Well the B5252S engine isn't the quickest out of the blocks, but it should be fairly lively.
Is the car manual or auto?
Check that the handbrake is releasing OK. Also, have a look at the temperature gauge. It should reach the midpoint quite quickly (within a mile or two from cold) and then sit there, regardless of the driving conditions. If not your thermostat is shot, and this can certainly affect performance. Just last week I found out the hard way that a poor connection between the temp sensor and the wiring loom (the connector is hidden behind the power steering tank) was enough to make mine feel a bit stodgy until the engine started to warm up.
If the plug leads, rotor and distributor cap are tired that'll affect things. I've found with my car that these need to be changed every 100k miles or so. It is possible simply to clean up the dissy cap contacts and the tip of the rotor, but if the ones on there have done a big mileage then it's as easy just to fit new.
Make sure too that the tyres are correctly inflated!
Hope that gives a few pointers.
Cheers
Jack
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