Let me expand on the situation a bit. I was being brief and wrote the original posts as quickly as possible.

I am not sure if he has a drivers license or insurance. He refused to show them to me because he has heard stories of people "getting screwed for stuff they didn't do" and was becoming a bit scary. He refused to aknowledge that the damage on my car came from him. He said an old Mercedes would never crumple like that because they are built so tough.

He kept trying to get back in his car, saying, "I am cool if your cool..."

I yelled back repeatadly, "I am not cool untill I get some info!"

He wouldn't budge. I wanted to call the cops, but I was in a city where I have never driven before, in a shady neighborhood and did not want to wait around with him while the cops came. I had his plate # and a working phone number, and that should be enough to get a police report rolling. You have three days to file a police report after a non-injury accident.

My insrance will go up at least $300 a year if an accident report is filed. I really don't wan't to pay that, but I will if it means I can get money out of this guy.

My plan is to call and offer him two options:

I make a report, get a lawyer, sue him (he probably loses his license, his car, etc)

Or he co-operates and pays an agreed sum. I get the subframe pulled to spec and I weld in and paint a new quarter panel.

Cassidy

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Cassidy
1982 MB 300DT - Running Great @ 104K!

1972 MB 220D - RIP @ ~200K (Dropped prechamber)
1992 MB 190E 2.6 - SOLD @ 145K