A roommate backed up into my car one night and messed up my car a bit. 3 main options were discussed: insurance can take care of it, I can charge him a sum and I can take care of it with my people, or he can take care of it with his people. I was nice enough as to not go with the insurance route as per his request, and I let his people do it since he said it would be cheaper for him. The arrangement was made that I would use his car as mine gets fixed. Car gets fixed in a city about an hour away about 4 days after I was told to expect it (could have been done in one weekend if I had done it). Come Friday I need to head back to my hometown 4 hours away. I asked if the car was ready as I had to leave I was told it would be ready the next day. In addition, I had no way to retrieve the car so I had to leave in my roommates car. Sure enough both of his front tires explode on me and different times and mess up his car in the process. I offered to pay for a couple used tires and the side mirror that some how shattered but he expects me to pay for all of it mainly a new number. Should I be held accountable for being forced to use a car I didn't want to use and pay for the damages that resulted from that cars ill maintenance?
On a separate note: If someone messes up a part of my car that already had previous damages on it, should they be responsible for replacing that part despite of any prior damage or lack thereof? Or should I help pay for that part as well? What would insurance say?
On a separate note: If someone messes up a part of my car that already had previous damages on it, should they be responsible for replacing that part despite of any prior damage or lack thereof? Or should I help pay for that part as well? What would insurance say?
