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Coming to work the other day, I managed to write off my car. 
I am not sure what happened, since I can't remember the accident. I can remember driving along the road, only half a mile or so from my house, and then the next thing I remember is the car being smashed against a tree, with the airbag in my face. Apparently it is quite normal for your brain to wipe the memory of a car crash, but I find it rather disconcerting.
There was no other car involved. For some reason, I just drove off the road and into a tree. I think I was doing about 50mph.
I must say, I am impressed with BMW's safety standards. I drove my car head on into a tree and walked away without even a bruise.
The police came and breathalised me but I was fine. No-one saw the accident, and the police initially suggested I might have been avoiding a dog or something.
However, on returning home that night, my neighbour told me the tyres of her car had been slashed the night before. Our cars sit right next to each other in the driveway (the houses are joined), so I am wondering if someone tried to slash my tyres too. I have my winter tyres on, which are very thick, so maybe the vandal only managed to damage them - not breaking right through. Then I could have driven half a mile on the damaged tyre before it burst, making me lose control.
I phoned the garage where the car is right now and they say that one of the tyres is completely shredded, which is consistent with a burst tyre, but they can't tell if it was deliberate. The police are going to look into it.
What do you think? I can't imagine a vandal bothering to slash my neighbour's tyres (a small car) and ignoring the BMW sitting next to it.
I am not sure what happened, since I can't remember the accident. I can remember driving along the road, only half a mile or so from my house, and then the next thing I remember is the car being smashed against a tree, with the airbag in my face. Apparently it is quite normal for your brain to wipe the memory of a car crash, but I find it rather disconcerting.
There was no other car involved. For some reason, I just drove off the road and into a tree. I think I was doing about 50mph.
I must say, I am impressed with BMW's safety standards. I drove my car head on into a tree and walked away without even a bruise.
The police came and breathalised me but I was fine. No-one saw the accident, and the police initially suggested I might have been avoiding a dog or something.
However, on returning home that night, my neighbour told me the tyres of her car had been slashed the night before. Our cars sit right next to each other in the driveway (the houses are joined), so I am wondering if someone tried to slash my tyres too. I have my winter tyres on, which are very thick, so maybe the vandal only managed to damage them - not breaking right through. Then I could have driven half a mile on the damaged tyre before it burst, making me lose control.
I phoned the garage where the car is right now and they say that one of the tyres is completely shredded, which is consistent with a burst tyre, but they can't tell if it was deliberate. The police are going to look into it.
What do you think? I can't imagine a vandal bothering to slash my neighbour's tyres (a small car) and ignoring the BMW sitting next to it.
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