Grant ....you are dead-on with your assesment of E-gas (IMHO) unless they've made some fairly impressive improvements in 03........I regularily drive a 993 and 2 996s w/E-gas (01 & 02, one a Roock Turbo) and every time I get back in my 993 the responce is thoroughly refreshing........I don't care what anybody says.
If you go back 2 yrs ago I was posting the same darn thing and writing the same comments to Pano.
To this day, anyone who has an upgrade to help (at all) on this ...has my money.
Now, having said that....I'm going to have to admit that E-gas (in concert with PSM & ABS) has probably saved my aars on the track more times than I know.
But golly...should be able to have your cake & eat it too shouldn't you?....no real reason why the 'E' shouldn't be more responsive.....on the upside, you (eventually) do get used to it and adjust ........GreggT