I think ur all wusses for taking the easy way and going for an auto license :jk:
honestly though, if you're talking about where you come off the Monaro and go under the bridge on Canb Ave - I go thru there every day - and even in the wet or giving it a bit to make the green light, i've never come unstuck.
so i think you pretty much have to accept it, as well as the P-plate thing. The p-plate, you might have got away with another time, but hey.. he's seen you hang it loose around an intersection....
As for the auto->manual thing, I thought it just changed automatically?? Or do you have to actually go in and ask for it?