Unlucky bud & glad your ok, Still you shouldnt go hacking round corners when you don’t know the limitations of your car. Also you did destroy a guy’s hedge, you should be more then willing to pay for it all, Yea 1k is a bit of an exaggeration but its not just money, it takes time and effort to repair something like that.
I may sound like an old man who enjoys his gardening; but you should have the decency to help the guy out as much as you can. For all you know he could of been standing the other side of the hedge or worse in front of it, then you would be in some serious sh*t,
Billy