Driving Lessons

Beccci

I'm planning on learning how to drive nearer the end of this year and I was just wondering who were the best/cheapest to go with? and how many lessons roughly would I need? (I have NEVER driven a car or even been behind the wheel of one)

Hammyman

"Best" and "cheapest" are usually an oxymoron. The cheapest per hour may end up being more expensive if they can't teach you and you need more lessons. Word of mouth is worth its weight in gold when looking for a driving instructor.

How many lessons? How long is a piece of string? Its down to the individual and how good your manual dexterity, spacial awareness, observation, ability to listen and nerves are.

daveyjp

The best is the one your friend recommends. In 25 years my dad never advertised so 100% of his business must have come from word of mouth and at his busiest he was doing 50 lessons a week. He retired a year ago and still gets the odd call from friends and children of people he taught asking if he is still teaching.

Start saving now, about £1000 will do and use this as your driving lesson fund, rather than pay for them out of wages. You can have 2-3 lessons a week and you'll pass much quicker.

laura2506

I learnt with the AA....but only because the instructor came recommended by a friend and happened to be with the AA.
I set up a fund too, and just paid for my lessons in a block booking to make it a bit cheaper.
Two hours lessons help greatly. They're tiring, but I found I learnt more in two hours than doing one hour ones.
I started in July 2009 and passed second time in early December.

Its worth the money. The feeling of independence is just brilliant

Good Luck xx

ali-t

If I had to learn to drive again knowing what i know now I would have taken perhaps 10 lessons to get the hang of the controls and have an idea what I was doing then would have booked onto an intensive course and learnt over a week on a residential.

What I actually did was take 2 hour sessions each week (sometimes 2x2hrs) but didn't have a car to practice in so didn't get a chance to practice what I was learning. I had 150 lessons and 4 tests which cost a fortune so in retrospect I would do it differently in future.

Beccci

daveyjp wrote: »

The best is the one your friend recommends. In 25 years my dad never advertised so 100% of his business must have come from word of mouth and at his busiest he was doing 50 lessons a week. He retired a year ago and still gets the odd call from friends and children of people he taught asking if he is still teaching.

Start saving now, about £1000 will do and use this as your driving lesson fund, rather than pay for them out of wages. You can have 2-3 lessons a week and you'll pass much quicker.

A £1000!!!!:shocked::huh: that is absolutly crazy money!!! that would be like 50 odd lessons! I am definately not going to spend that on learning how to drive

Kimberley

Beccci wrote: »

A £1000!!!!:shocked::huh: that is absolutly crazy money!!! that would be like 50 odd lessons! I am definately not going to spend that on learning how to drive

The average is between 30-40 lessons spending around £700 -£800 depending on how quick you learn.

mikey72

My daughter just passed first time after 17 lessons.

ali-t

I remember reading stats when I was thinking about taking lessons that the amount of lessons required usually increases with age and on average it takes something like 2 hours for every year of your life. That would have made me 75 when I passed my test rather than in my late 20's

Sandoval

Fifty lessons!? To pass the driving test!?

You could teach a Labrador to drive with fifty lessons!!

Beccci

Sandoval wrote: »

Fifty lessons!? To pass the driving test!?

You could teach a Labrador to drive with fifty lessons!!

that was what i was thinking! if you need that many lessons then your better off NOT driving