Hey! She is 15 and a HALF!
The Cobra is the same way. It is so light and has enough bottom end you could practically dump the clutch and it will just chirp the tires and idle away. The first time my wife drove it (before we were even dating) she started out in third gear. That was partially my fault as I was not used to moving the shifter from the right seat and it is a shortened shifter will little difference between 1 and 3 or 2 and 4.