fwiw I agree with thing. Sadly I don't get many opportunities to fly in real clouds round here, but I do enjoy it. I have an autopilot but I generally turn it off when I'm in actual, for the rare opportunity to hand fly on the dials.
Oh, but my a/p is only two-axis (STEC 30, no auto trim)... so by the standards of some on here I shouldn't be there in the first place I suppose. I mean, I might miss the "trim required" light and fail to hand trim, and what would happen then?