Someone hit my car, no insurance, do i file a police report?

file a police report asap. the information he gave you may be false.

You've got to file a police report otherwise there's technically no proof and it can get nasty - think about it - how trustworthy is this person if they are already driving on a suspended license and no insurance and you are trusting he'll have the perhaps $1000's to pay for your car? Your insurance may not pay without your rates going up tremendously if you don't file a report and go back and get pictures ASAP.

Call your insurance company now! File a police report now! Your witnesses will disappear when the decide they do not want to take the time to go to court for you. He probably has his own witnesses by now. He is not going to pay you. You are letting him off the hook so that he can go and have another accident. I hope you know you bear some responsibility for the person he injures in his next accident. Why would you want to trust some one that breaks the law every time they drive.

do as the others said; file a police report asap;;;;;;;;;;;;; then call your insurance company and file a claim. they will handle and go after him for their costs. if this guy has no insurance, suspended license, do you really expect him to pay for your damages??????? believe me, you will be on the phone months from now asking for the money you spent and he will disappear and ignore you. read other posts about someone saying, they told them they will pay and now months later, no money and wonder why? state farm will handle w/in few days. then you can move on and save time and aggravation of trying to collect from this guy. the odds of this guy paying you are probably 100 to 1 you will never see a cent. good luck

You should have called the police anyway. Here is someone who is breaking the law by driving on a suspended license with no insurance, and you took his word that he would pay for the damage to your car? That's awfully naive. You may not care about the dents, but any repairs to your car will add up very quickly. Also, you need to be aware that if you try and file an insurance claim for the accident, one of the first things they will ask for is the police report. Without one, a lot of insurance companies won't process an accident claim. I hope you got his information, and that he didn't lie about that too. Call the police and file a report of your version of the accident now, then call your insurance company and report the accident. I hope your witnesses don't disappear on you, because without a report made right away, you have basically no way to prove this guy had anything to do with your damages.

Big mistake. What if, you get an estimate, repairs are started and they find more damage?? Do you actually think you'll get more money out of someone who can't afford to carry insurance??? You pay a premium for coverage for just this reason, use your own carrier and let them go after this person. Don't be sorry for trying to be nice.

if you have all his info then get a quote and see what he says if he refuses then contact the authorities and your insurance company

You should have got him to write and sign an admission of guilt at the time and got any witnesses to sign it as well.Now all you have is his word against yours and your witnesses,(which have to be independant to carry much weight in court ).The correct procedure without doing that is to call the Police straight away.You now have to hope he is an honorable man of his word.I doubt very much that he will pay or admit guilt now as it is not in his interest to do so,i doubt you will even be able to prove who the driver was by the time it goes to trial,if it ever does.LESSONS LEARNED-Old chinese drivers proverb >>If other plick is at fault,fly his nuts.