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i think its because there is very little need for autos compaired to manuels, and they still have the same costs, so u end up paying more, seems fair really
The cost of learning to drive is way to high.
Then you have to pay for you rtheory test and your practical probably more then once, then buy your car, MOT, insurance, brekdwon service and fuel.
I think the demand for auto and manuel learning is probably equal so I doubt its a demand issue.
I think they are just greedy.
Learning to drive seems expensive but that's what it costs, think about the price of fuel, the costs of maintaining a car, and then imagine insurance costs. Then, remember your instructor has to earn a decent living wage.
I've never been so bad at anything when I started but I got there in the end and been driving almost every day since I passed without any mishaps.
The fact that you can't really put a number on the lessons makes it hard to budget for them but you could always take a few just to see how you find it. It is a skill for life though which is important. :thumb:
I don't think all driving instructors are out to get as much money as they can from you. My instructor was very understanding that I didn't have much money and he helped me to work out a plan where I'd learn as much as I need to with as little lessons as possible. Turned out I failed because I took my test before I was ready, but he never gave me more lessons than I needed, it was the opposite way round
i wondered this too
was praying for the "cancel" phone call
it never came, i had to drive in the snow
At least you got to practice driving in the snow with someone competent teaching you what to do. It's good to know.
Hehe, that sounds like something I'd say!
But then I did a flawless three point turn, so all was well . I'm so good, seriously. :cool: [/bighead]
Sorry about that I always get an adrenaline high after lessons, because I'm scared
Cardiff He was awesome though, and lessons worked out about £14 an hour because I'm a student and bought in blocks. Still cost me a bloody fortune though
As for how many lessons you'll need - it really does depend on whether you have any natural ability or not, how good your instructor is, and how lucky you are on the day of your test. I ended up having around 20 lessons, as I changed instructor 3 times, then they closed my local test-centre. I reckon if I'd gone with my final instructor from the start, and had the test-centre not been closed-down, I'd have needed 8-12 lessons.
Read the highway code, pay lots of attention to anyone you consider to be a 'good' driver - watch how they operate, the things they do without thinking, and the things which require much concentration - try to take-on their good habits but ignore the bad ones.
Get used to the noise of the car at certain speeds - it'll stop you from watching the speedometer every other second.
Forget driving schools. Find someone who has recently learnt to drive and go by personal recommendation. Don't be in a rush - accept that you need to learn to drive, and to do-so properly as it'll work out cheaper overall than going for your test too early and failing.
It took me a long long time to crack reversing round corners, I only really got it with my second instructor.
I still bollocks that up, luckily I didn't get it on my test. I just don't plan on reversing round any corners (well). I had to do a parallel park on a speed bump though :grump: