“I haven’t driven any of recent vintage but the original RX-7 was a blast, very linear, hummed right up to redline and felt as if it could have kept on going. No wild thrashing, almost turbine-like.”
I had an RX-7 way back when. I only got it up to 130 when my legs started growing chicken feathers.
They were good for it. Hunkered down at speed for the most part. You probably chickened out at the right time, my experience was that the rear end got sort of sketchy beyond that.