manual is not that hard to learn and I guess the mini is pretty forgiving. Having said that though.. why would u want to teach her in a nice car like an s2000?!??! better to rent a car and rip the crap out of that one instead. She'll do heaps of bunny hops, but all part of the learning process. I think the only thing she'll get freaked out abt is the hill starts.
The other car I've got at home is a Subaru Liberty/Legacy, and that has this thing called a hill holder which prevents the car from rolling when starting on an incline. I've noticed on my
MCS that even tho it doesn't have this, the roll isn't as bad as I had anticipated it would be.