Which Driver's Ed is Good in Calgary?

[FiveFreshFish]

Recommendations for a new driver, please. She's Canadian, so instruction in another language is NOT required.

For those who've taken it recently, how many hours of instruction are there and what did it cost you?

Thanks in advance.

[EK 2.0]

Rainbow has never steered me or any of my close family or friends wrong.

They offer both Manual and Auto IIRC...

as for pricing I don't remember...but it was on par with what all otehr schools were charging.

[Gurpy]

Foothills is a little cheaper and should get the job done.

Foothills is a little cheaper and should get the job done. I think its like 8 hours of driving and 12 of classroom or something, a little over 400.00? Sorry if this is a double post, I hit stop while it was sending so im hoping it didnt already send my previous one.

[ecstasy_civic]

rainbow
I drove that little neon with no power steering and BRUTAL brakes lol

[3G]

try Alpha driving school, its like 265 and if i recall correctly 15 hours in class 10 in car. My instructor smelled funny and could barely speak englishh

[lastprodigy]

depends, if you actually wanna learn go AMA or young drivers, but if you want some ghetto just-for-the-cheap-insurances places open up you rphone directory!

[dj_rice]

Originally posted by lastprodigy
depends, if you actually wanna learn go AMA or young drivers, but if you want some ghetto just-for-the-cheap-insurances places open up you rphone directory!

Yeah go AMA like he said....

But for ghetto and u wanna get ur license for sure..go to Prepared Driving...I went there and all of my friends did also..and lemme tell ya..you'll pass for sure even if u make alot of mistakes

[FiveFreshFish]

Thanks for all the responses, guys.

[Chester]

Originally posted by ecstasy_civic
rainbow
I drove that little neon with no power steering and BRUTAL brakes lol

hahaha I drove that for one of my lessons and I drove some other shitty civic that had absolutely NO power at all; oh the memories.

[Celica TVS3]

I took drivers Ed through AMA. That was a while ago but I would reccomend them.

[GQBalla]

i went to A driving school!

it was alright kinda funny cause my inclass instructor was like a hippy x crack whore and we would always go out for smokes and she would give me the answer to the tests!

[dragonone]

i just saw some driving school car that was a silver celica the other day
i learned in some old tercel~

[schurchill39]

I believe your friend is looking at 15hrs of in class instruction and 10 hrs of driving. I am pretty sure thats whats "required" to get the insurance reduction. I cant recommond any one from calgary though because i dont live there but AMA would probly be a good bet

[Xtrema]

AMA is good.

Espeically defensive and winter driving programs after the initial license one.

[Benny]

A buddy of mine took one through some place in Bowness. Real ghetto. Took them all of like 2 classes to get it done.

Maybe an option if you're looking for the insurance rate drop.

[jaysas_63]

Originally posted by GQBalla
i went to A driving school!

it was alright kinda funny cause my inclass instructor was like a hippy x crack whore and we would always go out for smokes and she would give me the answer to the tests!

i went through A driving too (2002).....i can't really compare it to anything else, as it was the only course i took, but they did a good job, plenty of in car driving, with a descent car, and the in-class portion wasn't too bad either

but honestly i learned most by just sitting next to my mom and dad, and driving around town....way better and cheaper than the classes, but no insurance reductions.....

[Pihsiak]

Originally posted by dj_rice


lemme tell ya..you'll pass for sure even if u make alot of mistakes

Gee thank for letting me know, you wanna tell when and where next time you'll be on the road so i can steer clear of that area?

I got mine done at City Driving School where they teach the correct way to drive and are not after your money.

I went back later to learn how to drive stick from that guy.

Really good an patient with the student.

[LUDELVR]

The only one that was good was A driving but it sucks now that LUDELVR is no longer teaching there! haha

[hockeybronx]

Originally posted by GQBalla
i went to A driving school!

it was alright kinda funny cause my inclass instructor was like a hippy x crack whore and we would always go out for smokes and she would give me the answer to the tests!

Yeah I went to "A" Driving School too for my Airbrake course. It was pure-trailer trash. I was on a tight-schedule and it seems their doors are always open.

I went to AMA for my drivers ed. Good experience overall and it's nice to have an instructor who takes things quite seriously.

[lamp_shade_2000]

Originally posted by Xtrema
AMA is good.

Espeically defensive and winter driving programs after the initial license one.

If you actually want to learn something and retain some real knowledge on becoming a better driver go AMA all the way.