Well, it is dull compared to the Lotus. There are thousands of MX5s around and that's because it's the best selling sports car of all time and it deserves to be but when it comes to head turning raw power it is difficult to equal the Elise. I came up behind an Audi R8 the other day on a dual carriageway and he thought he would out accelerate me but he gave up in the end. My rocket fuelled roller skate kept up with him all the way. Big smiles on my part.
If I need comfort and mild acceleration I'll take another look at the MX5 RF but not yet...