We've been having quite a time of ot the last couple of days.

Following on from my wife's Audi A3 catching fire on the drive on Sunday, Tuesday evening while we were watching Pointless we heard a loud bang and a car alarm going off.

Fearing the Audi had somehow re-ignited we rushed out the front door to see a Nissan Navara stopped across the bottom of our drive, sitting in a pile of bricks which used to be our garden wall!

We live on a hill and our opposite neighbours both have Navaras. The neighbour came over, quite mortified and apologetic.

The truck was a courtesy vehicle while his was in for a service. He normally drives an automatic Navara and this one was manual. He admitted that he had probably not set the handbrake as he was used to just leaving his car in park and getting out.

They readily agreed to get the wall repaired and we cleared up the mess. No point getting upset, they are good neighbours. The truck had a dented tail gate and possibly some damage to the underside.

He came over last night and said the builder had been out to survey the damage and would start work in a few days. The garage said their insurance would cover the damage to the truck but our neighbour would have to pay £500 excess.

A costly lapse to be sure!

Edited by Stackman II on 27/10/2022 at 08:55