Insurance Help please!

[kevindinho]

Hi guys,

My cousin the goose ran into the back of a Tarago about year ago, they exchanged details etc and then he left. A year later the insurance company's lawyers (person who he hit) are demanding $10023 worth of damages in 14 days ! so i contacted them and managed to get a invoice of the work and also assessment. I'm trying to see if the damages in the photos are consistent with what was fixed, but i do not understand some of the work and parts on the invoice, e.g. on here it says fault scan & resets x2 for 160$ and $203.50 and also degas/regas x2 for $130 and $143 (WHY REGAS ETC when he hit the car at the back??) . Can someone help me read this thing? i still think 10K is not very reasonable. Also is it possible to negotiate a lower price with the insurance company? I really appreciate it if you can help us out!

Cheers
Kev
Here is the damages to the other persons car

[tim]

What happened in the interim?

[mick_dundee]

That's some fairly significant damage I reckon, insurance company will "usually" settle for less to make a quick and easy outcome, how much less is dependent on circumstances.

[dilligaf]

Suggest you get a solicitor asap. Gather your cousin wasn't insured.

[mohawk miss]

guessing the regas is for the struts holding up the rear door

still, 10K sounds steep. Not sure if the whole thing is worth that.

[mike-s]

10k? I would have guessed it was a third of that, half at worst.

[swearbear9r]

Mate send Ness82 on here a pm that's my partner she works for MGA insurance and might be able to give u some advice ........