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I assume when you're talking about rough shifting you're referring to the clutch engagement and disengagement. In my time with the car I'm in love with the actual shifter mechanism, its the perfect weight for me (relatively heavy). After 962 miles I will say this is a different clutch than I'm used to. Although I'm (only) 29 I'm also used to the old-school mechanical / cable clutchs. I grew up learning on farm and commercial mowing equipment. The hydraulic clutch is definatly a different animal than those older systems. With this much torque, its also not very forgiving to miss the rpm match by more than 100 rpm. If you're fast with the clutch you'll get a solid accel/decel kick
Some tips I've learned to smooth out my SS for daily driving:
For shifts from 1st through 4th pause briefly at the friction point under no gas. This will give the synchro's a chance to smooth out the tranistion. I do mean briefly, not much longer than the blink of an eye. I also use a similar technique with a longer pause for starting out in 1st.
Don't bother with the above technique for 4th to 5th or 5th to 6th. Given the flatness of these gears there is very little rimpull (torque force delivered to the ground) up in these gears.
Shifting into 5th either needs to be done VERY quickly or while keeping the rpm's up. Under low-loads in the 2000-3000 rpm range the rpm difference is only ~300 rpm. Every other gear is ~1000 rpm.
If you're slowly accelerating up to non-interstate speed just skip 5th entirely. You're going to get almost no benefit from the gear.
Right now I would still prefer a mechanical clutch, but this one is slowly growing on me.
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