That's about the same as I get on my 2000. Don't let these people get to you. You don't have to "drive the fuck out of it" to appreciate this car.
I was driving a friend of mine across the skyway, doing about 4,000 rpm and he couldn't believe how smooth it was compared to a Dodge, just holding a finger on the gearshift. Don't even THINK about reading some sordid Freudian meaning into that, people.