Not a technique I have seen documented before but your still alive
You cant beat the wind in your hair though
No Richard I haven't, when I had my 4200 I did love the raw power and kick in the back the early gearbox software gave it , I didn't realise the GS was different to drive , I thought it was just a 4200 with added bling at double the money
You cant beat the convertible MX5 experience in the summer though
I'm no rally driver but my view is hitting the brakes half way through a fast corner will only unsettle the car more and send you into a slide or a spin . Don't touch anything and turn through the corner and let the chassis deal with it . It always works for me .
Is that the one where at the end Clarkson askes "Yes, but can you have this thing with a proper gearbox?" !!!I recall a Top Gear episode where they reviewed the GS and were shocked at the transformation. Probably on YouTube somewhere. Agree MX5s are great fun (drove one around South Australia and came home and bought one for a year!) but not the character, beauty, sound or pride of ownership of a Maserati for me. True of 99% of cars I guess!
Totally agree about hitting brakes and can see the logic of keeping things smooth but I was always taught try to keep constant throttle as lifting can be as disastrous as braking as it too upsets the car. I can remember one session with an instructor in a 911, where I we were lapping faster and faster and then suddenly all **** broke loose as we went into a massive spin. When the car had stopped the instructor looked at me and asked why the f*king hll did you lift !!! I wasn't aware I had but apparently my brain had decided we were going to fast and told my foot to back off, which unsettled the car and round and round we went. A lesson well learnt
I mean you take your feet off the pedals before you turn , is nt that still constant ?
or keep your right foot where it is as you say .
First time I lifted off in high revs in my Tuscan I sh*t myself..It is worse in a TVR as if you lift off suddenly it is like someone pulling the hand brake up due to higher the normal levels of engine braking. Ask me how I know....
Glad I'm not the only one. I didn't panic or poop myself but definitely did lift off then became a passenger performing some ballet moves!First time I lifted off in high revs in my Tuscan I sh*t myself..