Just how does it do it?

[wacattack]

Went for a great drive last night, pushing the car fairly hard round the corners and what a feeling it has!

I've always known the car handles impeccably well, but what I realised is it "seems" to feel like it has 4 wheel steering. When you start pushing the car you feel the back wanting to slide ever so slightly, but it is so unbelievably controlled it feels like the back wheels have their own steering. The back end is helping you go quicker round the corner but remains perfectly balanced.

God bless this chasis!!

[Bada Bing!]

This is what's called throttle sensitive steering.

Lose some throttle she turns in a bit tighter, apply some more after that and she powers out exactly as you want. Not many cars light enough to benefit from this.

[poptosis]

My first elise was an S1 and I felt like it took the piss out of me. Occassionaly I would throw it at a corner with some vigour and pace, experience a little understeer, the car meanwhile is whispering in your ear "your rubbish mate, give it more gas"; apply more of the noisy pedal almost mid corner and the car balances out and spits you out of the corner like a bar of soap. Left me feeling like a right plank and very unworthy. I have an S2 now and still get pissed off with my crap cornering technique from time to time.

[TIPPER]

poptosis said:

My first elise was an S1 and I felt like it took the piss out of me. Occassionaly I would throw it at a corner with some vigour and pace, experience a little understeer, the car meanwhile is whispering in your ear "your rubbish mate, give it more gas"; apply more of the noisy pedal almost mid corner and the car balances out and spits you out of the corner like a bar of soap. Left me feeling like a right plank and very unworthy. I have an S2 now and still get pissed off with my crap cornering technique from time to time.

Don't be too hard on yourself. There was nothing wrong with your cornering technique when I paxed with you up at Hethel...........(all the way from the car park to the main gate)