A nearby neighbour caught our car. What to do next?

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A neighbour a few doors down accidentally caught our car whilst reversing in the dark. We all had a look at it at night and it seemed to be practically nothing, but in daylight it's a fair bit worse. It goes across two separate panels (front passenger door + front bumper).

It's not the end of the world obviously and we're not super fussy people but a little concerned about it rusting up over time potentially, but really not experts on this. Does anybody have any thoughts on how to proceed with neatening up something like this? :)

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Any help very appreciated!
 
Honestly get a professional to do it, though it will cost. Trying to neaten it up yourself unless experienced or just naturally skilled will I pretty much guarantee result in it looking great for about 3 days then a load of holographic swirls and/or other issues like discolouration, patchiness, spotty or splodgy issues appear.
 
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I agree that I'd probably take that to a smart repair place..

If those are scuff marks vs scratches (i.e. they've gone through the red paint to the primer, you need a smart repair)

You could try just some G3 Pro Scratch Remover or G3 Pro Paint Renovator, this is hand applied and has some reasonable 'cut' to just see what can be taken from the surface and then go from there.. but if it left deeper scuffs/scratches, just get the neighbour to agree to pay for a smart repair, should be in the £100-£150 range.
 
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Thank you very much for the replies, guys, much appreciated. I'll do exactly this after speaking with the neighbour hopefully today. There's a very small dent too it seems, which doesn't show up on the picture.
 
IMO it's perfectly fine to let people off, it all depends on the OP's relationship with that neighbour.

Zero point ruffling feathers over basically nothing, I prefer to pick my battles, that wouldn't be one I'd bother with.
 
If you like your neighbour then get a bit of cutting compound on it first as advised above and I'd say 95% of that will disappear then you can make a decision if they need to stump up for a smart repair.
If you're not bothered about your neighbour and think they should learn to be more careful then just take it straight for a quote.
 
As a few people have mentioned, try tcut or machine polishing it. It looks like it will probably completely clear up, if not leave the tiniest of marks.
 
Well in true OCUK fashion I expect the following to occur in this thread:

Someone will ask if your neighbour is attractive.
Someone will ask for pics of your neighbour.
Someone will ask if they have a letter box.
Someone will claim it's a write off.
When asked the cost of the damage, someone will reply "about tree fiddy".
 
Thank you very much for all the replies, guys. I'm going to follow the general advice and pop to a smart repair centre for quotes when this storm passes, so probably Monday.

The lady who caught the car has agreed to pay in full, but if the bill is £300+, me and my wife will probably feel very uneasy with making her pay and may opt to just leave it, so it all depends on the quote i guess.
 
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althought might try this before going for quotes and see how it looks! :)
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Yeah I used some Meguairs Ultimate Compound on some scuffs to my bumper that I caused when I pranged into a wall whilst trying to park. It got most of it out but I'm a fussy bugger so ended up having it SMART repaired, only cost me £120 as I got a special deal.
 
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