There is another major difference that needs mentioning. AutoCAD has (or allows) scrollbars on the viewport window that put the pan command to shame. When I used AutoCAD, I never actually needed to invoke the pan command. I just used the scrollbars, or a function key to center the view on the mouse position.
Most often, though, I would zoom out using 3 function key presses, move the mouse where I wanted to be and zoom back in with 3 function key presses. (I think they were F9 & F10, … not sure as it’s been a long time.)