Heinz, interesting read. in fact i need to re-read several times and go for a drive (and then re-read again!)
the whole weight transfer thing is not as easy as it might first seem, practice is much more difficult. trail braking is an easy introduction, but the article you pasted is far more nuanced. who is the writer? Mark Hales is no amateur himself, although his own article didn't fully address the issues either. in fact i'd call it a half-hearted magazine article to describe a few symptoms and then fail to address either the physics involved nor the resolution required.
For me the Elise has become a heavenly road car. corrected geo to give more lively handling, still an excess of grip, but steering and chassis feedback to delight on every drive. I explore weight transfer more fully with my MX5 on track.... work in progress!
very difficult to explain how difficult car dynamics are, even to road-only petrol heads. Since driving on track i now realise how little i knew before, and how little i still really know. My know unknowns are greater and i suspect my unknown unknowns could be greater too.
