Brother, when I bought the car new, I never felt any problems shifting gears but the reverse, as I had to put extra efforts into shifting the car in reverse gear, but I did not feel any problem shifting in 1st gear though. On 1,000 Km inspection, I discussed this issue with the 7S Dealer, and he replied that gear shifting would become smooth after 5,000 Km service. My Wagon R VXL has still not clocked 2,000 KM yet, but now the gear shifting has indeed become smoother than before.