I’ve been in the game over 35yrs most people will need to gain experience and have experienced ADI’s to guide them. My advise would be to get good training and gain some experience with either a driving school or good reliable trainer. My advice would be to learn the job don’t jump in until your sure the you like and can do the job and does the job like you. Above all pass all 3 tests and be prepared for regular checks. Plus can you get the work and the sort of pupils you want. The grass is always greener other side. Good luck to anyone thinking of profession in this tough industry!
Thank you Josh 👍 I appreciate your channel and advice so much. I'm about to embark on my ADI training and I've been pondering this very question. You have confirmed to me that using my own car IS the way to go
Im really pleased for you Dawn. There is nothing wrong with taking a franchise car as long as people know the other options. Good luck need anything shout me 😁
What a video, all the answers I was looking for are here. Great presentation, watched it whole without a single second skip. Thank you. Got yourself a new subscriber. I believe you will get a lot
As a PDI be very careful not to tie yourself into any long car lease as there is no guarantee that you will pass your final exam. Also be very careful of a PCP contract and make sure you fully disclose how many miles you are doing. I would either use your own car I buy something you can afford as for dual controls a decent set of HE MAN controls is around £500 fitted. The deal you showed at £112 is actually one of the best out there to include 48k milage allowance insurance maintenance and tyres also taking into account depreciation you would be hard pushed to find a better deal. Also the £112 is fully tax deductible. I have also looked at this deal but as I teach automatic that cost increases to £135 pw equivalent to £585 pm. However I won't have anything else to pay and the weekly cost is around 3.5 hours at my current lesson price. So to summarise I would go cheap as a PDI see if you pass and more importantly see if you like the job. I'm a month in doing around 30 hours a week already seeing my pupils and my bank balance growing and absolutely loving it. Some of my success is down to Josh this channel and one of his videos Should I become a driving instructor. Remember to like and subscribe and support the channel as always thanks to Josh from continuing to make content.
Hi Josh , great video as usual, can you tell me which app you used for your theory test, I remember you mentioned it on one of your videos @ £4.99 but can’t remember which one it was. Cheers Rob
The problem with most PCP deals is unless you do low mileage they seem to be more expensive or as expensive than higher purchase. I'm amazed you could get a PCP for less than £200 a month doing 20-30k miles a year.
As someone who is training under AA driving school i was told by one of the instructor tutors that during lockdown. They actually stopped the car payments. Meaning you had access to the car without having to pay.
Just signed up with AA driving school no idea what training would look like it’s the VR ( virtual reality) training, he was explaining it but still confused how the in car training would takes place do I have to have my own with dual pedals or they will provide? If you got any idea. What about after completing can I just apply for that trainee badge or they have to decide it. Thanks
Very good video josh as hoping to soon go onto pdi soon and have the “how can I afford a learner training car’ dilemma. Have looked at lease deals and found to expensive. Also don’t think I could afford another car on hire purchase. Never really thought about a pcp deal as All I thought about was the 6 month pdi licence term but your video has shown another option which I will look into in more detail. So if you were unlucky enough to fail part 3 the 3 times you could sell car to pay off the remainder of contract? Thanks again
I know this is 2 years old, but no, you can't sell the car to pay it off. You don't own the car yet and you cannot sell what isn't yours, you could get in a lot of trouble for that.
If you decide to go your own way with a car and not a franchise, is it difficult to build up customers if you don’t have access to the franchise customer base?
Hi Josh, really good info,I’ve passed my part 2 test but signed for a franchise but within a week I cancelled it because it was £1200 a month but I had pupils which were about 15 odd miles away. So long story short when you said you bought a car from Peugeot dealers and signed on the dotted line do you tell them it’s for business and how much mileage your going to do each year and it’s used for driving instructing? Thanks
Well. To clock 60k miles on a diesel unless its a Honda ud have spent a few grand on repairs .as well as the value having clocked 60k miles after 2 years so consider that also
Great clip as usual Josh. What I can't get my head around is how you gained the 40 hours needed for part 3 on your own. Did you get a pupil of your own for this period and isn't your teaching when training supposed to be supervised by another ADI ? Long question but will help 😊
Sorry Scott I may have confused some people with this. I did not do my part 3 independently. I was sponsored by a driving instructor. I just got my own car for it fitted with pedals etc. I also got all of my own students and did not join a franchise. Once you have 40 hours of training you can apply for the pink badge providing you are sponsored by an ADI. With the pink badge you can continue to practice teaching and as I did have one lesson per week with my sponsor to continue developing my skills.
@@JoshRamwell thanks for the informative reply, that makes sense. I think you said this in another video actually.. I just was intrigued as I will hopefully be moving onto part 3 in march after part 2. Thanks Josh 😊
