accident

I was hoping to post on Mr Clarkson, his (and mine!) phone and the murky world of product placement, but something else popped up.

Still in the automotive world, and popping is exactly the right word: Tuesday afternoon on the highway ring around Brussels the front left tyre of my car burst.

For once I was not even speeding up. Unfortunately though it happened in a long right turn so the car started spinning and ended up against the concrete wall next to the road - so now I'm a bit shaken, and the car needs a face job. It's a lease car so hopefully it will not cost me any money, but even so the experience was not good.

If you ever watched Top Gear and asked yourself how all those powerslides and spins feel when you're inside a car, I can now certainly tell you: they don't feel good at all. And contrary to popular drivers belief, once you start going round, there is no way to control the thing. You can just hope there are no others on the road, and no trees or houses on the side.