So, I don't know whether you'd call this minor strangeness, or simple bad luck, but I seem to have a curse when it comes to cars.
At the tail end of 2021 I inherited a 10yr old Volvo from my father who'd decided to stop driving due to age and ill-health.
The very first trip I took in it, the engine completely cut out whilst on the M1 which was... interesting...
2 weeks after that was resolved, I was once again on a motorway when the front drivers side tyre overtook the the rest of the car...
After 4 new wheels & tyres, it was back on the road, only for an engine warning light to flash at me.
The issue with that caused the light was never seemingly resolved.
In the further six months that I owned that car, there were three, yes *three* more tyre blowouts, and despite the best efforts of various garages (I had the the new wheels checked by a second garage, just to check there wasn't an issue with the work of the first) no underlying issues were discovered.
I came to the conclusion that the car was trying to kill itself, or me...
Anyway, when it came for it's MOT and the repairs which would have cost almost double the value of the car, I chose to cut my losses, and put the Volvo out of its misery.
I then bought a 3yr old, low mileage Infiniti.
Given it's a Mercedes engine, in a Japanese engineered chassis you'd think reliability...
Within 3 days of the car being delivered there was both an engine warning light (which engaged limp mode), and warning on the pressure of one of the tyres.
This meant the car going back to the seller (a well known brand. Rhymes with Wazoo. I do not recommend) for an extended period, during which time I had a courtesy car, which a few days after I had picked up, was ran into the back of whilst I was stood at some red lights...
I received my car back, only to have the rear brakes need replacing a further 300 miles later, and that pesky tyre pressure still not be resolved...
The brakes, though not the tyre, were sorted, and then came an issue with the central locking, which again meant back to the garage...
Anyhoo, for the past month, all has been quiet on the car front until yesterday morning when I went for a walk in a local park.
On returning to my parked car I found a very worried looking older gent, his bent Tesla, and my very dented car…
All of this has happened within the space of about 16 months.
Now, I'm sure you're thinking (assuming you've had the patience to read this far), are the mechanical issues related to my driving style...?
Well, to try and ensure low insurance, given all my other automotive costs, I have a black box fitted, so it's really not in my interests to speed, or drive aggressively.
So, the only conclusion I can come to is that I have somehow incurred the wrath of the motoring Gods.