Should I buy a car so that I could learn to drive?

[Haha456]

Driving lessons are charging 100 dollars for 1.5 hours of practice driving. the prices are so expensive that I haven't been driving very much and all the skills that I have learned in the past when i was driving more regularly has already been lost after i stop paying these rip off driving schools. i have been thinking: wouldn't it be better to just buy a second hand car , buy insurance so that I can drive it whenever I want, however long of a practice i need? I need at least 3 hours of practice driving a day and I can easy pass my road test within one month's worth of driving. If i can practice 3 hours a day for 1 week, I can get more practice driving than if i paid a driving school for 3 months.

[MrOracle]

If you can afford that path, then great - and you'll have a car to use when you're done, which presumably you'd need anyway if you're getting your driver's license.

But if you are JUST after the license, and don't plan to drive much after getting it, then just buying the car to get the license might not be the best way to spend the money.

Most people have a friend or some family (even if more distant family) that can loan their car and help them learn, and if you can do that, you'd be better off than buying a car you don't need. Though, again, if you're going to need a car anyway, then, sure, get one now.

[Haha456]

My friends are busy with their lives, they can't come to me all the time to teach me to drive. And the reason why its so hard for me to learn driving with driving schools is because their lessons are not constant enough. Its hard to book an appointment becasue there are so many students, they're also ridiculously expensive.

If I book a 2 hour lesson every week for a month, then I don't take another lesson for another three months, I would've lost / forgotten all the skills I've learned within the first two months of driving. Then I would need to get used to driving again. I need lessons almost on a daily basis in order to build my driving skills rapidly. I can't just go on the repeated cycle of learning , then forgetting , then learning then forgetting.

I have the money. It might not be a wise financial decision but I have no other choice. Best way to learn is consistency. I can't constantly be waiting on someone to give me some practice.

[Haha456]

I just can't help feeling completely ripped off after every lesson too.

[MrHopper]

At least in my country that would not be allowed as a learner you need to be driving with some one who has a fall license and driving for a few years. Assuming you can drive solo in your country i imagine the insurance costs would be very high for a learner to drive on public roads with no other person, i would be surprised if you could even get insurance

[Haha456]

i have no other choice but to pay those higher prices.

[Astarlessnightsky]

I don't know where you live, but here in germany is highly illegal and super dangerous to drive without a license.

So for your own and others safety i would recommend spending the money and learn to drive properly.

[Jamie05rhs]

Find a friend to help you. Choose the safest driver that you know.

[Anonymous]

Unless a friend can help you, then this isn’t a bad idea.

[Haha456]

friends don't have the time to take me out 3 times a week to drive. my parents are too poor to afford a car. driving needs to be consistent in order to see improvement. you can't drive 1 hour a week and expect to master it after 2 months.

[_Just_A_girl_]

Lucky it's like 700 here