Someone firebomed a car outside our house earlier this evening, and now at 2.45am, the remains have just been lifted onto a flatbed truck and removed.

It was the neighbour’s old Volvo. Had obviously been in the wars, with one window replaced by a black bin liner and duct tape. Which was probably how they got the burning things in in the first place.

I must be more careful about closing my sun roof and locking my doors when I leave the car. The old Volvo was no more a desirable target of a car than my own old Skoda.