This reminds me of when I let people who drive "stick" have a go in my FR-S. They say well I heard it has no power. I then wait to see how they shift and it is always the same... they shift very early at around 3-4k range. I then go you need to wait to shift at a much higher RPM to really use the engine. It seems to many people are like this and are use to low revving engines. Once they shift a bit higher, they are like "Woah" this thing is fast.
I laugh and say do you want drive it for a min. They get in the passenger seat and I do a 360 tail whip around from a dead stop (not kidding, was slightly raining too...) and proceed to plow down the road red line shifting it the whole way and they of course love every second of it and are kissing the ground by the time they get out.
I'm like see, you just got to shift it like you just stole it and it will be faster then you want to go.
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