Driving Lessons.

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santadawes
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Driving Lessons.

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My daughter has hinted that she is now a proud owner of a prov. driving licence. I have made a prommis to her that I would gladly take her out for the odd driving lesson.

When I was learning to drive My dad made the same prommis to me almost 30 years ago. Back then lessons were about £5 with a school. I took a 10 week course and after much pleading with him I managed to get out with my dad on 2 occasions both were very bad experiances as he has No patients at all. I passed on my 2nd time around.

Now my youngest daughter has reached the age of 21 she has hinted at me taking her out. I almost fainted at the cost of her going on my insurance but my insurance company declined to insure her. but another company said that for a fee she could join mine.

I am almost frightened to ask what is the going rate for lessons with a good school.

I took her to my local industrail estate that has very large empty car parks and we set too with the basics. After a good hour and half we managed to cover quiet a lot. She is a quick learner and with a few school lessons she would be ready for me to take her out again. I found that I was a patient dad who enjoyed this experiance but fear that too much too soon would be teaching her my bad habbits.

I am teaching her in my escort not my Morris.

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i went with a person who did it by him self and the lessons were 18 pound each, i took 20 lessons and then you have to pay for thory and the final test, which arnt that cheap hope this helps

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Re: Driving Lessons.

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Thanks Tom. It's something that sends a shiver down my back thinking of retaking my test

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well if you get one thing wrong they could fail you, depends what mood the tester is i, luckly mine was ok cause i got talking about morris's :D
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Re: Driving Lessons.

Post by 8009STEVE »

When I took my lessons, they were £1.25 per hr. therefore 10 hrs was £12.50. my weekly wage.
The rate is now arounr £20-25 per hour. 10 hrs is £200-250.
Guess what the wages are now?
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A friend of mine is a driving instructor (Based in Treharris, so a little way from you). Learning to drive and learning to pass your test are not always the same thing but as my friend has experience of rallying, he knows a good bit about driving and passing your test!!
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Thanks for giving me an insite of pricing lessons. As my daughter is 21 in August, I can see me paying out on lessons as an alternitive to a Party.

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And the theory test and actual driving test aren't cheap. You have to have a double lesson = £40+ for the test to take place and then there's the cost of the test itself (62.00 for the driving test) Remember the theory test has to be passed (£31.00) before you can take the practical one)! :o

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You're 8 years too late.
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