And because no ones means anything by it, sure some may not like or ever consider doing such a thing. But each to their own. Biggest upside i can see to the conversion is the weight loss, and displacement increase is a good combo......but i will never yield to the auto box idea, every auto should go burn in a fire and get replaced for manuals or DSG's.
Your speedo doesnt work? A work mate had (recently stolen) a V8 hilux 4x4 which had speedo issues because he needed an adapter for the computer to speedo.