New Town Loafer Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Morning all, hope the weekend cobwebs are dispersing. In a bit of an annoying situation. Had a very decent independent driving instructor who has now been offered a job in an completely different sector, meaning I’m now looking for a new instructor. Unfortunately, being independent, he doesn’t actually have any contacts to push me towards but has advised me not to proceed with any large driving schools as the experience isn’t as rewarding. Given the above advice I’d ideally like to go forward with an independent instructor and was wondering if anyone had any contacts for central/west Edinburgh. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Make sure the instructor is fully qualified as you can begin to teach pupils before you have finished your instructor training. Fully qualified instructors will display a green octagonal badge on the windscreen, a trainee will display a red triangle badge on the windscreen. FYI, BSM are wash with trainee instructors as it’s good income for them, the AA only use fully qualified instructors. My advice….pick any independent instructor, ask for their grade, grade 4 being the lowest and grade 6 the highest. Grade 1, 2 & 3 are all fails on the final exam (your teaching ability) the reason you get graded for a fail is so you can receive feedback on the fail and, you know how close/far you were from passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 45 minutes ago, New Town Loafer said: Morning all, hope the weekend cobwebs are dispersing. In a bit of an annoying situation. Had a very decent independent driving instructor who has now been offered a job in an completely different sector, meaning I’m now looking for a new instructor. Unfortunately, being independent, he doesn’t actually have any contacts to push me towards but has advised me not to proceed with any large driving schools as the experience isn’t as rewarding. Given the above advice I’d ideally like to go forward with an independent instructor and was wondering if anyone had any contacts for central/west Edinburgh. Cheers! "the experience isn't as rewarding" He would say that, but it sounds a lot like bollocks to me. There's only one reward and then the lessons don't matter any more. I went with an independent guy, 4 years ago, and I couldn't actually tell you his name without checking. If you want my advice, find someone that'll give you 5 hours a day for 5 days with a test booked at the end, worked an absolute treat for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 1 hour ago, ǝǝɥʇᴉɯS said: "the experience isn't as rewarding" He would say that, but it sounds a lot like bollocks to me. There's only one reward and then the lessons don't matter any more. I went with an independent guy, 4 years ago, and I couldn't actually tell you his name without checking. If you want my advice, find someone that'll give you 5 hours a day for 5 days with a test booked at the end, worked an absolute treat for me. That’s not always the case. We find driving a natural function because we have years of experience, a learner driver doesn’t have this yet…..in my experience learners tend to loose concentration after 2-3 hours and, intensive courses often end in learner burn out……..the most intensive driving courses I ever did was 2hrs per day every other day……..of course the pupil can often “top up” learning experience with friends & family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown user Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 20 minutes ago, highlandjambo3 said: That’s not always the case. We find driving a natural function because we have years of experience, a learner driver doesn’t have this yet…..in my experience learners tend to loose concentration after 2-3 hours and, intensive courses often end in learner burn out……..the most intensive driving courses I ever did was 2hrs per day every other day……..of course the pupil can often “top up” learning experience with friends & family Fair enough, I can only talk from my experience. It wasn't 5 hours at once though, it was over the day, with breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert. Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I'll teach you, driving is easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlimOzturk Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 One thing I will say is..driving is pish. Expensive and shit. Only do it if absolutely necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Town Loafer Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 Thanks all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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