"Paul Bielec" <me@no.spam> wrote in message news:<bujdsn$ao4$1@dns3.cae.ca>...

> Just curious, when you steered to the side, did you let go the gas pedal at
> the same time?
> If you did, that most probably made the front end slow down and, combined
> with the sudden change of direction, the car spun.

I'm not sure but that could have been the sequence of events.