[Mr.ac]

Yes they all make a bit of noise. Not a grinding noise but nice mechanical actuall gear change. One of the first issues everyone noticed about manuals.

You'll be fine. One thing many people do is changed tranny fluid to some pricy gear oil like Motul, Redline, Amsoil, etc. Pretty much everyone is on the same page that switching fuilds made shifting smoother. And on cold days/warm ups 2nd gear is a bit of a struggle to get into but smooth as butter once it's up to temp.