Car In Garage For Repairs. Taken Out For Road Test By Garage And Damaged

dancermo | 21:16 Sat 10th Jan 2015 | Civil

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My son has taken his renault clio, into a garage, after breakdown, the garage have then taken it out on road test, whilst on the road test the bonnet has flown open smashed the car windscreen , dented the roof , and pretty much demolished the bonnet,. The garage are saying that my son will have to claim on his own insurance, ? that cant be right can it? Surely the garage representative in control of the car is initially liable and then by association (employment) then the garage would be liable for the damage on their insurance?

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Bhg481, I was typing this late and night after a few glasses of wine so not entirely clear! What I was trying to say is the sons insurers would be obliged to give third party cover when someone else was driving his car, if that person had no other insurance. In this case the person driving, ie the garage employee, should be insured under the garage's motor trade...

10:36 Sun 11th Jan 2015

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dancermo

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Hello you guys ... i thank you all for your responses. fantastic responses ..tonyav, yes i am aware of the bonnet problems with clio bonnets, the garage as "professionals "or "experts" in this field would be deemed to have been aware by the courts. I dont think that renault actually recalled any vehicles they just issued a maintenance directive.
soapnumpty. good answer.
Eddies51 sounds like good advice...
I am very pleased with all the responses from you guys ... many thanks to you all..