Originally Posted by Stogey
Won't your insurance company track them down, I would assume that they would rather that the other guys insurance pay rather than themselves. That is assuming the culprit has insurance. Of course the burden of proof is still on you !
I hate hearing of this crap ! Sorry about your ride Scotty !
I was attending the Wisconsin State Fair a while back when we were living in Illinois. We went back to our car around 11:30 pm and found a crease along the entire passenger side - someone had started at the front quarter and kept going all the way off the back - over $2500 in damage. There was a note from a witness saying he would sign an affidavit, along with the license # of the apparently drunken idiot that did it. We reported the incident to the police and gave all the information to our insurance, then paid our $500 deductible and got it fixed. The insurance company paid the body shop and never followed up on the information in the note. I guess it wasn't worth $2000 of their time...
I feel for you Scotty - I just cringe every time I hear about this stuff!