They might criticise 4WDS ,But on a wet road!!.?

Hi

It may have spun out on some oil that had dripped from an old landrover that went through the roundabout previously :)

Cheers
Greg

Bald tyres can be run on any car even a 15 year old Landy ;-)
Cheers Craig..............

The cooper atrs on Sals Nullarbor are terible on wet roundabouts, mind you they have lasted that long they most likely have gone hard.
FWDS are fantastic as long as you keep your foot down, but a lot of inexperienced drivers get into trouble when they panic and brake or suddenly lift off the acclerator.
Cheers Pete

Roundabouts are notorious for slips and slides. I'm sure they gather more oil spills than straight sections of road, because vehicles with leaks fling their oil off, around the curve, when the drips have just been sitting when travelling on straight level road.
In addition, there's more tyre rubber on a roundabout road surface, due to cornering forces when travelling around the curve.

Add in the fact that most roundabouts have a crossfall from the centre towards the outside (the opposite of most curves) - plus you have the vehicle cornerng and placing most weight on the outside wheels - and you have a unique set of circumstances designed to come together, to throw you off the road!

Witness the number of trucks that flip at roundabouts. Just a whisker too much speed, a load with a high centre of gravity - and bingo! - over they go.

Pouring rain! You must be in Sydney.