Ugh...Only Once. And that was indeed enough to hold me over for the rest of my life!
In my FE GTS, I was coming off a concrete Exit ramp rated at 30 MPH, and I was doing 40 MPH. Normally, this would never be a biggie. To put this ramp into perspective, there is grass on your right with markers every 20 feet, a concrete barrier on your left. 1 lane wide, and it has a smooth transition from a sloping right hander to a sloping left hander, not tight at all really. As I exited the right hander and began into the left, the back of the car jumped to the INSIDE of the turn! Seeing as in physics this doesnt make sense, you have got me- must have been a rut or something. (I have heard one other report of a similar situation with another local guy) When I tried to correct the jump, the car did not respond at all, almost like a hydroplane. However, when the front tires wandered off of the concrete and onto the blacktop shoulder, the car GRABBED traction, shot the car back onto the concrete, and threw me into a counter-clockwise spin. I did a complete 180, on the concrete, in the space of 1 lane+5 foot shoulder, BETWEEN the Concrete barrier and the markers, and then slid off the road sideways/backwards into the grass PERFECTLY center of two markers! I truly had an angel in the car that day. Short of two small stone chips in the driver sidesill, NO damage. Put it on an Alignment rack and a frame machine...nothing. I couldnt believe it. When I went back later to survey the situation, it turns out the concrete was polished almost to the point of using it for a mirror. No wonder...
Another "close call" was in my SRT about a month after I got it. Was going on a Dyno Day up in Ontario... weather went south and it started raining. was heading down a 2 lane road, and I hopped on it a little in 4th gear. Back end kicked out left into the oncoming traffic lane, but I was lucky enough to catch that one before anything happened.
Goes to show you- Even with 30,000 "Viper Miles" under my belt, the car still has tricks it hasnt shown you yet!
Be careful out there...