Good driving instructors!

lazymoezy

I am going to start taking some driving lessons and was wondering if anyone could reccomend a good instructor they had previously.

It is best by reccomendation rather than just calling someone up who you dont know!

Im willing to pay £20 per lesson....Any reccomendations? Im in central london, Waterloo, so, will need it in this area.

Cheers,

-MoE-

anewman

also try forums at https://www.2pass.co.uk

Crabman

lazymoezy wrote:

I am going to start taking some driving lessons and was wondering if anyone could reccomend a good instructor they had previously.

It is best by reccomendation rather than just calling someone up who you dont know!

Im willing to pay £20 per lesson....Any reccomendations? Im in central london, Waterloo, so, will need it in this area.

Cheers,

-MoE-

Ask your instructor whether

1) They have a full instructor licence (a green hexagon) not a trainee (pink triangle)

2) They are members of the IAM as this ensures an even higher standard of driving. You could go to https://www.iam.org.uk and find the local group in London and perhaps get a recommendation off them

I studied in London (LSE) but would never like to drive there. I do hope you can afford the ever-inflating congestion charge!!

Good Luck and hope you find a good instructor. PM me if you need any additional guidance

Crabster

CrispyUK

Crabman wrote:

1) They have a full instructor licence (a blue hexagon) not a trainee (green triangle)

To the best of my knowledge (and a bit of Googling seems to agree) it's a Green Hexagon for the fully qualified ADI instructors and a Pink Triangle for trainees.

lellie

CrispyUK wrote:

To the best of my knowledge (and a bit of Googling seems to agree) it's a Green Hexagon for the fully qualified ADI instructors and a Pink Triangle for trainees.

Yes - I work for the driving theory test centre and also test ADIs and trainee instructors for their theory tests. We see ADI badges every day, so I should know what colour they are! ADIs have green badges with a hexagon on them - they're the fully qualified instructors. Trainees have pink ones.

Fleet Car ADIs which are elite driving instructors also have a yellow badge in addition to the green one - there aren't many of those though.

Crabman

Oopsie! :doh: Thanks for correcting me there. In fact I've thanked you twice! :rotfl:

lazymoezy

Thanks for the information. Very helpful.

I have found a guy who know works for the AA, he taught both my friends and they said he is very good.

I gave him a call and he is willing to teach me on weekends and meet me just outside the congestion zone! lol! He is charging me £22 and said 2 hours lessoon would be better as I am completly new to driving but it will be upto me. Sound very friendly, can't wait!

His got the ford focus which he says is a very good car to drive in. He also said I wil need to pay him one week in advance after the first lesson, something the AA requires?

His from my country and we started speaking in our language, he sounds very nice and is down to earth. Can't wait.

Thanks again for your help.

astonsmummy

When i had my first lesson it was for 2 hours, but then i did one hour lessons.

Crabman

I learned with the AA and they seem to like doign 2 hr lessons yes you learn more but you also learn more quickly and if it's anything like the local centre you'll have a few weeks backlog of tests, which means extra lessons you don't need to keep ticking over. I'm not a big fan of the new ford focus as the rear visbility isn't very good. Don't get me started on the new Honda Civic :rolleyes:

lazymoezy

That what my mates were saying and I do think the Ford Focus may be a bit of a problem. Hows the car to drive? The only problem should be when reversing?

I would have preferred to do it in a mini.

Crabman

lazymoezy wrote:

That what my mates were saying and I do think the Ford Focus may be a bit of a problem. Hows the car to drive? The only problem should be when reversing?

I would have preferred to do it in a mini.

I learned when the first model of focus came out, so can't really say about what it's like. I know it has good reviews but I'd rather something that I can see out of rather than something that looks stunning but may cause me to crash.

Good luck and I'd advise taking a tester in the car and instructor, though usually they're nice