Fitz,
I really don't have the time to stand around and look at the motor, I'm not lying about my little jaunt with the super-NSX - my wife was there with me, screaming from the passenger seat, I hated college and would never go back - I have so much more fun now, I never owned a VW, I've been hot rodding since I was 12 when I got the 67 Camaro 327 powered convertible, and I'm not an old fart.
You are correct that I do not know how to drive the Cobra to the limit - by a long shot...