111R driving tips?
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any chance of checking whats on at the JPA, bedford autodrome?
if not there are some great driving roads in beds / northants, But....
INVEST IN A ROAD ANGEL!
always drive in such a way that you will be able to stop in the distance you can see,
pootle down the high st in bedford, wait for the lights to change, then 1st gear only!
and remember, this is for you to enjoy, not every body else, be safe
if not there are some great driving roads in beds / northants, But....
INVEST IN A ROAD ANGEL!
always drive in such a way that you will be able to stop in the distance you can see,
pootle down the high st in bedford, wait for the lights to change, then 1st gear only!
and remember, this is for you to enjoy, not every body else, be safe
Elises are pretty sweet handling little things - it won't bite or do anything that you won't expect, so I'm sure you'll have fun 
The weight bias is more rear than mid to be honest, which means you get a huge amount of grip over the rear, but if you do get the tail out then, despite Lotus' marvellous chassis, things do start to move very quickly once it gets out beyond about half a turn of opposite lock. The thing with the Elise is that it communicates everything to you, you really would have to doggedly ignore it to get into serious trouble (or do something completely stupid!).
The weight bias is more rear than mid to be honest, which means you get a huge amount of grip over the rear, but if you do get the tail out then, despite Lotus' marvellous chassis, things do start to move very quickly once it gets out beyond about half a turn of opposite lock. The thing with the Elise is that it communicates everything to you, you really would have to doggedly ignore it to get into serious trouble (or do something completely stupid!).Edited by RobM77 on Wednesday 5th September 12:09 - bracketed comment at the end added after reading Kambites post below!
Edited by RobM77 on Wednesday 5th September 12:09
Tina K said:
The standard suspension setup had a surprising degree of understeer dialled in. It's easy to run out of talent that way too. 
Just neutralise it on turn in and you'll be fine. I've never had an issue with understeer on track. Tina's dead right though, if you make a mistake the front end is very light so I should imagine things could go wrong at that end too, in fact it's more likely than oversteer in a car with relatively low power and a rear weight bias.
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