[Edgar]

Interesting thread this is.

Some of the Hong Kong Members just came back from the circuit testing our Elises today with personal bests.

Not a single time do we find our best laps with sliding antics.

I am indoctrinated from formula racing to search for cornering speed at the limit of adhesion and it definitely doesn't not allow any sliding to be fastest around the track.

If you like power oversteer, I think it is very very easy to do one that is aesthetically pleasing in road tyres but with very little effect on reducing the laptime.

Such antics, we usually reserve for the last session of the day when we have finished our testing schedules and is looking for fun from left over tyres lying around as near carcasses or to take the lady out to impress her. I am not sure what is its relevance on public road or in a race for the Elise or any car, because, we are only scrubbing off excess entry speed by going sideways and maintaining a larger slip angle at the rear than the front while controlling the attitude of the car with throttle steer and steering lock input. Not that difficult really.