Thanks for the replies guys.

I ended up with the manual. The two I was looking at were almost exactly the same in years and kilometres but a much cleaner one came along (that was also a manual) for a few dollars more, so I went that way. Having fun getting used to driving it, and now looking at roof racks for the kayak and maybe a nudge bar ... there's always room for mods, right?

Cheers,

Wrxpc