[maverickar15]

I would be lying if I said I was not disappointed with lack of additional power.

...although to be honest, the only time when I think I really wanted additional power is when I'm enjoying a spirited drive in a mountain pass and I don't have enough room to pass the car in front of me safely. I keep thinking that this would have been nothing if I was in my STi...just drop a gear and punch it.

Sure with BRZ I can close the gap and basically ride someone's ass during the corner since this car corners very well but as soon as the corner straightens out the car in front of me also accelerates and I don't have enough power to pass when that happens. Sometimes I do when the person in front of me is slow at getting back on the gas but most of the times I don't, at least with the minimum distance I think I must maintain with the incoming traffic. And when you ride someone's ass getting ready to pass it is a human condition to not let that happen easily. You need instant acceleration to stop people from thinking they won't let you pass.

I would never pass someone in a corner on a public road due to obvious safety concerns so this means I must have enough power to pass someone in a straight road...and BRZ is definitely not adequate in that part. Most of mountain roads here are at 8000+ ft of altitude so that doesn't help either...