Driving lessons with my dad until my test...would this work?

ask your friends who they their lessons from, also I am surprised its 40 quid, do you have two hour lessons? if so, you could cut down to an hour per week, if its two hours then cutting it to an hour would mean you spend less money and the chances are your concentration goes after the first hour so you are prob wasting the second hour.

I've had the worst luck when it comes to driving instructors.

First one had to drop me because he was "allergic to my dogs" (and since ages ago a user said "Don't have them in the car with you" I would like to point out that I am not that attached to my dogs that they have to come on driving lessons with me.... it was the fur on my clothes). The second one kept stopping me half an hour in so he could have a cigarette and he was just so rude I couldn't relax. Third one I actually really liked - she was amazing, but I ended up having to do work experience for a month for my Uni course and by the time I came back she was booked up, so I opted to go with her friend... Her friend is terrible!!!! I am not getting anywhere with her, and she is so unprofessional when it comes to keeping track of my progress and so on. It's costing me £40 a week and I am not advancing at all, although the other one (who worked along side the police to help rehabilitate drivers who have had accidents or their licenses removed) said I was a really good driver, and only a short while away from my test. The one I have now seems to have 0 confidence in me, which is having a knock-on effect. (At one point she expected me to turn into a junction when a car was approaching at about 40mph, she kept saying "Go go" when the car was literally 2 seconds away and when I decided to stop to wait she sat there sighing I thought she would have preferred that to her car being rammed into, but ah well...)

(Rant over!)
Sooo... I bought a car. A Suzuki Swift (named Susie because I am just *that* awesome) and got to thinking last night. My dad was concerned about learner driver insurance, but I worked out that it is actually cheaper to spend £50/£80 a month on insurance than to spend £160 a month for driving lessons which aren't getting me anywhere. The plan was to go out with my dad in the car, brush up everything, and then take the test using the Suzuki, as opposed to spending months with these lessons which seem to have no end in sight.

Yes? No? Terrible idea? I am happy to drive with my dad. He'll get me further than my current driving instructor would.

I don't think you can take the test in your own car either - I think it has to be dual controlled.

I've had the worst luck when it comes to driving instructors.

First one had to drop me because he was "allergic to my dogs" (and since ages ago a user said "Don't have them in the car with you" I would like to point out that I am not that attached to my dogs that they have to come on driving lessons with me.... it was the fur on my clothes). The second one kept stopping me half an hour in so he could have a cigarette and he was just so rude I couldn't relax. Third one I actually really liked - she was amazing, but I ended up having to do work experience for a month for my Uni course and by the time I came back she was booked up, so I opted to go with her friend... Her friend is terrible!!!! I am not getting anywhere with her, and she is so unprofessional when it comes to keeping track of my progress and so on. It's costing me £40 a week and I am not advancing at all, although the other one (who worked along side the police to help rehabilitate drivers who have had accidents or their licenses removed) said I was a really good driver, and only a short while away from my test. The one I have now seems to have 0 confidence in me, which is having a knock-on effect. (At one point she expected me to turn into a junction when a car was approaching at about 40mph, she kept saying "Go go" when the car was literally 2 seconds away and when I decided to stop to wait she sat there sighing I thought she would have preferred that to her car being rammed into, but ah well...)

(Rant over!)
Sooo... I bought a car. A Suzuki Swift (named Susie because I am just *that* awesome) and got to thinking last night. My dad was concerned about learner driver insurance, but I worked out that it is actually cheaper to spend £50/£80 a month on insurance than to spend £160 a month for driving lessons which aren't getting me anywhere. The plan was to go out with my dad in the car, brush up everything, and then take the test using the Suzuki, as opposed to spending months with these lessons which seem to have no end in sight.

Yes? No? Terrible idea? I am happy to drive with my dad. He'll get me further than my current driving instructor would.