Tom,
Congrats on your new truck!
The more I drive mine the more I love it.
I too initially felt the bucking of the gears when I first drove it but it seemed to get better with time and now it hardly does it after a couple months driving it. I don't know if it the vehicle or my foot getting used to the way the trans works. 1st gear is a deep gear and the trans wants to get out of it as quickly as possible for economy but if you nail it it, 1st WILL rev up to over 5k and quickly shift into 2nd, 3rd etc...
As to the question about the seat and IPOD, don't have those problems.
ENJOY!
