Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
If I'm in an aircraft with an autopilot, I use it constantly for the cruise
portion of the flight on cross countries. I always hand fly climbouts and
approaches.

I concurr with this philosophy and probably the majority of pilots do this.
My airplane does not have a coupled auto-pilot so I need to fly instrument
approaches by hand, which I don't mind because I don't do it multiple times
a day. If I did, then I would most definately want to have (and use) a
coupled auto pilot for the approaches as well. Of course I would occasionally
hand fly them just to break the monotony and maintain proficiency.