Lessons
Manual and automatic lessons from your door, priced by the hour, with courses for beginners, busy weeks and returning drivers.
Lessons and prices
One price per hour, wherever we pick you up. Buy hours one at a time or in a block of ten.
Manual lesson
60 minutes, pick-up included
$48
Automatic lesson
60 minutes, pick-up included
$52
Two-hour lesson
Manual or automatic
$92
Block of 10 hours, manual
$450
Block of 10 hours, automatic
$490
Car for the test
Pick-up, a one-hour warm-up and the test
$140
Example prices.
Pick-up and hours
Lessons start and end at your door, school or work anywhere in Springfield, North Hill and Riverside (sample).
Monday to Friday
7:00–21:00
Saturday and Sunday
8:00–18:00
Cancel or move a lesson up to 48 hours before at no charge (sample).
Every skill goes through five levels
After each lesson you and your instructor fill in the record together. A box is filled only when you both agree.
1
Introduced
Your instructor explains and shows you, then you try it with full help.
2
Talked through
You do it while your instructor talks you through each step.
3
Prompted
You do it yourself; your instructor reminds you at the right moment.
4
Seldom prompted
You get it right almost every time, with the odd reminder.
5
Independent
You do it safely without help, in any traffic. Your instructor sits quietly.
We suggest booking the practical test when most rows are at level 4, because test dates are often weeks away. You take it when every row is ticked. Nobody can tell you in advance how many hours that takes, and we will not guess.
Courses
Each course is drawn on the same twelve skills as your record, in the same order, so you can see what it works on before you book.
Starter block
10 hours, $450
Works on the first six skills: from the cockpit check to crossroads on quiet roads.
Intensive week
30 hours over 5 days, $1,290
Works on all twelve skills, for learners who can clear a week and want to drive every day.
Refresher
4 hours, $190
For licensed drivers coming back after a break: you choose the skills, often roundabouts, parking and fast roads.
Fast roads and night
3 hours, $145
Dual carriageways, merging at speed and driving after dark, once town driving is steady.
Example prices. Courses are paid lesson by lesson or up front; unused hours are refunded.
Manual or automatic?
Both get you a license. The difference is what you are allowed to drive afterwards and how much there is to learn at the start.
Manual
A manual license usually lets you drive both kinds of car
Clutch and gears
Automatic
Fewer things to do at once; an automatic license is for automatic cars only
Two pedals
Rules differ by state and country (sample). Ask us before you choose.
Book your first lesson
Tell us when suits you and where to pick you up. An instructor calls back within one working day (sample).