IF you can find a MT car at a rental lot, it would be $35-$50 well spent!

 

my G is an 03 and the clutch is actually very hard where as the 05 G's clutch is much more forgiving.... but i would have to say civics are much easier to learn in. they grab so easily so you dont have to worry about bogging so much. and about damage to your car(clutch/tranny/possibly mototr)... it really depends whether or not the person learning can pick it up quick enough not to do hard damage to it.