Hey BLM owners, I'm interested in buying one but I've heard many saying the manual car is hard to drive..
I've tried it once and the common 'problems' are:

* slow reaction when i accelerate
* first gear damn hard to engage
* hard to find the balance (the point of releasing the clutch to enable smooth gear change)
* rpm drops very slowly when clutch is pressed to change gear (by the time you change to another gear... the engine like roaring d)

Is it because of the car or is it our driving habits that need change??