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The picture turns my stomach. Panteras are not forgiving cars to drive. They are high strung bitches that will turn on you in the wrong conditions. When things go bad in a Pantera, they go bad faster than in most cars and there's no stopping until the spin is over. Some one with a better grasp of the psysics could probably explain but I think it has to do with polar inertia. 911s have some bad habits too and they're wonderful cars. When we mod our cars with newer and updated parts, we take out the forgiving traits that was engineered in to the cars in the first place.The understeer is gone. We give up the safety for a little more performance. The first time I spun my Pantera was on Michelin Pilot Sports and I didn't let them warm up. It was a cold October morning 4 years ago. That sounds like circumstances similiar to yours. I'm glad you and no one else was hurt and that the car should be repairable. There is a lesson there for all of us. Don't take driving cars like our for granted.