standing next to your car with their car, as well as their license plate. Then confront them in a polite manner. If It starts to run sour then simply get back in your car and call the local police.

As many roadside fights as I've been in I am sure I would take my own advice but the camera is a good idea.

 

I'd have taken his number and reported it to the insurance company and the police. I'd then have had the damage professionally dealt with, even if it could easily been buffed out.

If this happens to anyone please grab a pen and write down the registration number and description of the car and driver. The driver left the scene of an accident without leaving his details which is an offence here and having to put his hand in his pocket to pay the deductible on his insurance might have made him a little more careful in future. You should expect the repair on your car to not just be have the mark buffed out but you should be compensated for the reduction of the thickness of clear coat on the panel.

The man is a pig and should be made to pay.

 

Aren't these the same wholesale generalizations that Prius owners hate when they are called righteous tree huggers?

 

A great many people are mentally unstable even without drugs. Add in drugs and alcohol and that number rises steeply. There are sooo many YouTube type videos out there of people doing absolutely amazing (bad) things to other people or personal property. It really makes you wonder what the hell is wrong with people. These behavioral traits would not last long in a small village but our large cities allow such things to go on without any real consequences. It is a terrible effect of large anonymous populations IMO.

 

It isn't generalization when I said some but not all SUV drivers. It isn't the size of their car that made them rude, It is their attitude that they have a bigger car and they don't have to respect others on the roads.

I would not be offended if I was called a Tree Hugger, and there are some self righteous people that drives Prius, and also self righteous people that drives SUVs. This Range Rover driver who hit his Prius was just an nice person, and he will still be an nice person if you give him a Prius to drive.

 

congrats for keeping your cool. that guy wa sway out of line. if there was any damage he'd still be liable.

 

If you got his plate, you file against the donkey's insurance. That will get more than even. Might even get their insurance canceled since they drove off.

Had a similar experience with a truck backing into my truck...except I wasn't in the vehicle. Someone got the plate and after I did some detective work I tracked the driver down to a town 90 miles away. Turns out she was a business owner. While I had a police report and plate, I had to do the work of getting her insurance info, the city police didn't seem to be able to do anything. She just blew the out of town notices off...so I called insurers in her area until one recognized who she was.

 

HANG HIM BY HIS TESTICLES AND send him to the gallows!

with that said and done, that's an obvious hit and run. thank goodness you didn't sustain any damage. how i wish i could have been around for the new 3 dents i recently acquired on my poor prius. had i been around it would have gotten ugly.

this is an obvious claim for the insurance company - make sure you get a.........

#1) year make and model of the vehicle
#2) license plate.