okay, so my mom drove my car and someone rear ended her, and it was the other guys fault. the accident was not bad at all. the bumper part right below the trunk was damaged.

anyways, so afterwards, they exchanged information, but the guy said he would pay instead of letting the insurance company handle everything b/c he said he already has too much on his record. so they did. my mom took my car to the audi repair shop, and got a statement for $1500. when we told the guy, he also talked to the body shop guy and asked how much it was too. we asked him for a check signed to my mom's bank account. he gave us a check, signed to my mom's name, so basically it was OUR money now.

but before we got the money, he made us sign a contract that said the following:

"Pacific Repair shop Western is selected by Ms.X to do the repairs. The Total repair costs shall not exceed $1568. if the costs are less thatn this number, th elsser number will apply and any overpayment will be refunded to Mr.X. The accident has not been and will not be reported by anyeon to insuance companies, the DMV, police or any other organizations private or public. The parties are realeasing each other of any and all past, present, and future claims, damages consequences, etc."

now what i want to know is, do i HAVE to get it repaired at that specific body shop bc it says so in the contract? or can i do it somewhere else that is cheaper? basically, what i am trying to do is, im trying to actually buy a whole body kit with the money and then get the top trunk bumper fixed later in the future...but im worried that if i dont get it fixed at that body shop right now(and the guy can find out bc he has talked to the repair guy and knows his contact) they can sue or something like that...
it never said a specific date by which i had to get the repair by, so what i was thinking was that i can say that im going to get the repair "WAY later." and it never said on the contract that i cant get it later right?

please, can someone help me out? i have no knowledge in legal stuff and i would really appreciate it if someone could help out.

You should have called the police. In California, if you have damage or think youhave damage more than $500.00 ( I could be confusing this with Colorado) or something like that you have to report it. It is for you own protection from what sounds to be kind of a scam by this guy....be carefull

this guy wanted todo a side deal to avoid the insurance companies, but made you sign a contract with multiple stipulations. He should be bending over backwards not the other way around.

Do what you want...What would his remedy be if you breached the contract?

He's not going to sue you - cost too much.

In any event, you should have never signed such a contract.

You have the leverage - use it.