[Mamba]

Ah.. o I feel your pain bro. I am sure you are already running various scenarious in your head wishing you had not parked it there. Hopefully you don’t have to wait for too long to get it repaired. Good luck. 🤞

[Osirisman]

Does the drive recorder switch on during events like this as well?

[BmwFanBoy94]

Originally Posted by kjx

Report it to the cops. If there is no downside to not voluntarily leaving a note, they (and others) will keep doing this.

Get a statement in writing from the driver saying they will pay for repairs AND diminished value. Or they can just have it go through their insurance. Someone who has the moral compass that allows them to hit and run can renege on their statement later when they see how much it costs to repair, and how much the diminished value to your car is.

Why would they pay for diminished value if it’s being done privately and not through insurance ?

Whole point of doing it privately is so there is no dimished value

[kjx]

Originally Posted by BmwFanBoy94

Why would they pay for diminished value if it’s being done privately and not through insurance ?

Whole point of doing it privately is so there is no dimished value

Anyone with a paint thickness meter can figure out which panels were repainted post the original factory paint job. Panel alignment issues also crop up as red flags sometimes. Except in Teslas where they show up from the factory like that (lol).

On a different car, I had under-paint rust bubbles show up more than 10 years later exactly where some body work was done (flawlessly by the dealer themselves).

So there is real diminished value to the OP that may be realized at time of sale. Reporting to carfax or not is secondary.

The whole point of doing it private is only for the at-fault party not to be dinged on their insurance rates. Given how careless they are, this is likely not their first accident, and probably deserve higher rates.

[JeetG80x]

That's why you order a 2024.

[vj123]

Thats bad and hopefully you are able to resolve the issue with the person.

Think twice before reporting it to the cops. I had a similar thing happen to one of my vehicle last year and initiating a police report resulted in an accident report being tied to the vehicle CarFax. This inturn resulted in a lower value while selling the vehicle.

[DO444]

Originally Posted by yousefnjr

I’d still report the hit & run just because he’s an asshole

This right here.
This person sucks.
They don’t give a fck, and thought they could just escape without giving a damn about what they did.

I’d 100% turn em in.
I like my enemies facing me directly, not hiding behind false smiles and friendly accidents.

[DO444]

Originally Posted by M3JetPilot

Parking with cars on both sides is always a throw of the dice. People don’t care and have no idea what their parking next to. It’s amazing to me, even when parking out in left field, how some idiot in a massive truck will park right next to me. Even with dozens of open spots around! I hope they are prosecuted for leaving the scene.

You think that’s an accident that big trucks park next to you in an open parking lot lol?

Amazed that people don’t see this for the passive aggressive Bs that it is.

[DO444]

Originally Posted by bmwd

I have never leased before but this is the kind of thing that makes me think leasing may not be so bad. Someone rear ends me or hits my car in a parking lot and I take an instant and massive depreciation hit. I hope you don’t need to do that.

6 in one, 1/2 dozen the other.
That’s a lot of money to pay to rent a car for 3 years so you don’t lose a bit of money on scratches and dents.

[geko29]

Originally Posted by BmwFanBoy94

Why would they pay for diminished value if it’s being done privately and not through insurance ?

Whole point of doing it privately is so there is no dimished value

No, the whole point of doing it privately is so that it doesn't get reported on the offender's insurance and cause their rates to go up. And in this case, it potentially avoids a criminal record for "fleeing the scene".

The car's value will still decrease, because as noted any sophisticated buyer (ie most dealers) will be able to identify the repair even if it didn't hit the Carfax. And if the repairs are being done by a BMW repair center, they'll be in the vehicle's record anyway.

[BmwFanBoy94]

Originally Posted by kjx

Anyone with a paint thickness meter can figure out which panels were repainted post the original factory paint job. Panel alignment issues also crop up as red flags sometimes. Except in Teslas where they show up from the factory like that (lol).

On a different car, I had under-paint rust bubbles show up more than 10 years later exactly where some body work was done (flawlessly by the dealer themselves).

So there is real diminished value to the OP that may be realized at time of sale. Reporting to carfax or not is secondary.

The whole point of doing it private is only for the at-fault party not to be dinged on their insurance rates. Given how careless they are, this is likely not their first accident, and probably deserve higher rates.

From OP pictures it looks like mostly paint transfer and some scratches of course, can’t see any dents etc to where the panel will need to be replaced.

The respray should be able to be done without taking panel off.

Obviously everyone’s situation is different.

[LuvMyE92]

Originally Posted by sikh.m3

Yeah. Got the plate and turns out family knows em. He’s paying cash regardless of how expensive it is

There's a word for people like this, and it starts with an A.

Originally Posted by KevinGS

Good luck. He should pay extra for leaving the scene. You could turn him in and he'd be in some trouble for a hit&run.

Ditto. Wait until after he pays. Because...

Originally Posted by kjx

Someone who has the moral compass that allows them to hit and run can renege on their statement later when they see how much it costs to repair, and how much the diminished value to your car is.

Exactly.

I'm sorry, but anyone that does damage to someone else's property and doesn't "fess up" needs to be punished. Period.

My wife's car has been hit & run numerous times (she's not quite as careful as I am when parking).

There is parallel parking outside of the building where my office is... I have witnessed employees hitting other employee's cars, and not reporting it. Natch I report it to HR.

Also natch, I don't park there any more.

OP, whatever you decide, best of luck to you.

[BmwFanBoy94]

Originally Posted by geko29

No, the whole point of doing it privately is so that it doesn't get reported on the offender's insurance and cause their rates to go up. And in this case, it potentially avoids a criminal record for "fleeing the scene".

The car's value will still decrease, because as noted any sophisticated buyer (ie most dealers) will be able to identify the repair even if it didn't hit the Carfax. And if the repairs are being done by a BMW repair center, they'll be in the vehicle's record anyway.

It works both ways if you think about it. I’ve been on both sides of the stick in this situation. My fault and not. When it wasn’t my fault, I still wanted to do it privately to protect my car from deminished value. You see? It works both ways. So I wouldn’t want to pay extra premium for deminished value, I’ll just pay that to my insurance company instead and have the car fixed at an authorised dealer. And how would deminished value even be calculated privately? An extra 500 quid? It’s likely to be a lot more than that. It’s not measureable unless you have similar comparables, which is highly unlikely.

Like I said on previous post, everyone’s situation is different.

However in situations like this where the damage is minor and it is, it’s in both drivers interest, at fault or not, to clean up privately.

Larger damages of course changes the whole ball game.

[M3YEC]

Sorry to see this man. I hope she gets fixed asap and you can go back to enjoying your new car!

[Thelof]

This is why I avoid taking my car to NPC parking lots. If I do I park FAR away from anyone.

Makes me sick in my stomach that this happened to you.

Let the insurance companies, and in this case, the popo handle this.

[M4CompConv/X7]

Originally Posted by fanofbmwe46

Yea this again reinforces I must park my car at the furthest distance possible of anyone else.

Sure helps having a handicap placard keeping others 5 feet away!

[ScullyD]

Originally Posted by DO444

This right here.
This person sucks.
They don’t give a fck, and thought they could just escape without giving a damn about what they did.

I’d 100% turn em in.
I like my enemies facing me directly, not hiding behind false smiles and friendly accidents.

+1, I’d turn this person in to the cops. They are what’s wrong with society. No need to back into that space at all if you can’t do it right. And they couldn’t care less what happened to your car, probably think you shouldn’t have a car that is that expensive.

I’ve had two people hit my 2022 iX while it’s parked (1 left a note and the other didn’t).