JASON H

My nephew will soon be 17 and wants to pass his test quickly.
Can anyone reccomend a company that specialise in this sort
of thing.
Cheers,

Jason.

evo kid

your best bet is to look in your local papar
they will usally have a lot of local driving instructrors advertizing in them

i did my test this way ....

JASON H

Thanks evo kid,
What did you pay and how long did it take?
Cheers,

Jason.

Tommy 2000

my mate used the AA to pass in 5 days, not the cheapest but quality usually comes at a price!

evo kid

was 6 years ago (nearly to the day) that i did my test , think its gone up quite a bit now , i payed around £260 ish did it in around 4 days ,

Dracoro

It pretty much depends on the learner. Could take one person a week of intensive training to pass, it could take another a year on intensive training. An initial lesson or two from AA, BSM or any other reputable instructor will be able to establish the likelyhood of a quick pass or not.

JASON H

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers,

Jason.

scoobyster

I did my test just under a year ago. Started out with the AA and didn't think the instructor was all that great (I think it's just a franchise... not sure though), so I switched to an independant instructor recommended by a friend, which also worked out cheaper. Look out for deals with 1st lesson free etc.
It depends a lot on your location on price of lessons. I learned in N Wales where it's £16/hr ish, but in the Isle of Man (where I had a couple of lessons before my 17th - legal at 16 there ) it's £20, now I'm at uni in Sheffield and have noticed adverts for lessons from £12/hr.
It cost me about £350 in total to learn, inc lessons and tests (4 of them !), obviously it depends on how many lessons you need as to how much it costs. I didn't need that many as I could practise in my mum's car, but failing tests meant I ended up having just over 20 in the end - they say that's about the average.
Perhaps my view is biased, but it really is pretty much a lottery if you pass or fail. I've seen very good drivers fail several times, but terrible, literally frightening, drivers pass 1st go. Maybe that was just my local test centre [Name&Shame]Rhyl[/Name&Shame], there's been a shake up there after numerous complaints (inc mine!).
See Old Thread for details on that.
Since that I've done about 4k miles of crashless driving in the Scoob (1.6GL, turbo one day!) Have done the Pass Plus scheme which is 6 extra lessons on night driving, motorways, bad weather, etc - mostly common sense but can be worth 1yrs NCB on your insurance - well worth having believe me! Also recently started on the IAMs Advanced lessons to lead up to their test, also worth an insurance discount, and very cheap to do.

If time is a big issue, booking the test is going to be the stumbling block. You have to do the theory test (and the virtual thing whenever that comes in) before you can even apply for your practical test. As far as I know you have to be 17 to take the theory. The waiting list for tests was 6-8 weeks for me (every time!!), but if you have time to phone every day you can usually find a cancellation to take sooner.

Hope that's helpful, good luck to your nephew!

Ben

How do you do the grrr smiley?! And the pull tounges one?


[Edited by scoobyster - 10/15/2002 10:38:04 PM]

AndiThompson

The "Hazard Perception Test" or whatever its called, comes in on the 14th November. 6 days after my 17th, best get me a test booked

www.theaa.com will give you a price for a driving lesson in your area, and will also let you book online.