Miata vs Elise at Thunderhill - Almost losing it

Another session chasing the Elise. You can see the elise just pull away from me in every strait away. At the end of the video the guy misses the apex by about 2 feet (and early) and ends up dropping one tire in the dirt and almost loses it.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Miata
• mazda
• supercharger
• supercharged
• racing
• race
• track
• thunderhill
• lotus
• elise

[eskimo810]

you did some great driving there, is your miata modded? And although the guy did lose it, that was a good (if dramatic) save.

[jberry813]

@eskimo810

Yeah its got a few mods. JR supercharger and some other stuff. :-)

[duiracing82]

i have a 02 mr2 spyder i am new to the imports i recently had a ls1 camaro and a firebird ws6 and at high speed they felt and did fine anything over 100 in my mr2 it feels like its going to get blown off thr road when a oncoming car passes i understand their is no weight in the front but still a sports car should feel and handle like 1 also at 80 mph im turning 4,200 rpm do they make a 6spd that is a dirrect bolt in ?

[jberry813]

@duiracing82

I'm not even sure I should dignify this with a response. Where oh where do I begin? First of all, I have a Miata, not an MR2. I haven't the first clue what options are available for your car or how they are supposed to feel. Secondly, why are you asking these questions on youtube? There is this great thing called Google you can use. Lastly, spell check and putting more than one punctuation mark in your comment. My head is still hurting from reading your post....

[papasmurple]

I'm liking the videos dude! You're a good driver, no doubt about that!

To be fair to the Elise driver, he done pretty well to keep himself on the track at the end!

[teamipr]

Nice save there by you and the Elise! Not sure if you noticed, he tapped his brakes right before he goes off and that threw his tail out.

[syizm]

You're both good drivers. It is REALLY hard for an inexperienced driver to save a mid-engined vehicle from oversteer without the car whipping violently around the other way after correction - the driver of the Elise seemed to show a lot of experience there. Of course I've never actually driven an Elise around a track, but I've had my fair share of track time in mid-engined vehicles. Kudos to you both.

[benthic81]

I've spun out in my Elise before, it happens too fast to get scared. I shifted too late going into a turn. I love my Lotus!

[driftaw]

Nice save indeed !

[MoePower2]

@beechface1 I dont think you should ask others about buying something or not, that is completely up to you. If you like MX5/Miata you should buy one. They are great, I have one myself and Im probably going to have it for a long time still.. :)

[beechface1]

@MoePower2 why?

[MoePower2]

@beechface1 No

[beechface1]

@jberry813 shall i buy a miata?