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Young drivers???

rip off?

yay or nay

yay

ill teach you for half the price.

Personally, I have always thought it was. From what I remember, they were the most expensive. But, if you do YD then I believe your insurance rates are lower (but check with your insurance company) and I THINK you can take your road test sooner (but i'm not sure about that).

Either way, shop around and check out all the details, pros and cons if you're really concerned about the $$

And good luck - anywhere you go those classes are B-O-R-I-N-G!

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Originally posted by ** TigerLily ** Personally, I have always thought it was. From what I remember, they were the most expensive. But, if you do YD then I believe your insurance rates are lower (but check with your insurance company) and I THINK you can take your road test sooner (but i'm not sure about that). Either way, shop around and check out all the details, pros and cons if you're really concerned about the $$ And good luck - anywhere you go those classes are B-O-R-I-N-G!

You're right. It will lower your insurance and let you take the test earlier. But going to any driving school will do that for you.

I definatly reccomend going to one. The money you'll save with insurance will more than pay for the super boring classes.

Nay (not a rip off).

Yay (you should use them).

YAY... I took academy of new driver for 200... while my sister paid the extra 580 bones... and my course covered more...

Peters Driving Academy. the best one in toronto.

YD is the only place out there that'll teach you how to drive stick, if you're so inclined.

In fact, everybody should go to YD just because of that.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 YD is the only place out there that'll teach you how to drive stick, if you're so inclined. In fact, everybody should go to YD just because of that.

WRONG!

lol

So will the CAA course(my manager recently took it with them for that reason)

But in both cases it costs more for the stick version of the course.

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Originally posted by Orko WRONG! lol So will the CAA course(my manager recently took it with them for that reason) But in both cases it costs more for the stick version of the course.

+1 on the CAA since I took it for stick but I'm not sure if it costs more for that reason.

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Originally posted by Orko WRONG! lol So will the CAA course(my manager recently took it with them for that reason) But in both cases it costs more for the stick version of the course.

I didn't even know CAA had a driver training course.

half and half.

yes I did find it a rip off.


Tips:
[note this is when I attended]

They will try and make you take your lessons asap. Wait. Take them when you've completed your 8 months of waiting or whatever nonsense.

Try to do your test before you take their "final" test. Their test is a rip off and I think it's about $100 or $50 dollars. It is unecessary.

Try to get an instructor who has a similar car to yours. One of my intial instructors had a SUV which is COMPLETELY different to drive.


However, I learnt more defensive driving than any other driving instructor taught me.


You will get to learn the ABS which is sooo awesome. You go down and empty really fast then SLAM YOUR BRAKES vrooooooooooooooom.

so much fun.

Anyway, I hope that helps a bit with your decision.

take it through high school if you are still in. Way cheaper and you still get the same benefits.

The MTO should be replaced by YD for all testing and training. They actually teach you how to drive. if you take YD you will never be in an accident. straight up. Their Mantra is "There is no such thing as an accident". Every instance on the road is preventable, by driving defensively.. now this doesn't mean driving slow everywhere. but it's adapting your driving to every situation that you could possibly and reasonably face... my favorite is the Crash avoidance lessons... sooo much fun. sending the car into 360's and trying to recover.. or doing head-on crash avoidance... how to ditch your car safely. i could go on for hours..

There are so many people on the road that do not drive properly, it's scary.

Traffic jams are great example or slow downs on the 401.. all caused because people are terrified of large trucks, and they do not know how to merge.. The simpliest of tasks merging. aaaaaaaahhhh OMG i have to get that next lane.. what doooo i dooo... it's drives me crazy.

The on ramp is for accelerating to the traffic of the highway, not trying to merge at 60.. what the hell.

I gotta stop ranting, cause i could go for hours...

if you are not ready for the road after your lessons and written are complete you will fail. How many places do that.. what... Orchid driving school, with it's 3 cars is gonna deny you.. pfft.. i've heard many a story from friends that have gone to other companys.

simply put, save money on insurance, early G2 application (with a refresher lesson beforehand part of the deal) and just the fact that you know you can handle the vehicle in any situation and avoid $$$ accidents, and death.

if you know how do drive forget it, take the cheapest course available that shortens the waiting term

Not a rip off. They actually teach you how to drive, whereas most of the cheapo courses just teach you how to pass the test. There's a difference, and failure to recognize that difference will come back to bite you in the ass later.

all i got to say is that i went to young drivers and ive hit 2 pedestrians.









1 on purpose

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy all i got to say is that i went to young drivers and ive hit 2 pedestrians.

Liar. You've hit at least 4 pedestrians!

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I didn't even know CAA had a driver training course.

That's b/c you're a loser...I took CAA. Personally I haven't noticed anything on insurance b/c I don't pay

But also...I learned stick on my own.

Dynamic Driver Training teaches stick, and has all the perks of YD for about half the price. The benefit of going to YD is all the fun things they do for "emergency situations", teaching you to get used to ABS breaks and all the skidding and such to teach you how to handle situations when they happen.

Yup, I took YD and it was worth every penny.

I agreed with everything they taught - minus the crap about stopping with 2-3 car lengths of space at a red light in order to 'slow down' the traffic behind you earlier. (lol)

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Originally posted by Swamper Yup, I took YD and it was worth every penny. I agreed with everything they taught - minus the crap about stopping with 2-3 car lengths of space at a red light in order to 'slow down' the traffic behind you earlier. (lol)

Is THAT why people do that? It just pisses me off, I've almost rammed a couple of people for doing that. Good thing I actually pay attention, I know a couple of my friends who are bound to rear-end someone soon, especially with people doing THAT shit.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* That's b/c you're a loser...

Rub.

Anyway I took Defensive Drivers here in the KW area along with 3 of my buddies in the same class, with good ol' Davinder Thurkhal. Fucking fun as hell. "IF YOU SEE THAT DOG, YOU HIT IT, NOBODY CARES ABOUT DOGS BUT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE SO DON'T HIT THEM"

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 "IF YOU SEE THAT DOG, YOU HIT IT, NOBODY CARES ABOUT DOGS BUT PEOPLE CARE ABOUT PEOPLE SO DON'T HIT THEM"

Actually thats not that bad advice. Especially in country driving a good number of people have accidents cos they try to swerve at speed to avoid animals (dunno what you guys have but koalas, rabbits etc) and lose control. So rather than getting yourself into trouble if you can't avoid it, don't try.

Except kangaroos, they hurt

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy all i got to say is that i went to young drivers and ive hit 2 pedestrians. 1 on purpose

Granny had it coming.

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