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Old 03-04-2012, 08:30 PM   #4148
Aliantha
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Well thankfully it was our little 'mostly around the neighbourhood' car which is in far from perfect condition anyway. We only have third party property damage insurance on that car, mainly because it's just not worth paying the premiums for comprehensive, so we're covered for any damage we do to anyone else, but not ourselves (our thinking is the car's only worth a couple of grand, so if it's that badly damaged that we can't drive it, we'll probably just replace it anyway). So anyway, it is possible that the other person didn't notice they'd hit us. It might just 'pop out' and that'll be that, but I still think it's rude not to leave a note.

I know one time I slightly rubbed someone's bumper trying to get out of a tight park and left a note.

The old lady who owned the car called me to thank me but said she wasn't going to worry about insurance or anything and that he son would probably just polish it out. I felt good that I'd done the right thing. I think she was surprised. She said she probably wouldn't have even noticed if I hadn't left the note.
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