Best value driving lessons in Cardiff, please

appyjack

Thanks Twizzle, that's useful :T

Congrats on passing 1st time.

gavi

If you're still looking for a good female driving instructor i would reccomend Janet Davies, she taught me and 3 of my friends and 3 out of 4 of us passed first time. Her number is 02920 664250

Shazza_Rees

Hi everyone Chevron School of Motoring....I only paid £55:00 for my 1st 10 hours!!!!! I thought here we go, but how wrong was i....ITS THE REAL DEAL and it's fantastic my instructors number if you want is 07739 572345. Happy driving

Gazzouth59

I run a driving school in Cardiff, and there is "cut-throat" competition out there. Driving instructors are flooding into the business expecting to pick up £30k per year in wages, but they may be lucky to see one tenth of that after paying out expenses on fuel, car maintenance and income tax! Lots of schools are advertising lessons for £10/hour (or less) which is suicidal! The "norm" in this area is around £17/£18 per hour (still dirt cheap!) Piano lessons and tennis lessons (where there are no high maintenance costs involved -who ever heard of an expensive 40,000 mile service on a tennis raquet) can be up to £30/hr, and pupils seem happy to accept that, but they try and claw the price of driving lessons down to ridiculous levels, resulting in instructors incomes falling to near the minimum wage! By all means look for value for money, but a driving lesson is not like buying a fridge or a telly! There are good driving instructors out there and some not so good ones, so don't just go for price. You may find that, in value for money terms, a normal priced lesson (say £18 per hour) could work out cheaper than a cheaper lesson in the long run, as the dearer instructor may be more efficient and get you to test standard with a lot fewer lessons.

appyjack

Fair point, Gazzouth, and that was why I asked for best value, not cheapest.

I've been warned off the most expensive as well as the cheapest, so I was looking for personal recommendations, thanks.

Modge

anm wrote: »

I'm with cats eyes .. my instructor is brilliant and its only £16 an hour

Have had 8 lessons with cats eyes(£165 for 10 lessons) so far no probs. Then receive message telling me I didn't turn up for a lesson. The driver had put the wrong time in my appointment card.

Left him a message on answer phone, text message and rang driving school..no reply. Waited 3 days then rang driving school again.

My instructor is in hospital and it will be a month before I can have another lesson. I am still owed 2 lessons!. Can't claim back the lessons with another driving instructor; as I paid my instructor cash (asked for receipt, but didn't give me one, told me my appointment card was receipt, though no mention of money paid on it.)

Things seem pretty vague with the driving school; Im left out of pocket,and very dissapointed . (don't hand over cash unless there is a receipt). May now have to change, to a more reliable school unless this gets sorted out.

marklane

Chequeredflag driving shool.
They are a really good driving school.
Friendly instructors , nice cars Fiesta zetec S.
Good discounts for block booking and students :j

santer_2

You could also check here

http://finddrivinginstructor.direct.gov.uk/DSAFindNearestWebApp/findNearest.form?postcode=CF14+7EF

The instructors marked * have signed up to the voluntary Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme and the Code of Practice (CoP)

What the voluntary CPD scheme and code of practice are

ADIs can sign up to the voluntary CPD scheme and code of practice.

The CPD scheme for ADIs

If an ADI has signed up to CPD, it means they spend at least seven hours every year updating and refreshing their skills and knowledge.

The ADI code of practice

If an ADI has signed up to the code of practice, it means that they agree to DSA's code which covers:

• how well qualified they are
• their personal conduct when they are training you
• the professional conduct of their business
• their advertising
• how they deal with complaints