due to age, i guess and mostly of a only 6-speed automatic gearbox, i feel sometimes is pretty rough to drive in-city, especially when it's a daily driven car.
i mean it's kinda too powerful and too little gear "space" to be a smooth ride like on a modern car (with a 8 gear auto, for instance).

is this common or maybe it's a fault on my end?

no errors on engine or transmission, just checked this weekend.
so, how's your experience?

 

Not mine, though I don't like the shift points where it tries to.shift up as soon as it can and run at 1,200 rpm. Try leaving it in normal mode, not sport and moving the gear selector to the manual side of the gate and shifting using the thumb buttons so you csn control the rpms and shift points. The ride itself in normal or comfort mode is very nice.