Both of mine are on the track.
First time I went Karting I was following my friend who's birthday treat this trip was. I was catching him and concentrating on the lines so I could catch him. I concentrated so much I didn't notice he had spun out just after the next hairpin. So I had to avoid him, braked hard and steered left to the side. The result was a sideways slide and I hit the back of his kart with the right hand side of mine. The seat dug into my side and hurt a lot. But we had paid for the session so I carried on. Result ? Cracked rib and major pain for a few weeks.
Second time I went on the track with the same guy, my birthday this time. We had a session in single seaters which was fun but it was majorly wet so I spun out once. Then we went for the 'legend' cars which are small, rear drive, live axle machines. We were warned as they could be tricky but faster. We both managed 5 out of our 6 laps without incident and then I spun out of course. I stopped at the side to gather my breath only to see another legend car spinning out of control towards me. I braced myself thinking this is going to hurt. But the driver managed to catch it on the second spin, shook his head at me and drove off. Comparing notes I realised I was nearly t-boned by my friend. The bonus was that for the instructor accompanied bit I got driver of the day !
And the lesson I learned ? Well I've never been to the track with that friend again, or at least not when we are both driving at the same time
On the road apart from my Mini spinning incident I have already mentioned elsewhere, the only other one was the time I spun a brand new company supplied Honda Accord onto a roundabout. It was 6am and nobody was around so I drove off and didn't mention it.
Lesson learned ? If in doubt, say nowt.
The Mrs did a great one on our honeymoon. She was not used to LHD but wanted to have a go in our hire car so I let her.
So after she launched the Ford Ka over a pile of bricks, a curb and a pile of hay we spent 20 minutes or so on the beach doing doughnuts to make sure it was dirty enough so they couldn't see the damage when we handed the car back at the airport the next day.
Lesson learned ? I can't say, she may be reading...
