Damage!

[Restlessnative]

Yup, reg collected and reported to police for failure to stop.
Logo on the side was enough to find the company.

Took them nearly 24hrs to come back to me with policy details.

There’s no way he can’t admit liability. Not sure you’d be any clearer...
Plus I have videos of him walking back up the road past my car a few mins later.

Scumbag knew the damage he had caused yet still sneaked away.Agreed- that is as good footage as you could ever get,sound as well.A good investment.
He had plenty of room to clear your car,just poor driving.
Hope you get it all sorted soon.

[CHB100]

How it was done:
https://arlo.netgear.com/hmsweb/users/library/share/link/4ABB377F1A69D0CD_201803
Now looking for the best Vw approved paint shop in Reading, Swindon, Oxford, Southampton areas. willing to travel for the best.

PanelCraft Swindon VAG approved. Had A rear bumper changed and painted Tungsten. Good match and repair.

[gtiaps]

Gutted for you any sort of damage is bad enough but to try and get away with it shocking.
Can't view the clip its expired unless you can re share it...

[st33ly]

Proper feel your pain dude. Sorry to see that. Problem with red is a perfect match. It’ll look fine during the day but at night in a sodium street light it’ll show where it’s been painted. I had an identical incident in my car and under a street light it stuck out like a sore thumb. Paints may be different now though. Hope you get it sorted.

[SRGTD]

With modern computerised paint matching technology, I don’t think it’s such an issue to get a good paint match with red these days. I seem to remember that forum member Watts had some paintwork carried out on his Tornado Red GTI (new rear bumper?) and he said the paint match and finish with adjoining panels was really good.

Metallic and pearlescent paints also used to be really difficult to match, even when the new paint was  ‘blown’ into the adjoining existing paint. Not such an issue now and a good bodywork and paint shop using the latest technology can get pretty much a spot on colour match.

@CocoPops; It’s never nice when your car’s damaged, even more so when it’s only a few weeks old. Hope you get it sorted quickly and without any hassle, and you get a top notch repair job so you can put the experience behind you and get on with enjoying your car.

[Watts]

Proper feel your pain dude. Sorry to see that. Problem with red is a perfect match. It’ll look fine during the day but at night in a sodium street light it’ll show where it’s been painted. I had an identical incident in my car and under a street light it stuck out like a sore thumb. Paints may be different now though. Hope you get it sorted.

With modern computerised paint matching technology, I don’t think it’s such an issue to get a good paint match with red these days. I seem to remember that forum member Watts had some paintwork carried out on his Tornado Red GTI (new rear bumper?) and he said the paint match and finish with adjoining panels was really good.

Metallic and pearlescent paints also used to be really difficult to match, even when the new paint was  ‘blown’ into the adjoining existing paint. Not such an issue now and a good bodywork and paint shop using the latest technology can get pretty much a spot on colour match.

@CocoPops; It’s never nice when your car’s damaged, even more so when it’s only a few weeks old. Hope you get it sorted quickly and without any hassle, and you get a top notch repair job so you can put the experience behind you and get on with enjoying your car.

Mine has been in for paint three times now Only one was my fault.. Had no problems with the red being colour matched although I would add that all the street lights round here are led now!

[barrym381]

Proper feel your pain dude. Sorry to see that. Problem with red is a perfect match. It’ll look fine during the day but at night in a sodium street light it’ll show where it’s been painted. I had an identical incident in my car and under a street light it stuck out like a sore thumb. Paints may be different now though. Hope you get it sorted.

With modern computerised paint matching technology, I don’t think it’s such an issue to get a good paint match with red these days. I seem to remember that forum member Watts had some paintwork carried out on his Tornado Red GTI (new rear bumper?) and he said the paint match and finish with adjoining panels was really good.

Metallic and pearlescent paints also used to be really difficult to match, even when the new paint was  ‘blown’ into the adjoining existing paint. Not such an issue now and a good bodywork and paint shop using the latest technology can get pretty much a spot on colour match.

@CocoPops; It’s never nice when your car’s damaged, even more so when it’s only a few weeks old. Hope you get it sorted quickly and without any hassle, and you get a top notch repair job so you can put the experience behind you and get on with enjoying your car.

Mine has been in for paint three times now Only one was my fault.. Had no problems with the red being colour matched although I would add that all the street lights round here are led now!

Find an old yellow light at night see if it's ok 

[mcmaddy]

If it's painted correctly in the first place you won't see any difference no matter what light is shining on it.

[st33ly]

When you get it repaired dude find an old sodium street light and let us know. My experience a few years ago was it was more orange the repaired area.

[CocoPops]

First estimate... £6031 plus hire car and plus detail/ceramic coat.