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Hi I have a question.. I used to take driving 5 years back and my private driving instructor took me to the East Coast big carpark to practise parking. I just signed up with another PDI recently and he told me for parking we have to book the circuit which is additional $32 at CDC. Is this true? Why can't parking be practised outside now? Can someone kindly advise?
 
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Iloveham said:
Hi I have a question.. I used to take driving 5 years back and my private driving instructor took me to the East Coast big carpark to practise parking. I just signed up with another PDI recently and he told me for parking we have to book the circuit which is additional $32 at CDC. Is this true? Why can't parking be practised outside now? Can someone kindly advise?
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I'm looking for a PDI for auto transmission car. Will be taking the tp at BBDC. Any recommendations?
 
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zuldevil said:
Erm, after all the crap, you still booked another lesson? The beauty of learning from private driving instructors, is that you can just fire them if they are unsatisfactory. Why keep giving money to people who are not bringing value to your life, and who keep pissing you off?
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The primary reason was that I was unwilling to pay yet another ridiculous >$50 registration fee that all PDIs charge. Requesting for another instructor under Soh would have made things awkward / might have been worse.

Long story short, I stuck things out, kinda became friends with him and passed on my third try. However, I must say that he's an acquired taste and is not the easiest person to get along with.
 
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Hi, anybody got instructor to recommend for class 3A around Eunos/CDC? Know a lot of instructors start from Eunos mrt there... thanks
 
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stan91 said:
Hi guys,

Just passed my TP this morning! (First Attempt)

He teaches manual.

If anybody look for PDI around west area can contact my instructor, Raymond.
He's pickup point is as lakeside MRT station there. Rate is 26/hr for non peak, 28/hr for peak.

He have teaching experience of 30years, driving a white mit lancer.
Basically, he's very patient with me and always say "There's no "un-teachable students unless the students itself don't want to learn." He will let you drive around Jurong West area till he feel that you're ready for TP route. Learning from him, you will feel that your on road driving is much better compare to those school learners 1. He got his own ways of teaching and own theory of booking test date. So is either you want or don't want to listen.

One thing to note is that, he can't stand stubborn people that always talk back. He is those responsible type unlike some will fall asleep or don't care about you. If you don't mind him listening to oldies and eating tidbits while teaching, then it should be alright.

There's a one-time registration fee of S$50, and for test day, there's a charge of S$78 for use of his car(26 x 3). He will explain and calculate everything nicely for you. So don't have to worry.

Those who want his contact can PM me. :)
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Can I have his contact ? Can he meet up at CCK area?
 
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MevolutionX said:
Had my first practical lesson today. My instructor was Mr Wong Tuck Shing. He is very patient & all his instructions were crisp and clear.

I went into the circuit & into the traffic juncion in the circuit which is quite surpising as I didn't expect myself to be in the circuit at the very first lesson. He also asked me to change to 2nd gear for a smoother acceleration (at one point change wrong gear then stall the car).

I drove freely for like 1 hour & along the way he just point out the faults I have. My faults are mainly releasing the clutch a little too fast causing the car to stall. Haha! It was fun, as long you keep calm & follow instructions, you should be alright.
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Hi can I have the instructor contact ? Which area he teach ? How is his charges ?
 
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durachaos said:
Stop creating fake accounts and recommending urself man...
New scam to psycho ur existing students not to quit and find another instructor ?? My advice to you is if u want more students or to keep ur current students, pls change ur negative attitude, ur students are not paying money to get scolded by you. For those who is thinking about engaging him as a pdi, pls kindly think twice... I was once a student under him and I will post my review about him for all to read.

Hi bro, I just passed my test last week at cdc on my first try with 18 points though, even though i felt some of the points were not given correctly but hey a pass is still a pass right?? Oh and btw my first pdi was actually Ivan tan, after a few lessons with him, I really buay tahan his attitude... so unprofessional and always scold without any reason!! After that i decided to look for a new instructor online, i was interested in the top few instructors with tons of good reviews hence i decided to call them but it was no surprise that they were all fully booked within the next 2 months. And since i dont wanna risk finding another lousy instructor, i decided to ask them to recommend me some instructors, out of 3 pdi recommended if i rmb correctly, only 1 was currently free to accept new students. His name is Frankie. Even though his schedule is actually quite tight but if u inform him early enough he will try his best to accomodate ur schedule. During my first lesson with him, he asked me if i knew how to drive already, i said yes since i took a few lessons with ivan tan alr but turns out i missed out so many things that is required in a tp test( checking blindspots, correct turning point etc) which ivan tan nv emphasised during the few lessons i learnt from him. after he saw my driving skills which was really bad at that point in time, he took out a file, a THICK file with lots of notes inside and he took a toy car tgt with his notes and showed me how to turn properly,( dont cut into other lane, dont turn too early/late) which I felt was very effective. he also emphasised a lot on checking of blindspots which is a good habit esp during ur tp! after i took a few lessons with him, when he started to teach me parking, he took out the toy car along with his notes and demonstrated the whole process which again i felt was very effective.

All in all, he is a pretty damn good instructor imo but pls be cautioned he only speaks chinese and he is not the chatty type so dont expect him to chat with u thru out the whole lesson but he is definitely very patient and doesnt scold, the most he do will be to remind u about ur past mistakes and not to repeat them.( and maybe sometimes sigh a bit?? can also be due to him being bored la, whole day in the car, or maybe im too sensitive lol). Also, for those "ji jiao" people who scared their pdi scam their money by wasting time, thru out my 10+ lessons with him, he only went to the toilet twice and its less than 5 min so pls be rest assured he will treat ur time seriously. If u want his contact number pls pm me as I'm not sure if it will be nice to give his number out openly.
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Can I have his number ?
 
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putrasocool said:
those interested... got one in ubi-taiseng area...
Mr Chiang...
Drive a Manual Lancer

Got it from PDIREVIEW website...
just google him and u find it...

Never scold or raise voice... super damn patient and explain things slowly and properly... Im on my 6th lesson now and already learning test routes... will moove to parking and circuit soon...

Rates: 48 weekdays
51 weekdays after 5pm and weekends
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Can I have his contact ? Thanks.
 
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Hi all,
Looking for Class 3A PDI at BBDC, prefer someone with patient.
Please introduce some reliable ones!
Thanks!
 
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