Booked my first lessons :)

el_dazza · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:06

I've finally booked my first driving lessons

£152 for the first 10 lessons, and it varies after that, probably book another 10 which is £17/hr, pretty good i think

Quite nervous but really looking forward to it as well! Just glad to be getting them out the way

First one's tuesday at 1.45

Kroegen · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:08

I had mine yesterday, but for 10 i had to pay £256 :mad:

Anyway enjoy it dude, i absolutely loved it

el_dazza · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:11

256? good lord, i hope he lets you keep the car after for that price

Mackass · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:15

Good decision mate, you won't regret it!

As for Kroegen, that seems like a lot. Especially if you're booking in bulk, which should be cheaper.

Kroegen · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:23

Mine was £24 an hour with BSM

Mackass · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:24

Don't worry about the price, as long as you're getting the quality tuition, then that's all that matters.

tzang · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:32

£25.6 / £24 an hour per lesson, oh dear... BSM = Bad School of Motoring

You should have opted for The AA, more comfortable cars and a tad bit cheaper.

Only cost me £18 an hour 2 years ago with The AA, was £23 with BSM back then, wouldn't see them being anymore expensive today.

However, that said, as long as you get taught to drive properly and you are happy with the lessons, there shouldn't be much to complain about

Kroegen · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:38

Im actually very happy. My tutor is a superb driver, and instructs me well.

ON my first lessons i was doing advanced driving things.

el_dazza · 27 Apr 2006 at 18:49

what do you do in your first lessons then?

Kroegen · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:06

BAsically for half of the lesson, th einstructor goes through all the theory. For example he/she tells you about Mirror Signal Manouver.

Then for the rest you start to drive around, so the instructor knows at what level he/she can should start teaching you at.

Chronos-X · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:17

You'll have a nice safe drive in a carpark somewhere. No pressure at all and its a really good experience.

One More Solo · 27 Apr 2006 at 19:31

Loved my first lesson, seems so long ago now! Passed first time with BSM, I had a great instructor so I personally wouldn't write them off.

el_dazza · 2 May 2006 at 16:19

Well, that was great fun

Did 6 or 7 starts and didnt manage to stall it once, which i'm really pleased with. Steering on the damn thing is weird, had to turn the wheel almost 360 degrees to do a 90 degree turn which seemed weird

He seemed fairly pleased with my general knowledge of the roads, and one time he asked me to stop, almost stopped in front of a driveway, but then realised i'd better not. He said most people would just stop where instructed, but he said it was excellent how i'd gone a bit further so not to block someone's driveway

So, really good, next one is Saturday, looking forward to it already!

paradigm · 2 May 2006 at 16:29

Kroegen said:
BAsically for half of the lesson, th einstructor goes through all the theory. For example he/she tells you about Mirror Signal Manouver.

Then for the rest you start to drive around, so the instructor knows at what level he/she can should start teaching you at.

Would depend on if you have (or have said

) you have driven before. My first lesson involved:

Layout of the controls of the car I'd be driving.
10 mins in a housing estate.
40 mins of NSL country roads.
5 mins driving home from town.

ScoobyDoo69 · 2 May 2006 at 16:41

my first lesson was basically straight into driving.
this was due to the fact that I had already passed my theory however

el_dazza · 2 May 2006 at 16:46

I spent about 45 mins doing the controls, mirror, signal, maneoeoeurouover, all the basic stuff. Then practised a few starts, did some driving, then the instructor showed me the push-pull thing for the steering wheel