Mine stamped her feet when I got my DSG Passat, saying she hated autos and would never drive it, (having never driven one.) After a few solo 'test drives' she came round to the correct way of thinking and now won't have a manual.
When I got rid of that and bought the far more sensible and practical Amarok, she said she wouldn't drive that either as it was too big. But again a couple of test drives later... In fact, it made her disklike her Golf for being too small that it got replaced with the Tiguan.