[speeder]

If he put a door ding in your 15 year old work truck and you want him to pay $1k to fix it, I don't know...

On the other hand, one of my cars got backed into by an airport shuttle van on the street last week and the guy ran. My neighbor luckily saw the whole thing and told me. He broke a tail light lense, that's it. I tracked him down and he's supposed to pay me for it tomorrow. He claims that he was in a big hurry and came back later to leave a note, all lies. I've told him that he's a fking liar.

Leaving a note when you damage someone's property is unquestionably the honorable thing to do. People should pay for their mistakes. I also try to be fair and honest in all my affairs. That said, there is no way in hell that I would make a friend pay for a door ding in some older vehicle of mine. And $700-$1k is outrageous, unless it's a 2012 Ferrari. You're talking about your old diesel truck, right? The salvage one that was smashed to schit and repaired? You want to do a major restoration on a door ding??