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Intensive Driving Courses...
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Just wondering what are people's opinions of them? I'm seriously contemplating booking an intensive course, in order to get my license before I start college.
Only, I don't know a lot about them or if they're recommended...
Ilora x
Only, I don't know a lot about them or if they're recommended...
Ilora x
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tis very expensive though would be like, an entire month's wages if i wanted to do it
:yes: My instructor said the same thing. I suppose an intensive course would be alright for someone who has had lessons before but not really for someone who is starting from scratch. If you need to pass soon, you could have a couple of lessons a week and see how you get on doing it that way.
I found that taking 2 lessons a week was quite a good way about it or even 3 if you want/can afford it, so you are driving quite a bit as so not to forget what your doing but it's not getting all crammed in and intense. If i hadn't of failed my first test it would have took me 4 months to be able to drive which i don't think is a vast amount of time. It was the waiting for new test dates 4 friggin times that made it take 9 blooming months :grump: which you can't even avid if you do an intense course and fail.
But eahc to their own and everything
It was great doing 3 hours of driving a day for two weeks as i'm one of those people that forgets things so starting off doing 1 or 2 a week would have been pointless for me. However i would like to point out that it doesn't mean you'll definitely pass at the end. After my intensive course it took me 6 more months of 2 lessons a week, and 3 tests before i passed.
I'm happy to use my savings (I've been quoted around £400 for an intensive course) so it'd probably be easier to get it over in a week/two than to spend £44 a week on lessons for 6 months.
I dunno, I haven't decided yet. All I know is that I need my license before sept and an intensive course sounds ideal. I don't knooow!! aaaah. lol.
Ilora x
I think intensive courses are a bad idea, i was originally going to do one but im glad i didnt.
To make things stick, they need to be learnt in small bite sized chunks. You need to learn one or two things every lesson, practice, then come back the next week and do them again. You'll find the lesson sticks. Try to learn a couple of dozen things a day, and you'll have forgotten them by the next week.
If you have the sort of mind that can learn a lot of things in one go - even if you only remember them for a few days, then it might work for you. But if you find that you need to digest things in smaller parts, then don't do it.
Think what you're like with school exams. That'll give you an idea.
So there is no guarantee you'll pass, and I would recommend it for people who have already had experience before. I don't think you can start learning the basics of driving on an intensive course, as too many hours of learning all new things will overload your brain.
I have found driving to be my nightmare, (2 years, thousands of pounds, retaking theory test again as it ran out) and hope it all ends soon as I have a fourth test in 2 weeks.
Plus, you can't walk anywhere here without it being on an underpass where you're likely to get mugged/raped or whatever.
Ilora x