My first spin out

When Aaron got his miata, he had his first spinout within the first few days. I at least managed mine in the first month. I still haven't really found a safe spot to push the car where spinouts wouldn't be too bad, but I was fortunate enough yesterday morning to be taking the 405N exit from 70th street which is more or less a slightly banked hairpin turn into a 3-lane wide on-ramp. There was absolutely no traffic in front of me or behind me so I pushed it a bit, and made the turn pretty well. Then when I thought i had straightened out enough I went to accelerate out of the turn and accidentally broke traction and oversteered into a spinout. I ended up turning almost 270 degrees across 2 lanes before sliding to a stop. It was kinda fun, but really scary too, because I stopped right at the edge of the road, and I was really afraid I'd slide into the ditch that was probably a foot or two behind where I stopped. The loose grass and mud in the ditch combined with the rain would've probably meant I'd need to get towed out of the ditch, which would've been a shitty ordeal.

But yeah, overall no harm no foul, and I've had my first loss of control! Now if only I could find a nice abandoned parking lot! (I found a couple but they're very close to residential districts)

And I think I figured out my next project for the Miata. It's either going to be installing the sun visors or installing a remote trunk opener. The keyhole for the trunk is located really close to the bumper and i'm always afraid of scratching the bumper with the other keys on my keychain when opening the trunk. So that's on the list of desirable changes =)