ok, if you have kept one and still you came back to Manual then its fine, but once you keep an Auto, its pretty hard to adjust yourself on Manual.
By the way, Autos have better resale in Oriel and Altis.
And yes you should look into the new gli 1.6 Auto, essentially it has almost all the things an Altis has, its price is good too 16.50, damn cars are so expensive these days!