Hm! Decisions

Popped into Howard Selby's to discuss possibility of a new, second hand car. I always buy my cars from him. My Fusion is fine, nothing wrong, never given me any trouble for all the years I've had it but is it time to go 'Automatic'? Would it help my confidence on the occasions when I'm on a long, steep hill and traffic is stop, start, stop start and queues behind and in front. Anyway it's all yet undecided.