You're only fooling yourself if you fudge your IF hours. Personally I didn't allow coupled approaches or the over use of the A/P on a renewal. One must learn to hand fly in IMC and handle the workload on his own. The time may come when you will be on your own and the A/P F/D has gone U/S. You can judge how the candidate handles him/herself within the first five minutes if they are capable of handling an aircraft in IMC. Falsifying hours only falsifys oneself.