07/16/09

Big Time Rip Off!

by dayann

I didn't even want to give this business the luxury of one star rating. They deserve ZERO! I agree with all reviewers that gave this business negative comments. They are only interested in taking your money. Difficulty with scheduling and then, the instructor failed to show up. Refunds were refused and he was rude. Ali is the only person I dealt with.

Stay away from this business!

03/06/09

American Driving Academy : YOUR OWN OPINION

by TRUTH01

I'm a girl and I went to American driving Academy, I just want to say i passed with no mistakes on my license test!!! and i thank American Driving Acadmey and my main instructor ALI!! thanks!!

I had a couple different instructors, and one was ALI, being a girl, i dont think he was agressive at all but really nice, and patient, and i thank him for it, i needed it! could you imagine driving with completely unexperienced drivers all day everyday? Very dangerous and stressful, but he kept his kool. I always called and made my appointments early and right when I was done with the one, I called for the next till my six were up, he always showed on time, so did my other instructor chris, they were very professional, and knowledgeable. Guys give this school a chance!! they're great!! at least form your own opinions, why follow people you dont know and cant reallly trust it looks like all the bad reviews against this school are from the same person. Sad but just more reason to pay attention and not judge, find out for yourself!!

thanks american driving academy!! ali, chris, and everyone else that works there!!

• Pros: professional, experienced, knowledgeable, patient, efficient
• Cons: I cant think of anything.

02/02/09

American Driving Academy

by Mervat13

Very bad service

I went to their office In Pasadena to pay the full amount for my daughter?s classes

This school just takes your money (the full payment) on the 1st meeting and then makes it very difficult to schedule any more driving lessons. They show up late and always cut your driving lesson time off at the end. We singed with the owner since May 31 2007 for six hours she got total with him ONE hour.

I?ll never recommend any one to his business.

• Pros: Non
• Cons: Non

02/01/09

Terrible Service

by L45

I have not recieved service that is near the worth of the amount of money I paid. When I first registered I paid full payment. It took forever to schedule each appointment. In the first appointment the instructor did not arrive at all. I waited and waited until I called the office. He made me call her and she told me that she had to go to New York. It was a completely random excuse and the worst part is I wasn't inform ahead of time. We scheduled an appointment two weeks later. In the appointment she made me park in the parking lot of a supplies store because the car overheated. The class lasted thirty minutes and I remained in the scorching heat for an hour waiting for the wandering instructor to return. It was ridiculous. The second appointment was with the owner of the actual driving school. It lasted less than the promised two hours and it took two hours to get home!! I tried scheduling several times but it was unorganized and my calls were NEVER returned. Finally I got ahold of him three months later. The day before the scheduled appointment he cancelled but said that he was in the area and could pick me up in an hour. I agreed to it. He cut the class to only an hour. And not only that, but he made me pick up strangers and stay with them in the parking lot for twenty minutes while he was doing things in his office. The class was basically thirty minutes. We called again to make a real two hour appointment but he came up with lame excuses as usual. It was terrible service. We asked to get the rest of our money back but he didn't send it. We called again and he neglected us. I would also like to mention that he did not teach well, called me an incompetent student, and was quite aggressive in his teaching. The real purpose of his lessons were not even to teach, they were just to pick up and drop off other students. I didn't learn anything. I registered seven months ago but because of bad service and inability to finish the course I can't get my license.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Everything (service, instructor, puntuality, rip off)

01/11/08

Good One

by reviewer90631

I dont know about other instructors. I had a instructor by name Ali. He was kind of good excpet he is little aggressive but, I realised that instructor needs to be like that after I attended the dmv test. It was very frustating for me initially as he points out even very minor things. But, in behind wheel test, examiner is worse than that, they cut the points for even very minor mistakes. Overall, I recommend this instructor at this instiution.

May be girls should think before going to him if you are really very sensitive as he is little aggressive. But you can be a good driver if he is happy with you. I couldn't make him happy with my driving though..All the Best!!!

I dont know about other reviewers, I never had any time issue..he was punctual..

• Pros: Punctual,Good Instructor
• Cons: Little Aggressive

06/04/07

Worst Service Ever!!!

by notahappycamper87

the same thing happened to me tha happened with the other people here. they take your money first then show up the first day and then stop coming... i would schedule appointments and then they wouldn't show up or bother to call.Worst place ever. Already reported to the Better Buisness Bureau.

04/09/07

Terrible school

by kenn714

The Driving Academy Was overall, terrible. The instructor kept putting off Driver training session, making lame excuses. Although their advertisment promised that the class took 2 days, I kept trying to secure a session, finally gave up in disgust. The Driver Education did nothing; you just sat there and read the book and filled out the worksheets, and watched videos. I felt that it was a waste of money.

• Pros: none
• Cons: everything

09/12/05

Rip Off

by benny123

This school just takes your money (the full payment) on the 1st meeting and then makes it very difficult to schedule any more driving lessons. They show up late and always cut your driving lesson time off at the end. If you sign up for the 6hr (2hr/day) training, it may take 2 - 3 weeks for them to give you all 6hr's.

• Cons: not enough teachers, not enough training