This is excellent advice:
Ralge wrote:Find a decent instructor and you won't need to think "yeah, yeah, I'll be ditching that as soon as ..." - one that teaches qualified drivers "defensive" and "advanced" (and who is qualified to do so, too) but that's my being partial rather than impartial. The one who will teach you to drive not just pass a test.
+1. Find a driving instructor who's also a Fleet Trainer, RoSPA Diploma or at least passed RoSPA Gold (or, better still, been an advanced driver in the police). There are certainly instructors like this around.
I've ditched nothing that my original instructor taught me for my L-test, thanks to having had a good instructor. Rather, I've built on what he taught me.