Sorry to take so long to reply to the rest of you, been crazy lately.
lightmayo, your friend probably had an '00 or '01. '02 and later resolved all of the major issues. Mine's an '02, and its an SVT
Everyone else, yeah its fun to drive! In fact, being nimble has already saved my ass once. Unfortunately... I got my first speeding ticket too. 86mph in a 65mph zone on I-75 southbound in Dayton. I was late for work and had lots of room on the tach, soooo... I get to go to traffic school to have the ticket erased.
In a couple weeks I'm taking a trip to Athens, OH just so I can get the car on OH-50 from Chillicothe to Athens. It's full of twisties and hills, whee!