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Malicious or me?

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TheSunnyLemonScroller · 14/04/2024 09:47

I worked a night shift earlier this week, drove 30 miles home and when I reached my street, my car alerted a loss of pressure and I realised I had noticed a bit of noise coming from one side a mile or so previous but had assumed it was just rattling coming from some sports equipment we have loose in the boot at the moment. Flat tyre. DH thinks I must have hit a kerb close to home and wouldn’t have made it all the way back with the tyre in that state but it’s a very straightforward drive at 4am, mainly on the motorway with very few stops or narrow parts, the roads were very quiet as you’d expect at that time of the morning with very little other traffic or noise and I think I would definitely have been aware if I’d kerbed it.

There have been ongoing and fairly heated arguments at my work with regards to parking and taxi drivers blocking people in, I haven’t been involved personally but it would be very obvious where I work because I was parked there iyswim. Have I done this damage myself without noticing or is there any possibility it could be malicious? How long could I realistically have driven around for like this, as in could I have done it in the days previously and just not realised? I’m almost certain I did not clip a kerb on my way home that night! New tyre now fitted and drama over but I’m interested in opinions please for my own peace of mind.

Malicious or me?
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2ApplesShortOfABasket · 14/04/2024 10:14

I would have thought a curb would make more of a rip if the tyre was moving. I have clipped a curb once and my tyre deflated immediately and all that was left were shreds of material.

That does look like something has been plunged into the tyre.

Thing that makes me think it is not malicious is that if you were going for a tyre, you would go for the thin part, not the tread.

TheSunnyLemonScroller · 14/04/2024 10:30

I agree with you, it’s almost like a circle shape but that would be a strange place to deliberately choose and the marks to the right side make it look less deliberate to me too. I could ask if anyone else has had any issues parking there but don’t want to seem paranoid as I say, it could have been me who caused the damage but I really don’t remember anything unusual happening at all!

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YourSnugHazelTraybake · 14/04/2024 10:35

That looks more like you've run over something, you wouldn't necessarily have noticed doing it ( assumed it was another pothole / bad roads etc) but would explain why it was close to home when it happened. there's no way you'd have not noticed driving motorway speeds on a flat tyre, you'd have noticed that the steering was off if nothing else.

SkiingIsHeaven · 14/04/2024 11:00

When you clip the kerb you get a different pattern of marks on the tyre wall. That looks deliberate.

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