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Wrecked the Pantera.
I'm really sorry to hear that, and glad you are OK. It's a sickening feeling, getting out of your car to see how trashed it is.
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Long story short: going around curve to get on freeway. Hit something slippery and tires don't just break loose, they spin like on ice. Car goes sidways and points me at a wall on the right. I take my foot off the gas (mistake) and the car spins around the other way and shoots me out into light traffic.
Hmmm, if it spun the other way, it sounds like you recovered from lifting off the throttle. Sounds more like the slow steering ratio hampered your second correction.
And yes, those high-performance tires suck on anything other than dry warm pavement. I learned that the hard way.
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Not sure yet if it can be fixed. It will be a simple numbers game for the insurance company.
From the other comments so far, it sounds like at least that is going your way.
Mine is not fixed yet either.
Good luck, and a speedy recovery for your car.