How do driving instructors make money?

I see driving instructors advertising silly cheap costs which amount to = =A310 for an hour's lesson. How on earth can this pay for fuel, wear an= d tear on the car, and make any profit whatsoever?

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Reply to
Mr Macaw
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It was a tenner or near enough in 1985!!!

Reply to
Tim Watts

Presumably this is a loss leader for (say) 5 lessons and they are hoping that this will attract punters who take 10 years and 500 lessons (at much higher than initial rate) to pass?

Phil

Reply to
thescullster

On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 14:51:33 -0000, Tim Watts wro= te:

Indeed, but they still have similar prices advertised on their cars. Is= it subsidised perhaps? Why would the government subsidise driving less= ons?

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Reply to
Mr Macaw

On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:04:07 -0000, thescullster wrote= :

The ads I've seen are for a full set of 15 or 20 lessons. I don't know = many folk needing more than that, and if they did, they could just take = another "loss leader" from someone else!

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Reply to
Mr Macaw

Supply and demand, there are too many instructors. They need CBT for cars.

Reply to
dennis

Mine were a fiver in 66 or 67. OK it was Jeff Allam's mum doing it for pin money, for those who follow Touring Cars.

Reply to
newshound

Did you get taught how to drive really really fast?

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Reply to
Mr Macaw

On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:09:47 -0000, dennis@home wro= te:

Except I know of people who have continued with it for decades. If it w= asn't profitable, they'd give up.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

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Reply to
Mr Macaw

CBT? Kinky.

Reply to
Bob Eager

No, she was very sensible. I forget for the moment whether this was before or after I had bent one of their sale cars trying to move it back to the display position after the other partner (Mickie Fuller, subsequently head of the Motor Traders' Association) left it blocking the pumps.

Reply to
newshound

balls?

Reply to
dennis

They don't.

The industry relies upon a constant turnover of people desperate for a job and seeing driving as a reasonable amenable option.

Reply to
JNugent

The government does not subsidise driving schools.

It might (and only might) pay for some lessons for employees, etc, but only at the prevailing rate (or less).

Reply to
JNugent

They live modestly.

Reply to
JNugent

£1.75 an hour around 1971/1972.
Reply to
JNugent

That sort of driving doesn't use a lot of fuel and modern cars last very long time even with that sort of use even when they mostly do use new cars.

Reply to
James Green

Someone must be paying for all those cars and plenty of the instructors are instructors for decades.

Reply to
James Green

On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:05:14 -0000, dennis@home wro= te:

Among other thing.

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Reply to
Mr Macaw

On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:19:22 -0000, JNugent wr= ote:

Well I would think you'd spend =A310 an hour on petrol and maintaining a= n abused car. So no money at all.

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Mr Macaw

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