Yes on the NO power light on '96-97 models. We STILL have the power mode though. I suspect they were concerned about liability with people looking at the light just when they need to be looking at the road. Pure speculation though.
Yes on the rate at which you hit the pedal. You can get to WOT without power mode, you just have to get there slowly.
Yes on the tranny shift points learning. The car will learn how you drive and over time will rarely suprise you with an unexpected down/up shift.
and as we all know "Power Mode" only resets the tranny shift points. No more HP or anything like that.
Have a nice day......