[fsiflyer]

I have also had an actual rejection prior to V1. It was very violent with an associated loss of directional control. When we lost the left mains, even though we were below V1 and regained directional control there was not enough runway to stop. We chose to put it into the grass to stop the plane vs. hitting the ILS antena. Be very careful with just saying the words in a lineup brief. The next takeoff roll may be an abort and you have to take the current situation in hand. Not all tire blows are the same. Ours was above 80kts but below V1. Had we decided to fly we would have been landing only on the right mains and the nose wheel. Damage would have been significant. In our case it was very minor because we decided NOT to fly even though we were above 80kts. Just my $.02.