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Originally Posted by DCNISMO
I had a guy behind me once in a Tesla, who tried to follow me on a twisty two lane road when I had my Nismo.....first turn I was not in very hot, to see what he wanted to do....second turn I was in deeper, he tried to keep up and I could see his front end push a bit but he got through, third turn I wicked it up, I looked back and as he apexed his front end pushed as his oversized and overweight golf cart under-steered and he almost hit the guardrail on the other side of the road. So yes, I sort of egged him on and gave him the false impression through two turns at least, that he could keep up. His wife probably cut him off for a few weeks after that.
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And the funny thing is, the Tesla (Model S, anyway) is very clever at torque vectoring its way out of trouble in fast corners. I had one blow by me on the track at the entry to a fairly tight bend at far faster speeds than I was comfortable taking my 4C into (and I was on semi-slicks, he was less experienced than I on track and was riding street rubber, but had an instructor onboard). Despite making a dog's breakfast of the entry line, the car (bless it) got him out of trouble. I think the driver wet himself, though, as I was right on his tail by the exit and on the following straight when he should have launched himself out of my slight, I passed him easily!
Bottom line, I guess you can't really beat the laws of physics. Even if you can cheat them occasionally!