In the brief milliseconds it takes the gearbox to flicker between ratios, I genuinely believe that I hear the sound of a very large engine taking a very large breath. It is the automotive equivalent of hearing the pin tinkle out of a grenade.
And then God punches me in the forehead.
My head snaps back against the rest, my lungs gently bow backwards to embrace my spine and I swear the hairs on my chest all line up.
:-D