I may be way off on this, but maybe the 6 speeds being on newer cars (lower miles) need some time to break in. I have a '94 (I know it's a 5 speed), but I bought the car with 20,000 miles on it and it had some notchiness from 1st to 2nd, now with 50,000 miles on the car the shift from 1st to 2nd...