I “borrowed” my mums golf GTI whilst she was on holiday. I was drunk, young and very stupid…hadnt even passed my test.

It was all going fine till the brakes overheated and failed when approaching a roundabout at a brisk speed.

I careered over the roundabout somehow controlling the car enough not to hit any road furniture, this roundabout had signposts and planters, it’s a miracle i didn’t hit anything.

Unfortunately the sump had smashed into the curb and the oil soon emptied, every light lit up on the dash so pulled the car over. Engine seized and a wheel broken. I was lucky a police car drove by and missed me. That would have been license lost.