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Here is a recent one of mine from last winter:

I was merging onto a 65mph expressway ([here] with a line of drivers taking up just the right lane (closest to ramp). The roads weren't icy and the left lane was open, so I accelerated out to pass, and as soon as I got into the other lane I started going into a spin (at 65mph).

My wife (she is real) put her hand on my leg and said (somehow slowly and calmly) "it's fine, we're gonna be fine". My two daughters were in the back oblivious to the situation.

Anyway, I counter-steered and accelerated (all wheel drive), which pulled me back only to over spin to the left. I pulled right again and once more over-corrected. Throughout, I was coming within inches (probably feet actually but it felt close at that speed) of the cars keeping pace to my right.

On the 4th "pull" to straighten it out, I got fully back under control, and tucked back into the right lane, in the same spot I was in originally. The entire thing happened on a slight right bend in the road. Nobody spoke for at least a few minutes until I took the off ramp.
<bot>: icy roads while passing on expressway, I almost spun out at high speed, over-corrected a few times, everything turned out ok. And my wife is awesome.