Glad it work out for you.I agree that the electric motor kicking in really seems"fast." However, the V-6 Camry,V-6 Accord and many many other cars will out accelerate the HCH at all speeds.If you were accelerating fairly hard,you still would have been in first gear in most cars.It wouldn't even have required a shift.
Manual trans V-6 Accords are even quicker(especially the new one).
Luck,
Charlie