Driving Instructor Using A Golf R!!!
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I've seen a driving instructor near me giving lessons in a Golf R! I thought it must be a diesel/1.4 TSI with an R badge stuck on, but it's got the chrome wing mirrors, 4 exhausts and R seats (I stopped right next to it and could see the 'R' logo)...
You've got to be very trusting of your students to teach them to drive in a 300HP car haven't you?
You've got to be very trusting of your students to teach them to drive in a 300HP car haven't you?
I imagine it to be a double edged sword, on one hand you will probably get a load more youngsters wanting to learn to drive with you because of the car, on the other hand you have higher running costs and potential to have higher repair bills.
Also does the R come with a manual box? If not would you not be limiting yourself to students who only want an auto licence?
Also does the R come with a manual box? If not would you not be limiting yourself to students who only want an auto licence?
BlindandLost said:
I've seen a driving instructor near me giving lessons in a Golf R! I thought it must be a diesel/1.4 TSI with an R badge stuck on, but it's got the chrome wing mirrors, 4 exhausts and R seats (I stopped right next to it and could see the 'R' logo)...
You've got to be very trusting of your students to teach them to drive in a 300HP car haven't you?
Great idea I wonder how much his insurance is. You've got to be very trusting of your students to teach them to drive in a 300HP car haven't you?
HayesDC2 said:
Not a bad plan, most people would choose to drive that rather than a corsa given the choice
Definitely! Although I imagine it's a lot less scary when a student 'lets it get away from them' in a Corsa... 
I learnt to drive in 1995 in the slowest 1.2 Corsa imaginable i.e. an auto. The one thing you could guarantee is that if you did accidentally stamp on the accelerator, all you'd get is more noise.BlindandLost said:
CarAbuser said:
If he's picked it up on one of those 99p per month lease deals then it's perfect.
Running costs are low because of the cheap lease and you get more customers because it appeals to budding boy racers.
Didn't think of that. If that's what it is, then it's a great idea!Running costs are low because of the cheap lease and you get more customers because it appeals to budding boy racers.
chr15b said:
Leases are only cheap on low mileage though, cant see 6k being much use for an instructor
As I understand it the VW excess mileage is only 7.2p. What's the average speed on a one-hour (£25?) lesson with manoeuvres and all... 15mph at most? Plus an extra litre or two of fuel*. Fairly irrelevant considering the extra interest.Still, I think someone's done some man maths to choose that to teach in over a diesel Vauxhall Corsa
*I realise insurance is another issue but how much harm can a student do when the instructor has dual controls?
Awful idea, I'm choosing a teaching car right now, your biggest expense would be fuel, a colleague who drives a 1.6 petrol clio is spending £150 a week, to waste fuel on what is essentially, showing off is just a waste. Most instructors I know have a work car and then a nice car.
ZHD said:
As I understand it the VW excess mileage is only 7.2p. What's the average speed on a one-hour (£25?) lesson with manoeuvres and all... 15mph at most? Plus an extra litre or two of fuel*. Fairly irrelevant considering the extra interest.
Still, I think someone's done some man maths to choose that to teach in over a diesel Vauxhall Corsa
*I realise insurance is another issue but how much harm can a student do when the instructor has dual controls?
A busy instructor will be doing 30,000 a year, a very busy one will be knocking on near 40,000Still, I think someone's done some man maths to choose that to teach in over a diesel Vauxhall Corsa
*I realise insurance is another issue but how much harm can a student do when the instructor has dual controls?
Valgar said:
Awful idea, I'm choosing a teaching car right now, your biggest expense would be fuel, a colleague who drives a 1.6 petrol clio is spending £150 a week, to waste fuel on what is essentially, showing off is just a waste. Most instructors I know have a work car and then a nice car.
But he may not be doing it full time...or maybe he has 2 ZHD said:
As I understand it the VW excess mileage is only 7.2p. What's the average speed on a one-hour (£25?) lesson with manoeuvres and all... 15mph at most? Plus an extra litre or two of fuel*. Fairly irrelevant considering the extra interest.
Still, I think someone's done some man maths to choose that to teach in over a diesel Vauxhall Corsa
*I realise insurance is another issue but how much harm can a student do when the instructor has dual controls?
A busy instructor will be doing 30,000 a year, a very busy one will be knocking on near 40,000Still, I think someone's done some man maths to choose that to teach in over a diesel Vauxhall Corsa
*I realise insurance is another issue but how much harm can a student do when the instructor has dual controls?
I doubt insurance will be that much more given the car is still under the control of an instructor, it's not that more more risk is it?
Maybe the instructor has another car as well rather than use the golf all the time, or only works a few days a week, hot golf to blat around in thats a tax write off (it's promotional mr taxman sir) mmm that'll do nicely;)
Maybe the instructor has another car as well rather than use the golf all the time, or only works a few days a week, hot golf to blat around in thats a tax write off (it's promotional mr taxman sir) mmm that'll do nicely;)
Fuel would be a killer! Would far outweigh any cheap lease deal... not that an instructor could avail of that anyway, as he'd be using the car purely for business which the terms almost certainly preclude (in the same way as they preclude PSV use, I believe).
My '16 Scirocco R is averaging 20.6mpg across 500 miles, stop / start traffic and short commutes.
My '16 Scirocco R is averaging 20.6mpg across 500 miles, stop / start traffic and short commutes.
"Clever" way of getting business i suppose. I've used inverted commas there as for someone who has a genuine love for cars i just die inside knowing there's a Golf R out there having its alloys kerbed to hell, paint chipped, wing-mirrors smacked willy-nilly. Saying that i assume that's how some of these lease cars get treated no doubt.
Over the road from my dad's place there's a driving instructor with a black diesel Scriocco. I genuinely couldn't think of a worse modern car to learn in after having one myself for 3 years (petrol however). Awful visibility, blind-spot hell, wide and hard to judge.
I also read an article the other day about a driving instructor with a brand new MK7 Golf GTI PP with the upgraded 19" wheels (ouch). He went on to say that was his daily car aswell as his work car and weekend blast car all in one. It does kinda make sense i suppose as that's what the GTI was intended as an all-purpose car.
Again, i can see how it would attract people to go with them. I'm not sure it's something i'd bother with personally as either the student or the teacher.
Over the road from my dad's place there's a driving instructor with a black diesel Scriocco. I genuinely couldn't think of a worse modern car to learn in after having one myself for 3 years (petrol however). Awful visibility, blind-spot hell, wide and hard to judge.
I also read an article the other day about a driving instructor with a brand new MK7 Golf GTI PP with the upgraded 19" wheels (ouch). He went on to say that was his daily car aswell as his work car and weekend blast car all in one. It does kinda make sense i suppose as that's what the GTI was intended as an all-purpose car.
Again, i can see how it would attract people to go with them. I'm not sure it's something i'd bother with personally as either the student or the teacher.
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