I lost control of my car (I safely stopped) and wondering if I damaged anything ?

[Ultrawarrior]

Dear Tom's Hardware,

Hey guys I did something pretty stupid and I feel bad about it. I was driving in the middle of my friends (one was driving in front of me and one was in the back). Anyway it was late at night and I wasn't thinking I went fast on a wide turn and started loosing control of my car swerving side to side. I eventually got control of my car and pulled over to take a breather, no one got hurt and I didn't crash into anything. All I did was swerve around the street. I drove it after that and didn't notice anything wrong with the car but I was worrying the whole night that I might of damaged the car by swerving a lot. I would appreciate if anyone can give me some advice and tell me if there could be something wrong with it, or maybe to be on a look out for something. I have a 2004 mustang gt with around 65,000 miles on it. Thanks for all the help and I learned my lesson to slow down.

 

[Ultrawarrior]

Yes you did. You damaged your ego.

And see the joke here is he is a mustang driver so that was broken to start with! (Joking! I'm just a mopar guy is all)

LOL no harm, no foul thanks for the reply

 

[striker2237]

No damage but why did the car loose control so easily unless you were seriously speeding or messing about? Suggests a problem, maybe suspension or even badly worn/cheap tyres?

I was being a little silly and messing around (which I usually don't do). also my front struts are a little worn but nothing horrible.

Woah man! Hold on there, soft front suspension will allow the rear end to come loose MUCH more easy. One of the things drag racers love doing is to get the rear really soft with a fairly firm front to allow the rear to dig in as much as possible. A soft front plus stiff rear makes the car ride soft and "calmly" with a very crap tendency to get away from you under power if it's a RWD.

If the front is WAY softer than the rear than you will have more problem than if the front was firm and the rear soft like I think that gen of mustang is intended to be, suspension setup is an art form and in most cases the factory RWD cars have a good setup from the get go IF you keep it maintained.

 

[striker2237]

Hey guy i just want to thank everyone who helped me out, i really appreciate it.
I also want to clear my name a little because people are assuming i'm just a stupid kid but actually i'm the total opposite. I ALWAYS drive safely and that night i just wasn't thinking and was acting silly but anyway i appreciate the help. i can't pick a solution because there are too many solutions from many different people. if anyone else has this issue or concern the solutions are in this thread just read through it. Again thank you to everyone who helped me out and if you want to post any more advice or tips go right ahead i'll be checking this thread every so often.

Also while I am here, let me tell you one of the best things you can possibly do to learn your car is to take it to an autocross and race it. Don't worry about winning or anything just take it to an event (Trust me, as a ford driver you will have PLENTY of meets available to you) and race for the day. Autocross is very safe and you will very quickly learn you vehicle dynamics and have a great time! It might seem a little odd at first if you are mainly a "tech guy" but it's honestly not too far of a step for someone to go from high end electronics to cars.