[irish44j]

the only time I've "lost the tail" on a public road was in my integra, going 60mph and changing lanes with winter slush between lanes. Tail went out fast and with traffic around I had no chance to bring it back in, so I went all the way around 360 on purpose and came to a stop on the right shoulder after starting in the far left lane.

That was some scary ****, especially with several truckers in the vicinity. Not the suggested way to do it, but in my situation, it was the only way out.

The moral: there is no "right' way to recover from a spin in real-world situations, especially with traffic around. The best thing you can do is autocross and go to empty parking lots in rain/snow conditions and find the limits of your car and induce spins to practice recovering. After you've done it a few times, you instincts will kick in and if it happens on the road, your instincs will (hopefully) know what to do, because when you start spinning out, you're not going to have time to "think" about what to do....

All that said, I've never, ever lost the tail of the maxima, even in snow situations, unless doing so on purpose. There is alot to be said for having a balanced setup (I can break all four wheels loose at the same time on a highway exit ramp in the rain, if I want to), as well as good tires (the Proxes4 are extremely hard to break loose, even when trying, in the wet....