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I would use my Boxster to teach someone to drive stick in a minute. Its a modern car so its not that hard to learn on and its not that hard on the clutch.

Here is how to teach them: make the new driver get the car going using just the idle. When they can do that they have learned how to slip the clutch so they "feel" the engagement point. Then just have them do it faster with a little throttle and off they go!