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eliseum · 12-11-2004, 11:58 AM

Sorry about the last post...I got so enamoured with the slide that I forgot to answer my detractors.

When you release the wheel at the onset of oversteer, it does not try to point the front wheel forward, but rather to the point of least resistance. In this case, that point is towards the oversteer. It is very easy to over-correct into a slide (you'll hear the chattering of tires - affectionately known as car farts).

At this point you really have to use the throttle to either continue the slide or slowly peel out of it. DO NOT LIFT!!! If you lift at this point you're going around because you just took all of the weight off the back.

PLEASE do not try this on the open road. It must be practiced in a controlled environment with nothing to hit (namely, me!).

At the end of the slide you begin feathering the throttle back ever so slightly as you re-center the steering wheel - the key is smooth. The Elise is extremely twitchy in untrained hands, she'll bite you back if you're not gentle!

12-11-2004, 11:58 AM	#58 (permalink)
eliseum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 155	Sorry about the last post...I got so enamoured with the slide that I forgot to answer my detractors. When you release the wheel at the onset of oversteer, it does not try to point the front wheel forward, but rather to the point of least resistance. In this case, that point is towards the oversteer. It is very easy to over-correct into a slide (you'll hear the chattering of tires - affectionately known as car farts). At this point you really have to use the throttle to either continue the slide or slowly peel out of it. DO NOT LIFT!!! If you lift at this point you're going around because you just took all of the weight off the back. PLEASE do not try this on the open road. It must be practiced in a controlled environment with nothing to hit (namely, me!). At the end of the slide you begin feathering the throttle back ever so slightly as you re-center the steering wheel - the key is smooth. The Elise is extremely twitchy in untrained hands, she'll bite you back if you're not gentle! __________________ If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled; for you are in Elysium, and you're already dead!