is this normal or is my car broke... ?

[aznpoopy]

my car has quite a few quirks that i'm not entirely sure are normal... i was wondering if u fellow s14 owners could clear this up with some feedback. it's a 1995 240sx base manufactured '94 in japan.

#1 abnormally (maybe) loud gear whine. while i'm driving around if there's a wall next to me i can hear the clak clak clak of gear teeth. it's always been like this. tranny drives fine (for 10k now), no bad synchros, slightly notchy shifting but i think thats normal.

#2 weird sound during clutch meet. when i upshift thru gears and engage a gear, theres a clak sound as i engage and step on the gas. this is good, clean shifting mind you... no clutch slip and no jerking the car. i do have a bad t/o bearing that i've been meaning to get to...

#3 climate controls don't light up. at first i thought a bulb was out back there... when i pulled the console apart i looked at the buttons and realized they weren't clear. the symbols were painted on... weird.

#4 jerking when the car starts. when i start the car theres a really big torque when the engine finally kicks. it started when i installed nismo mounts so i wonder if its just the extra 'feedback.' anyway its better then my motor flopping like a dead fish on the old mounts...

#5 useless dial left of the steering wheel... there's a dial with a lightbulb symbol on it on on the leftmost side of the dash, past the steering wheel. i've played with it alot and it never seems to do anything.

#6 winking high beams... when i turn on the highbeams the car will wink... turning one on at a time. weird... but my gf says its cute. oh well.

#7 rear 240sx emblem. every s14 i've seen in person(which is not many) has 240sx mounted on the oppositte side of the trunk. is my emblem on the wrong side... ? O_o

#8 no springs on ash tray, center tray, etc... most cars have springs that snap these things shut... mine has none. as a result the ash tray will flap back and forth as i drive.