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I was driving down the road earlier and noticed my wingmirror glass hanging off, so stopped and put it back in. It was at this moment my girlfriend chose to inform me that I had clipped the wingmirror of a parked car when I was forced to move out of the way for an oncoming car who was giving it some.

She said there were people getting out of it at the time, so now I am worried that I have done their wingmirror in and will be going through their insurance thus losing me my no claims (I assume they have my numberplate).

I went back down to where my girlfriend said the car was, but its gone now so I couldn't give anyone my details (so I could pay for the damage). What should I do about it? If they do contact their insurance will I be able to pay for the damages myself to avoid losing ncd (i.e. my insurance recover the costs from me)? I can't imagine it will be too expensive since it would have been a piece of wingmirror glass for a fairly old car.
 
Was there any glass on the road where you hit the car?

I doubt they would have taken your plate, but if you had just offer to pay for the mirror if they get in touch. By the time you went past and they realised what happened I doubt they'd have penned down your reg.
 
i smashed someone's mirror once, but i really didn't want to leave a note beacuse i'm a ****
i felt really bad for a while after tho..

i guess i got what was coming tho, coz when i reversed out of the garage and smashed the mirror on a V50 a few months later, it cost almost £400 :(
 
Someone clipped my mirror last year, whilst we were both driving, the just drifted over to my side of the road! It was only my reactions that meant it wasn't my front end they hit.

I got their numberplate, but what's the point, my excess was far far far greater than the cost of a mirror.
 
I find it very difficult to believe you clipped a wing mirror whilst travelling and did not notice until your girlfriend happened to mention it to you. I've done it and had it done to me several times and it's one hell of a bang.
 
Someone smashed mine, i managed to screw it back together with some self tappers so just need a new glass now before the MOT. Apparently my neighbor heard the bang and came out but didn't manage to get the reg. Luckily she picked the painted cover up off the road so the expensive bit was undamaged.
 
doofer said:
I find it very difficult to believe you clipped a wing mirror whilst travelling and did not notice until your girlfriend happened to mention it to you. I've done it and had it done to me several times and it's one hell of a bang.
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The glass of my mirror fell out when it happened, but it had been hanging out for several days so I just assumed it fell out and the noise was it hitting the car. Then after we'd driven a bit further down the road my girlfriend said it was due to clipping another car.

Because the car was gone when I got back I don't even know if there was any damage, it can only have been a low speed impact and since my mirror was half out anyway it wouldn't have taken much to knock it out completely.
 
Jonny69 said:
Wing mirrors seem to be a common thing to see smashed off these days. Never used to notice it as much. I guess it's because cars are getting bigger.

Did you not notice that you clipped your mirror though? :confused:
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As I mentioned above I thought the noise was it just falling out and hitting the car because itwas already lose. I was paying more attention to the git coming the otherway, as he was doing a fair old whack.
 
I had a similar incident happen to me..

I reported that I could have hit someone mirror off and nothing else was done about it..

I was in the belief that wing mirrors and windscreens aren't covered as part of normal insurance?
 
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