I hear you on that, myself, I own few fast cars and you get use to having that acceleration, but now I drive my smart more than my Scoobie, Evo, M3, Pupra, or the skyline... I also have the Yaris(wife daily) and the Xb (my daily) that are not powerful but I find a different kind of fun with the Smart.. Im sure down the line there will be a tuned ECU upgrade (that has no controversial gain) that is available to everyone...