I've found the transmission has smoothed out A TON now that I'm close to 10,000 miles.. At first sometimes it wouldn't even go into first but I just forced it anyway, I think based on how she drives now, that was probably the right thing to do.. no more clunky first and second. Shes super smooth. I swear.
Has anyone else noticed this??

Also I was going to say that the only problem I notice with the short throw, long clutch, is sometimes I want to start moving the gear **** before the clutch is all the way down... I still have to try hard to remember to push it ALL THE WAY down before moving it to another gear, and not to let the clutch out until I'm done moving it. Thats the only annoying thing.