it has weak topend compared to everything else, but the lower speed peppiness more than makes up for it, and the gas mileage is great. the car has like 250 miles on it and shows half a tank, which the dealership put in before I drove it off the lot. it does have the tap shift, and so I can downshift to 3 or 4 for better passing power.
after reading that conversation on the hp tuners forum, I am a bit more hopeful about modding the car later on. I'm not sure about squirting methanol, the owners manual says not to because of the corrosiveness of the stuff, so I will have to find someone that is more reputable than some joe shmoe on a forum that he is doing it and making more power with it.
ZZP has a tune I can get that makes like 10 more hp and like 40 more tq, if they can do that, I would imagine a custom in car tune would be even better.
I'll have to listen for the turbo and the blow off more intently now. when the car comes out of warranty, I plan on a better intercooler, an intake, and a different blow off valve, and a tune.