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Post by Hofmeister on Jan 10, 2017 11:49:30 GMT
Yesterday I was behind a learner, in a marked up dual control driving school car. It was a 2002 rover 45. There cant be many of them left that didn't succumb to HGF, let alone as a driving school car!
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Post by Humph on Jan 26, 2017 22:45:16 GMT
Just phoned home from deepest nowhere and discovered that my wife has booked my son a course of driving lessons starting immediately after his imminent 17th birthday.
Twenty five freaking quid a pop !
Sheesh !
S'pose it's right enough, but phew...😕
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Post by WDB on Jan 27, 2017 7:35:05 GMT
How big is a pop? £25 doesn't sound like much if it's an hour; that's what I pay for a 30-minute haircut. (Yes, I know. Back to the point.) And if it's not an hour, is it long enough to be useful?
Of more importance, how does 'Keep It Between the Kerb and the Van School of Motoring' fit on a roooftop Toblerone?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 7:48:06 GMT
I was behind an MG F yesterday in very tired British Racing Green, the thought of HGF crossed my mind.
Overtook it, at the next set of traffic lights it was behind me. Blonde mid/late 40s woman bouncing around in the driver's seat singing along to Rammstein, Accept or the Scorpions (in my head), teenage, blonde, daughter sitting statue still in the passenger seat with mortified look on her face.
Driver training is not the cheap though it does remain, for the time being, a useful skill to have. I've read it's ca.2000€ in Germany to get your licence, still a few years off for my two.
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Post by Hofmeister on Jan 27, 2017 9:24:12 GMT
Just phoned home from deepest nowhere and discovered that my wife has booked my son a course of driving lessons starting immediately after his imminent 17th birthday. Twenty five freaking quid a pop ! Sheesh ! S'pose it's right enough, but phew...😕 I learned in 1972, 10 lessons at 10 squid an hour. Given inflation I don't think 25 squid an hour is at all bad. Could be worse, your wife could have phoned you to say she had done the same to your lad that she did to your dog. |
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Post by Hofmeister on Jan 27, 2017 9:25:15 GMT
How big is a pop? £25 doesn't sound like much if it's an hour; that's what I pay for a 30-minute haircut. (Yes, I know. Back to the point.) !/ I cant believe you pay 25 quid for a haircut 2/ I cant believe it takes 30 minutes. |
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Post by commerdriver on Jan 27, 2017 9:32:06 GMT
I learned in 1972, 10 lessons at 10 squid an hour. Given inflation I don't think 25 squid an hour is at all bad. Could be worse, your wife could have phoned you to say she had done the same to your lad that she did to your dog. What the heck did you learn in NB, I learned in 1972 as well, in a Triumph Herald convertible at £2 an hour, from a polish driving instructor in Glasgow spent just over 20 on total to pass my test. Sorry about the double post folks - finger trouble No problem, I just cut your finger off - Admin |
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Post by Alanović on Jan 27, 2017 10:02:43 GMT
If I remember correctly, it was £10 an hour in 1987 when I learned. Can't believe it was the same in 1971. Did you mean 10 bob an hour, NB?
Nissan Micra, Mitsubishi Colt, those were my instructors' cars. Also practiced in Mum's Escort 1.6 Ghia (well posh). Can't remember how many lessons I had, but started in January and passed first time 6 months later.
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Post by Hofmeister on Jan 27, 2017 11:10:22 GMT
If I remember correctly, it was £10 an hour in 1987 when I learned. Can't believe it was the same in 1971. Did you mean 10 bob an hour, NB? Nissan Micra, Mitsubishi Colt, those were my instructors' cars. Also practiced in Mum's Escort 1.6 Ghia (well posh). Can't remember how many lessons I had, but started in January and passed first time 6 months later. Nah, cant be 10bob. I was earning 38 quid a week then, and I could only afford one a week. The car was a Mk1 Ford Escort 1300XL, in red. Fantastic, just fantastic little car. |
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Post by Rob on Jan 27, 2017 11:47:00 GMT
I didn't get around to learning to drive until a year before I left university - 1994. I think it was about £13/hour with BSM back then and I used to have 2 hour lessons (felt they were better than just an hour to make progress). I didn't have access to any other car for driving/practice.
So £10 in 1971 seems a bit high to me. But £25/hour in 2017 seems about right now I guess but expensive for a large number of lessons.
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Post by Humph on Jan 28, 2017 9:06:13 GMT
I had 6 driving lessons in 1975, all my other practice was "free" in my dad's car. Want to remember the official ones were £3.50 an hour.
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