Power shift question

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Wife is thinking of ditching the Zafira & getting an 2.0 TDCi S-MAX. Assuming 'PowerShift' is Ford talk for Auto, are these boxes alright?

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Aha ok. Is there any driver input at all if desired? (My Fabia has +/- on the stick, and paddles for example)

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Any reliability issues / repeating horror stories?

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Slight shift of plans & getting a petrol S-Max now. It'll be used for the short daily school runs & I've heard too many report of large DPF bills cropping up.
It'll be more to tax, and to fuel, but at least those expenses can be predicted!