Lindy: I also know a few guys who are embarassed that I can drive a stick (well) and they never learned. I won't be teaching any of them in my sparkly new car, though. :P
My Mazdaspeed3 also has turbo. I've learned that it kicks in very quickly at about 3000 RPM and holy shit it's interesting to start off from a light, shift to 2nd, shift to 3rd, let the turbo kick in and I'm already up to speed (55 mph) and the rest of the cars haven't even hit 25 mph yet.
The first time I drove a Speed3 on an open road, I was doing 75 by the time I was in 4th gear and decided I needed to have one. Took me 2 years, but I have one!!
