Sooo... I got rear-ended by a young girl in her Golf...
On the surface, it doesn't look so bad at first glance...
A bit of scratched and dented plastic, a cracked reversing light...
And a scratched license plate.
On second glance, the left exhaust was hit as well. It was scratched a little and pushed in a bit...
... as can be seen here.
So, what had happened?
Nothing spectacular actually. I just wanted to turn right into the driveway of a bakery to buy some donuts. I had almost finished turning off the road when I was hit from behind. She must have been deeply asleep (or doing something else than driving), since it happened at a very low speed.
A bit of luck under the circumstances: her car bumped into mine at a 45-degree angle. She bounced off, so to speak. And since the driveway was a bit sloping, my car's rear was raised a bit, so she "only" hit the rear bumper and not the boot lid or the tail lights.
Here's the entrance to the bakery from the opposite direction when I left again. I was coming from where the bus stop is and wanted to turn right. That was about 50 meters from a roundabout with a speed limit of 30 km/h, which was lifted to 50 km/h shortly before the bus stop. My guess is she's driving there every day and is used to automatically stepping on the accelerator, not considering that somebody in front might be turning off the road.
Her damage looked a bit more severe. She got dented metal as well (which luckily I didn't):
Obviously, she was a beginner and immediately broke into tears. Police wasn't necessary, there were witnesses and I have a dash cam. Her insurance recognized in the meantime that she's 100 % at fault.
It happened on a Saturday, and the following Monday a surveyor came by to examine the damage. Preliminary result: 4,400 Euros. Next week I'll bring it for repair. I will get a rental car, a Skoda Octavia diesel... yaaaaay...
Anyway, I don't have to worry about anything, my repair shop will settle everything through their lawyer with the opposing insurance company.
Nevertheless, I cursed violently.
For those who are interested, here's the recording of my dash cam:
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