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1-3 you'll get the hang of it eventually. Took me a while to adapt since I was used to my old MR2. I find the FR-S is actually extremely easy to start on hills and such despite the so so throttle response, since the engine is pretty hard to stall despite not having much grunt.
4 and 5 you're absolutely right. The shifter is so-so, better than some cars, worse than some cars. I actually put in a taller shift knob to increase the throw distance so I could more precisely feel where each gate is. You can plug the sound tube but the engine will still sound awful, it's just how it is. A Corolla with a 100 dollar exhaust sounds better. I've heard a Tomei dual, a track pipe, and my current custom Magnaflow setup, and a TRD at an autocross, and none of them are what I would call good.
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