08 Elise S traction control - how do you turn it off?
Discussion
kazste said:
I have an elise s which I love but if you can get the back end out on power in anything other than 1st (assuming it's dry) then your my hero!!
I assume you're not in the UK - however if you are, take a look out of the window and check the external temperature and road temperature...If the OP hasn't got the car on winter tyres (now being marketed in all the magazines as 'cold weather tyres' to try to get the British to consider using appropriate tyres for the seasons, at long bloody last
) then the current low temps and greasy roads will let you spin and crash an Elise *very* easily under power 
TIPPER said:
Plenty of Elises driving around without the traction control safety net and they don't all end up in ditches.
My thoughts exactly.The traction control on Mrs FWs Octavia comes in when you least want it e.g. when making a brisk getaway, sometimes cutting power rather than having a very slight wheel spin.
Not sure how clever the Lotus one is, but unless it is pretty sophisticated I'm not convinced it it a necessity for a person of reasonable driving ability (unless the car has big horsepower)
fatwomble said:
Not sure how clever the Lotus one is, but unless it is pretty sophisticated I'm not convinced it it a necessity for a person of reasonable driving ability (unless the car has big horsepower)
Its not bad. Seems to let a reasonable degree of slip before gathering things up (I'm no smoking-sideways hero btw!)Not sure its really necessary on a model such as the Elise S which is not very powerfull. I've only triggered it once without deliberate provocation whilst I've been out having a play this weekend, and it was not in a situation I could not have controlled myself.
ABS is well judged too IMHO. Much prefer the peddle feel of my own non-servo S1 though.
No its not necessary on an S but it came as part of the Sport Pack.
As John said,it will allow a certain amount of sideways slip on power oversteer(in the wet!)but wont do anything if you carry too much speed into a corner(its not Stability Control of course
).
On track it gets switched off,naturally
As John said,it will allow a certain amount of sideways slip on power oversteer(in the wet!)but wont do anything if you carry too much speed into a corner(its not Stability Control of course
).On track it gets switched off,naturally
danwebster said:
John D. said:
ABS is well judged too IMHO. Much prefer the peddle feel of my own non-servo S1 though.
The braided hoses and fairly fresh fluid will have a lot to do with that though...Nice courtesy car though, whens it coming back?
Edited by danwebster on Wednesday 10th February 15:33
danwebster said:
John D. said:
ABS is well judged too IMHO. Much prefer the peddle feel of my own non-servo S1 though.
The braided hoses and fairly fresh fluid will have a lot to do with that though...Nice courtesy car though, whens it coming back?
It is a very nice courtesy car. Has been interesting to try it out. Glad I didn't buy one though
hondafanatic said:
danwebster said:
Hehe no, I'm the previous owner of Johns car.
I thought it was quite good to get a newish elise as a courtesy car rather than a toyota yaris or something, thats all.
Riiigggggghht. I thought we were about to have the mother of all threads... potentially.I thought it was quite good to get a newish elise as a courtesy car rather than a toyota yaris or something, thats all.
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