 At the car lot I jumped in the vehicle to take it for a drive.  It seems very very sluggish and was not at all impressed.  Then I noticed the brake light was on!!!!!!  Well, after taking the E-brake off I realized this car had some serious zip.  It handled better than any of my two other previously owned vehicles.  I was sold.  Last summer I took the vehicle from Oregon to Yellowstone in Montana.  When I hit the Rocky's I noticed my car did not climb very well.  Other vehicles on the road seemed to be responding about the same.  I decided to experiment and flipped the stick to Manual and dropped it into third gear.  I was easily able to drive uphill at 90mph and still had power left over.