A non turbo will cruise perfectly fine at 80+ mph, for "faster" acceleration you have to use the gears. If I drive to San Diego my speed is most of the time around 80 +mph, no problem what so ever.
It's fun driving, you have to be much more alert and anticipate what other drivers are going to do in front of you. I'm getting pretty good at it, I know what other drivers are going to do, before they really do it; California drivers are very predictable, I have to say
