If you want to go faster, forget it. If you stay in forth it feels like you brake, if you shift back the MX5 box may be good, but it's not the toy for a fast shifting. My old Mini is far better (a lot of worlds)... In this time you think about it the white van (or a grandma in her diesel turbo) is away.
Get a 4/4 - there is no remote change mechanism to slow the change down - which makes the gear change exactly as Mazda designed it.
