I have a T/A and am also less than in love with it. IIRC, J-Body gave me the secret to not making a 1-3 shift.

I have a PPP I have never mounted in anything yet. I ordered it off of PPP's own website and it is a mess. The cable exits the rear of the shifter, but goes in the front of the trans. It also has a backwards shift pattern. Park is all the way back and you push forward to shift. I tried to trade it in at PPP and they refused.