. Its currently booked in to a garage tomorrow to fix it, but I reckon they might try and milk it for maximum cash fleece me/my insurance.I was thinking of repairing the damage myself instead of claiming for the repairs to save some money; £350 excess on my policy and it only looks like minor bumper damage so I'll probably be paying for the entirity of the repairs myself anyway. Besides, I like doing stuff like this myself, so I'd prefer to fix it myself if possible.
trying to find out:
Would/could the garage look it over (for free hopefully, tell me the issues and then could I decide what to do based on their verdict?)
If I repair it myself do I need to get the repairs/car checked to ensure it's roadworthy? (I assume so like...)
Can I attempt to repair it myself and then claim repairs through my insurance if i fail to DIY? (assuming not like)
Would it be cheaper to claim third party, source the parts myself and then get another garage to repair it? (obviously coupled in with the above, having a go myself first etc.)
Is there a time limit on the claim? to get the repairs done through my insurance? or to change to third party? To get it looked at? could I ring up the to move the date of them looking at it back, try and fix it and then take it in?
Trying to canvas as many opinions as possible, I'm about to ring up my insurers to ask some of the above (obviously) but you sometimes get them toeing the company line with certain topics that wouldn't be in my best interests, and then there's a couple of questions above that i probably don't want to be asking an insurer either
.so yeah, what do you think would be my best plan of action?
) in front of me while I was reversing onto a road (which is illegal) from my drive and I backed into him a few years ago. He was driving a Yaris and his driver's side door and wing were f***ed, along with my rear bumper. Anyway he was happy enough with my taking care of it so we went there and then to a bodywork shop, sorted it out while we were both there and ordered him OEM parts. Got myself a like-new bumper from the scrapyard and the whole lot including painting and fitting came to around £500. 
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