[Aurel]

Last year, I was doing 45mph on the garden state parkway, in my X-Terra with the 4wd on. The road was coverd with slush
inbetween lanes. Since I was by myself on the left lane, I decided to move back to the middle. Ooops, I turned the wheel a little too fast and went into a huge sideslide. 40 mph now, but that feels scary fast when you are going sideways. I managed to put it back straitght, but the momentum was such that I started sliding on the other side,
drifting towards the guardrail. At this point,
remembering a past experience with the 911, I chose to lock the wheels. I hit the guardrail at low speed, on the back bumper.

Damage to the car: $30 bucks (a new side bumper)

Lessons learned:
1) I limit my speed to 35 mph on the snow
2) 4wd is only useful to get out of my driveway without plowing the snow.
3) Absolutely no brisk changes of direction on the snow
4) I got a new set ef tires with very thick and agressive threads (BF Goodrich AT Revo, I love them !). Huge difference.

Aurel