Blowout on M40

Trundling up the M40 to work this morning, I noticed the steering seemed a bit odd. (I have to confess that I was in the car, not on the bike). I was having to steer slightly to the right to stay in a straight line, so decided things weren't quite right, and it might be a good time to slow down a bit and perhaps pull over. Managed to get from 90 in the outside lane to about 70 in the middle lane, and then the front nearside let go with a bit of a pop. Managed to keep things under control and rolled to a halt on the hard shoulder, with a well shredded tyre. I'll post a few pics later.

I would like to thank Mr Benz for the indestructable quality and solidness of the car,
and likewise to Mr Marks & Spencer for displaying the same qualities when it comes to underwear.

I might have to take up smoking if this becomes a regular occurance

[rictus01]

Adds a bit of excitment to the day, perhaps it's a new feature fitted that monitors if you're paying attention and does something to wake you up

(Caveat, My former Taxi service was nothing but exemplary )

Cheers Mark

Its scary isn't it. Never had one while I've been driving.

Been passenger in a car thats had a blowout.
Doing about 80 on a dirt road in Sierra Leone

[jambo]

Now that's clearly not part of the regular commute!

Glad you're ok mate, looking forward to the pics

Glad you're ok... not the best wake up call you can have in the morning.

Myother halfs sister had a blow out yesturday causing her to write the car if into another one... shes ok but the car aint !
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glad ur ok

[Stu]

Glad you kept it rubber side down...erm you know what I mean.