Thanks for the responses chaps.
as things stand, RSA said they were fine with the damage from the sounds of it so didn’t warrant a repair. They said now I’ve informed them that if at the end of the lease I want it repaired I could still make a claim for it at that stage.
I rang my dealership, took it in and they are going to put it into the garages next week to see if they can correct some of the popped out bodywork. Because one side has come away slightly, quite a lot of the front end is slightly misaligned and they are going to need to take the front off and reassemble the lot.
shouldn’t cost me more than £50 hopefully.
it won’t fix the noticeable scratches and scuffs, though the kind gent at the dealership did say when it’s in he will have a go around them with a corrector pen thing and see if he can make them look better.
So, hopefully that will at least take the sting off and ideally make it liveable with.
if not, they have recommended a local place for a private repair – In which case, if I really can’t manage living with it at that stage I will probably try to claim for the work.
fingers crossed the garage can do the brunt of the work though, enough at least to manage with.
doesn’t stop me feeling like a complete and utter idiot though!