I hear you loud and clear on that.

Regarding what Richard said, I always make sure I'm below MLW so that may explain why I've been able to capture the localizer ok.  

Even when I get the localizer, I'm still hit or miss on the glideslope...it seems like if I do anything out of the ordinary the AP forgets what it's supposed to do.

Fortunately hand-flying this aircraft is very doable :)