I think we're all hearing the same thing--something I think is simply a manifestation of a clunky shift lever/shifting mechanism. My very first impression of the feel of the tranny, on my very first drive, was that I would have to love the car in spite of a so-so shifter. And that still remains. Not sure what's to be done about it, though I'd love to find an answer that makes this thing shift like a song--and we're talking smooth like Lou Rawls, not like Gene Simmons.