Skyline Aero (http://www.skylineaero.com) has a G1000 Training course
(now FITS approved it looks like) which is a requirement to rent their
DA40's. They list its cost as $1,229.00. They are also going to
require this course for their C182 Garmin 1000's when they come on the
line supposedly.

I had inquired about rental rates, etc. when I was there taking my
instrument knowledge test. The ground course was like 10 hours as I
recall, and the checkout required 2 flights, one with a CFI on staff,
and the other with their chief flight instructor. (6 hours of flight
time total at $125/hour)

Seemed excessive to me at the time and now as an owner don't think I'll
be plunking down almost $2k for the priveledge of renting it. One of
their CFI's did do a quick run-down of the features while he was
showing me the plane (I was sitting in the cockpit) and it's a really
nice system. The cross-country aspects are really nice (fuel range
estimates on the moving map, etc). But as he was twiddling all the
buttons I got a quick overload feeling. A self-taught computer
simulator (similar to garmin's 430 simulator or etc, would go a long
way toward making someone proficient).

The DA40 is interesting in a cabin aspect as well in that the front
seats are fixed (the rudder pedals move) and seemed cramped to me
(although it had great visibility. You actually sit well foward of the
wing. The back seats seemed HUGE however.

YMMV,

Brian