by "AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
Published 06/07/2017 at 13:57
by "AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
Published 06/07/2017 at 13:57
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Saw it the other day and wished I’d got a pic of it (was going to pull it off my dashcam but couldn’t be bothered), just got out the shower and look out the window and there it is again doing parallel parking outside my neighbours house. Surely it isn’t the best car to choose, it doesn’t look the easiest to see out of when reversing and those wheels will be expensive to refinish when they get curbed (which they will!).
VW Beetle Dune -
There is also a local driving school that use only new BMW’s, 1 series and X1's!
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
06/07/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 1
The local driving school sounds like my kind of driving school.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
06/07/2017 at 14:09, STARS: 1
Pfft.
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"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen)
06/07/2017 at 14:10, STARS: 2
But from an advertising perspective it may be worth it, I mean... It got you to look twice!
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
06/07/2017 at 14:13, STARS: 1
Doesn’t matter, as I bet they get more business than their competition from teenage girls because it’s cute.
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
06/07/2017 at 14:15, STARS: 0
My driving school also only has BMW 1 Series’ and one BMW 3er GT. Nothing out of the norm here.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
06/07/2017 at 14:16, STARS: 0
#marketing. kinda dumb since it is at the expense of their poor students.
"Slant6" (slant-6)
06/07/2017 at 14:31, STARS: 0
I’d still take it over the Impalas my driving school had.
I could also see the case being made that they should learn to backup with their side mirrors rather than the rear window. When my truck is loaded the rear is blocked and I’ve learned to rely on my side mirrors, hardly ever use my rear view anymore.
Rear visibility is nice, but really not all that necessary.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/07/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 0
Here in the Netherlands, the governmental body in charge of driving exams demands exams to be taken in 4/5 door cars, to prevent an instructor sitting in the back seat from being trapped in an accident, or so I was told by my driving instructor. Due to this rule almost no driving schools have 3 door cars, as that would make them unsuitable for exams. So it’s mostly boring Fiestas, Corsas, Focusses etc. Only driving schools with one car sometimes go for a BMW 1er/3er or Audi A3/A4, as the owners often use it as their private car too.
"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
06/07/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 0
In Norway it’s quite common with A4s, 3-series’s and C-classes. Coupe versions aren’t that unusual either, and they usually have the smallest diesel available. I passed my test in an Audi Q5 2.0TDI S-line.
"SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman" (dasborgen)
06/07/2017 at 14:51, STARS: 0
My driving school had old Bugs from the 70s
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
06/07/2017 at 15:05, STARS: 0
My girlfriend (at 31 years old) is taking driving lessons these months. Her driving school uses an Audi Q2. Quite a bad choice IMHO. She tells me the blind spots are horrible.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
06/07/2017 at 15:34, STARS: 1
Maybe the dealership couldn’t sell it and ran a good deal on it.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
06/07/2017 at 16:01, STARS: 1
Yeah that’s dumb. It’s like hey let’s use am FJ Cruiser that we can hardly see out of.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/07/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0
One of the local schools here has a Hyundai Genesis Coupe V6 with a manual for one of their training cars.
Another driving school here as this cool Hyundai Elantra with a UK Police-style vinyl wrap (it’s an old hastily-taken pic from my now-extinct flip-phone, so pardon the quality and portrait mode)! :)
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/07/2017 at 17:23, STARS: 1
I don’t think we have any such rules here but most of our driving school cars are also Corsa’s, Fiesta’s etc.
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/07/2017 at 17:24, STARS: 0
Thats Elantra is a bit much tbh!
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/07/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 1
This could be true as it is the only Beetle Dune I have ever seen!
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/07/2017 at 17:26, STARS: 0
I learnt and passed my test in MK 1 Micra 1.2 GS in a fetching silver over grey 2 tone!
"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
06/07/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 0
Two-tone? How posh!
"JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!" (jqj213)
06/07/2017 at 17:53, STARS: 0
I ended up doing drivers Ed in a brand new fully loaded Ford Focus Titanium hatchback. It was sponsored by the Ford dealer though and had stickers saying so all over. Maybe it’s a similar arrangement.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/07/2017 at 18:22, STARS: 0
Maybe, but to a Canadian used to
RCMP liveries of mostly-white
, it certainly looks neat and stands out - they also seem to get a lot of business! :)
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
06/07/2017 at 18:23, STARS: 0
Most driving schools here have the instructor next to you in the front, and sometimes even another student as a passenger (though far from always the student-passenger thing).
"AndyG_UK" (ajg1974)
06/08/2017 at 02:31, STARS: 0
I know!
