My 95 Celica in a Hit and Run Options

[955SFE]

This Happened back in December. I always park in a Motel's parking lot. I always park in front of a camera.

I was planning to go out and do errands; I got to my car and to my surprise...

My car was literally pushed to the side.


I was quoted about $800 in damages.


I asked the Landlord if I can review the security cameras.
Luckily the idiot lived closer than I thought.
He left no note stating his phone number or something.

The one at fault drives a 1988? Toyota Camry.


He has no insurance nor driver license.
A police report was made and he signed that he was at fault.
I told him he had 2 options:
1) pay me cash
or
2) He is getting his ass sued in civil court.

Well I am pretty much angry and I am hoping things work out in my favor.

This post has been edited by 955SFE: Jan 7, 2014 - 4:12 PM

[block]

Damn that sucks. Hopefully he pays you cash. Going to court is time consuming. GL and update us on the outcome!

[dan6gc]

He will also go to jail for having no licence and the hit and run, which I'm sure is a felony is the US? Seen it on cops. Your lucky you got camera footage I never got to find out who hit mine because it was when previous owner had it, haggled car to 1500 which is cheap in aus.

[cheela]

get that sucker. dumb enough to drive with no license and a hit n run.

but wow I'm kinda impress. for how much your celi got pushed, the damage isn't as bad as I would think.
celis are tanks!

[richee3]

$800 is nothing compared to what it could have been, and it's incredibly fortunate that the incident was caught on camera. Good luck getting it fixed, and hopefully that guy does the right thing and pays for the damages.

[cardshark525]

That really sucks. No insurance and no license...? Those are the kind of people that need to be hung........ by their balls.

Glad you had video of it.

[Box]

Take his car to cover the damages.

[JasonTX]

bummer man, i hope it all works out for you

[rentaspace]

When mine got reversed into, had a dent about 3/4 that size just above the rear wheel arch, final amount paid by other parties insurance was $2500 >.<

[The_enD]

Lol, when I reversed into a wall the dent was maybe 1/2 that and I fixed it for under $50.

[SwissFerdi]

You just got lucky that you caught him, that is rare. Chances of damage recovery are pretty high with that.

[Bitter]

Your hotel should also sue him for the damages caused to their property, I see a broken fence.

[955SFE]

That really sucks. No insurance and no license...? Those are the kind of people that need to be hung........ by their balls.

Glad you had video of it.

Amen to that.

Take his car to cover the damages.

You mean by making it disappear and sell it for scrap metal

Lol, when I reversed into a wall the dent was maybe 1/2 that and I fixed it for under $50.

I actually just went to one Body shop to ask for a estimate. I really liked the atmosphere and workers. They showed some of their recent finished cars they had in their lot. Probably another body shop can do it for less but I don't know if the quality would be the same.

Your hotel should also sue him for the damages caused to their property, I see a broken fence.

There was no property damage. That is how the background always looks.

Update: The guy gave me a money order for $200 two days ago (I agreed to a payment plan). He said he would give me another money order in two weeks. Lets just hope he does; hit and run is considered a crime, if he doesn't pay up I'll let the authorities deal with him.