What car to give lessons in...?
07-11-2005, 10:47 PM
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What car to give lessons in...?
I need to buy a car this week to start giving driving lessons in & it comes down to a choice of 2
1, new shape ford fiesta TDCi
2, MG ZR
I want to get summat slightly sporty -as i think it will attract alot of young people to have lessons in it.
What do you people reckon?
Anyone know much about the MG ZR's?
1, new shape ford fiesta TDCi
2, MG ZR
I want to get summat slightly sporty -as i think it will attract alot of young people to have lessons in it.
What do you people reckon?
Anyone know much about the MG ZR's?
07-11-2005, 11:01 PM
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So the MG's a no no as the learners are gonna be bouncing it off kerbs etc & it might fall apart 
I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??
I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo
I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??
I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo
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I had a Primera GT which was brand new to learn in back in 97. Went like a rocket for a learner car and was big as well. Focus is a good choice IMO. 
08-11-2005, 08:58 AM
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don't get a Diesel, get a petrol and LPG it.
my old man used to teach people to drive in a Daewoo Matiz 800cc and on LPG - fun it wasn't, cheap it was. 100mpg anyone?
my old man used to teach people to drive in a Daewoo Matiz 800cc and on LPG - fun it wasn't, cheap it was. 100mpg anyone?
08-11-2005, 08:59 AM
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Dave you c*unt
Thanks for the suggestions people keep em coming as im stuck as to what car to get & i need to sort it out within the next couple of days!!
Fudgeass - NOT THE EVO
Thanks for the suggestions people keep em coming as im stuck as to what car to get & i need to sort it out within the next couple of days!!
Fudgeass - NOT THE EVO
08-11-2005, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Escy
don't get a Diesel, get a petrol and LPG it.
my old man used to teach people to drive in a Daewoo Matiz 800cc and on LPG - fun it wasn't, cheap it was. 100mpg anyone?
my old man used to teach people to drive in a Daewoo Matiz 800cc and on LPG - fun it wasn't, cheap it was. 100mpg anyone?
08-11-2005, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by AJ
So the MG's a no no as the learners are gonna be bouncing it off kerbs etc & it might fall apart
I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??
I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo
I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??
I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo
08-11-2005, 09:04 AM
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Oh & just gotta add - it's got to be a car that's gonna attract people to have lessons with me over someone in say a corsa or the like.
thankyou.
thankyou.
08-11-2005, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by joel_winders
Originally Posted by AJ
So the MG's a no no as the learners are gonna be bouncing it off kerbs etc & it might fall apart
I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??
I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo
I was thinking about a new mini cooper but the speedo's in the middle of the dash & i thought 'not ideal for learners'??
I've been offered Ł50 an hour to give lessons in the evo
08-11-2005, 09:14 AM
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The other way to look is all the mums and dads who are paying for little johnny to learn, dont want the driving instructor turning up in an Evo!
Corsa, Fiesta, Focus - run of the mill stuff and just dont name your company "speedy learning", AJ's go faster school of motoring", "learn to flocking drive"
Corsa, Fiesta, Focus - run of the mill stuff and just dont name your company "speedy learning", AJ's go faster school of motoring", "learn to flocking drive"
08-11-2005, 09:22 AM
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Oh & just gotta add - it's got to be a car that's gonna attract people to have lessons with me over someone in say a corsa or the like.
thankyou.
thankyou.
fuck, id pay Ł50 a pop to learn in one
ok i wouldnt cos i already passed, but you get my theory...
dont get a new focus, they are shit! drove a few and dont like em at all, and the new tdci ones are slow as piss.
IMO as said, the ST TDCi would be a good bet
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A lot of learners are put off by big cars even ones as big as the MG so Id say fiesta, its smallish, and they wont be ashamed to be seen in it by their mates
08-11-2005, 10:25 AM
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Re: What car to give lessons in...?
Originally Posted by AJ
I need to buy a car this week to start giving driving lessons in & it comes down to a choice of 2
1, new shape ford fiesta TDCi
2, MG ZR
I want to get summat slightly sporty -as i think it will attract alot of young people to have lessons in it.
What do you people reckon?
Anyone know much about the MG ZR's?
1, new shape ford fiesta TDCi
2, MG ZR
I want to get summat slightly sporty -as i think it will attract alot of young people to have lessons in it.
What do you people reckon?
Anyone know much about the MG ZR's?
All you had to do was get in the car......
08-11-2005, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MattRS1600i
Originally Posted by joel_winders
Fiesta tcdi with the fiesta st bodykit will be a winner with the learners
i was having one of those dumb moments 
08-11-2005, 10:51 AM
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I was thinking about the Fiesta TDCi for my learners when I get me badge, only on Part 2 at the mo so won't be getting just yet, so I'd be interested in what car you eventually go for AJ.
Other cars I though about are:
The new Clio?
Citroen C2
Peugeot 107
Honda Jazz (Which I'm doing my training in at the mo)
Other cars I though about are:
The new Clio?
Citroen C2
Peugeot 107
Honda Jazz (Which I'm doing my training in at the mo)
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if you buy something sporty then you'll prob attract the next generation of boy racers! just a thought.
having said that - just after i passed a bloke round here started up with a golf gti. was gutted i missed out on that and learnt to drive in a corsa!
having said that - just after i passed a bloke round here started up with a golf gti. was gutted i missed out on that and learnt to drive in a corsa!
08-11-2005, 11:04 AM
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if you buy something sporty then you'll prob attract the next generation of boy racers! just a thought.
having said that - just after i passed a bloke round here started up with a golf gti. was gutted i missed out on that and learnt to drive in a corsa!
having said that - just after i passed a bloke round here started up with a golf gti. was gutted i missed out on that and learnt to drive in a corsa!
Bunch of kids obsessed with cars, who are prepared to spend every penny of their disposable income (which is high cause they live with their mum) on learning to drive, and cause they are such racer wannabees they will all fail their test ten times and keep coming back.
Driving instrcutors dream surely?
08-11-2005, 11:12 AM
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Not necessarily as it's more expensive to run these cars and harder to insure them for learners, and the cost of all this this all comes out of the ADI's wages, so the the cheaper the car is to run the better.
08-11-2005, 11:15 AM
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Not necessarily as it's more expensive to run these cars and harder to insure them for learneres, and the cost of all this this all comes out of the ADI's wages, so the the cheaper the car is to run the better.
08-11-2005, 11:19 AM
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Oh & just gotta add - it's got to be a car that's gonna attract people to have lessons with me over someone in say a corsa or the like.
thankyou.
thankyou.
think one of the main reasons is cos he gets some rather silly deals from fords as he buys so many cars a year thou