Smooth gear transmission

[AnaKara]

Hi to all,

new to the forum, new driver in general!

I bought a second hand Toyota Yaris 1.3 2012 in November 2018 (approx.9 months ago) with 44k km at that time.

I am a new driver, so limited skills. My observations for which you might can share your thoughts below are:

*. for the first few km after i start driving the car my gear switch is pretty bad. I found it very difficult to get from 2nd to 3rd smoothly, and from 3rd to 4rth. I am attempting a gear change when the rpm is 3000. when i press the clutch in the revs drop very quickly and as a result i engage the 3rd gear well below (?) its ideal rpm and car makes this sudden move/kick. In general it feels like an idiot! This improves as the car continues driving...

*.I tried to adapt my driving skills by 2 ways.
1) was by changing gear when have 3200-3300 rpm but god... this car is noisy! never liked this solution.
2) by not releasing my foot from the acceleration for more than a tiny little second if not less...

Is that common? Is it my yaris? Is it me not being a skilled river? I hate that this car did not give me any confidence as a new driver but kept on reminding me that I suck! I learned how to drive on a Suzuki Swift... i dont remember me having this bad experience nor i recall such a noisy cabin.

In 2 weeks time i have the 15k planned service and i am planning to discuss that with Toyota. But before saying anything that might inspire them for any unnecessary replacements... I would like to hear your feedback.

My main complains with this car is the noisy cabin and the non smooth gear transmission. The arrows which are helping you to change gear on time turn on asking to gear up, at 2000 rpm! Seriously? If i clutch in at 2000 rpm my yaris will go to the idle 800rpm within 1/10th of a second! hehe How am I supposed to engage 3rd on 800rpm and 20km/h?