Lost the tail end twice .. scared ****************less

[z12358]

vijen6, you got a lot of good suggestions in the thread.
This is what I would do:
1. Since the incidents happened at relatively low speed, find an empty parking lot somewhere and try to replicate the behavior by changing the radius and the speed of the turns. Or if the road where it first happened is deserted (say, at an early Sunday morning) and there's plenty of safe space for a run-off, go there and try to take that same turn again few more times, each time with increased speed.
2. If fishtailing still occurs where it shouldn't, take the car to a good alignment shop and check the alignment.
3. If the alignment checks OK, and it still happens, take it to a good mechanic to check everything, starting with the suspension.
4. If everything checks OK with the car, the culprit may be your driving. Go to a DE event organized by the local PCA chapter and see if there's anything you can learn. I learned quite a bit, and I considered myself to be a pretty good driver.

This is the best I could come up with.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

[vijen6]

Pete, thanks for the analysis. That might VERY much be what happened. Both of the time, I was first in line, long left turn, added a bit of throttle at the end, but far from 'gunning' it.

It could very well be driver skill. No doubt, and I take absolutely no offense from that as I know my skill could be improved 1000% with some driving classes / training. I have been looking at Skip Barber classes for quite a while but without the budget to really take one.

I really appreciate everyone's advice and will try all your advices and update where I can. Thanks again guys, this is a great forum.