Hi, Have recently upgraded to a pathy from a captiva. Reason being the auto captiva struggled to find the right gear at the right time. Took the 16.49.4 out last weekend and went like a dream behind the pathy, that said there were a couple of times I took it out of auto when climbing a hill etc. big test is this weekend when we head down the coast, and come back up he mountain from Bega to Cooma, I'm expecting to do a bit of manual gear changing then. Also, on the way down ( gradient quite steep), I like the idea of being able to put it in a low gear and stay off the brakes a bit. Harv.