>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.

They seem to have too many automatic Corollas around... which is probably easier to drive, but also underperforming. No matter how intelligent they make these gears, they still transfer the power to the wheels through oil. There's got to be some loss.

>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.

171 or so. But I sit pretty laid back, so I just see the wheel slightly above the hood, no problem there. Though, I'd like it if the wheel was a bit lower, just a couple of centimeters.