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solsticetime : ....Seeing this and hearing the other tales of unintentional slip and slide makes me think it's the stock tires. Maybe they fit, look good, made a sweet deal with GM.. but don't perform safe enough on loose and wet roads.
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I'd even go far to suggest to anyone who's still on stock wheels and tires... to NEVER push their limits on a public road. We've seen and heard a lot of bad mojo in regards.
A few suggestions to consider prior to an aggressive run...
Lower your tires psi by 3. Use Stickier rubber. Don't drive like that in the wet. Lower your car. etc.
But in my opinion, Stock Sols should just cruise casually and enjoy the scenery/ride.
Diane said that she took the turn wide and got into the gravel. Not much that any tire could do in those circumstances. Also, it was not wet when the incident occurred.
If you change the tires, wheels, brakes, lower the car, etc, what you are doing is raising the car's limits. Pushing them is a risk on public roads regardless of how high they are or how they got there.
I completely disagree with lowering the tire pressures for road driving.
Just cruise casually ? I don't think so. There is a very wide range of driving between cruising and pushing the limits, and I think that most of us know the difference between prudent limits and performance limits.
We've not met Diane, but I will add to everyone else's statements and say that I am very glad that you are OK.