I wondered when you might mention this Tom when I saw your Facebook status..
Close call by the sounds of it..
I had a similar episode in my old CTR about 5 years ago. Was coming down a hill near me in the snow (as cars in front managed it fine, thought I would be ok
). As I got halfway down (only travelling about 3mph) my car just started sliding and that was it, out of my hands. I was heading straight for the junction with the main road
and no matter what I did (including trying to mount the curb) it just slid. Ended up sliding sideways onto the main road and coming to a rest and thank fook that exact min there was no traffic.
The car that was approaching further down the road must have wondered what the hell I was doing, as I ended up facing the wrong way on his side of the road..
Biggest problem is, cars with wider wheels will always struggle as they have a lot wider surface area on the snow/ice. That's why old sheds with skinny wheels that cut through the snow better make you look like a right tit...