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[FeuxLingo]

I am sorry for my comments, I did not realise that it had become a battle of wits and that you were unarmed.

:lol:

Obviously your perception of insurers has not changed since the 1970's. There are now such things as excess charges in place and risk of losing no claims-bounuses, hiking-up of already extortionate premiums etc and the simple maths that it would cost more to push through as an insurance claim than the actual cost of repair.

Put the ball in your court, how would you like it if a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction had pulled out at speed from behind a line of parked cars, crossed onto your side of the road, smacked and damaged your mirror then pissed off !!!

Would you take that on the chin.....

No, I'd have a word, as you did, but if my effort turned out to be fruitless, as yours have, I wouldn't then attempt to vandalise the other party's property to exact revenge. It actually puts you on the same moral standing as the other bloke, so you've won nothing, and reduced yourself in the order of social standing. Personally, I'd try to be a bit more creative, such as suggesting you were going to take him to Small Claims Court, see if that ruffles him enough. All said and done, if you can't get the money out of him for a replacement [and we're hardly talking a massive sum of money here], then suck it up, move on, and be the bigger and better man.

As to your suggestion of latent racism, either actual or suggested, I have read through all the comments here and I cannot find any instance of any such comment or suggestion, perhaps you have limited understanding of the written word.

Or perhaps I've taken a screen grab before the removal the work 'p*kki' from your post quoted below [text embolded to show edited area]...

This happened while I was mobile, the t*at drove off without stopping and I managed to watch where he went to. I did an about and found him, we had a set to and I wanted to knock his stupid head off but the wife stopped me short of doing so, he agreed to pay. Know where he parks his car, know the vehicle reg, got his mobile number but he won't answer. We are at stage one, watch this space....probs too late to get the old bill involved but strange things happen on All Hallows Eve... A specialised tool with a 14lb block of metal attached to a 3ft fibreglass shaft is lurking in the garage waiting to be unleashed.

Also, please don't try any deny it, the edit log show that the Administrator of this forum had to remove it after I reported it this morning.

I would appreciate if you refrain from making such statements in public.

[andy-womble]

I thank you for your reply, I did indeed use that word inadvertantly to describe the driver of the other vehicle who was, to be politically correct, of Asian or Eastern extraction and i was not able to accurately ascertain his nationality.

I am too old and long in the tooth to do any such act of vandalism as suggested on the forum and as you so rightly suggest, there are other ways and means of retribution by virtue of "The Ways and Means Act".

I apologise to you if you have found my previous remark offensive on your reading of the topic.

[FeuxLingo]

Apology accepted, virtual beers all round.