>>When my old Colt was totalled, the rental car I was given was a Corolla, so I know there's nothing wrong with the car itself. But apparently there is something that happens to drivers once they've been behind the wheel of a Corolla for a while. Just stay aware, and as soon as you begin to find yourself wondering if acceleration might actually be illegal, step back and get help. ;)
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>Hey, I drive a Corolla (Canadian, BTW). And I'm usually the first one out when the light goes green.
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>Not that I'm a sporty driver with a lead foot. It's just that all those SUVs and trucks with automatic shifts (or with drivers who don't know jack about manual shift) are taking their time to react. They make it up later, when I reach the allowed speed for the given street - they usually tend to drive faster then.

Then you drive much like I do. I also drive a stick shift. And like you, once I get to not more than about 10 klicks over the limit, the others pass me and keep accelerating. But I swear, I've never been behind a Corolla driver at a red light who, once the light turned green, managed to get up to the speed limit before the end of the next block. Another thing; how tall are you? I've also noticed that often, many of them seem to have to peer between the spokes of the steering wheel.