Hah, I just finished reading this thread and realized it's old and I already responded to it before!

Anyway, if it helps anyone else avoid this, my one close call was that I was turning left opposite a bunch of cars also turning left (so we were passing each other on our right), when a car came out from behind the line of left-turners opposite me and zoomed straight through the intersection, causing me to endo as I braked hard to stop. Lessons learned: (1) Watch out for cars pulling out from behind other cars, and (2) learn how to brake hard without endo'ing. Check, and check.

So, OP, how are you doing and how is wife your feeling about it?