Fox Auto Driving School

ShalowHal.

Excellent instructer

I just took my road test for the first time today and passed. The instructer Brian, is great he explains everything in depth, he makes driving fun and you will never feel uncomfortable in the car with him. Before I met Brian i've never sat in the drivers seat of a car and after ten, 45 minute lessons, I felt as if I've been driving all my life. I wanna thank Brian and Fox auto school for helping me pass my test, but if theres one bad thing about me passing my test its that me and Brian cant exchange our corny jokes any more LOL



Sincerely, Shalow Hal

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Vasile435.

great instructer

i passed my drivers test today. took it for the first time and passed. all thanks to my dad and my driving instructer from fox auto driving school brain. he was kind, cared about me and wanted me to pass. i learned things from him ill keep forever when i drive. but most of all he believed in me and that ment alot when your going for your driving test. so if your going to fox auto driving school ask for brain trust me hes a great man. he has real conversations with you and is a funny person.

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Turnofthespork.

good instruction, disorganized administration

I just passed my road test after taking 8 lessons with Fox Auto. The instructor for all but 1 of the lessons was great-friendly and clear in his instructions. He was a former DMV examiner with lots of inside knowledge about the test. I had a different instructor for 1 lesson who was also very helpful. He showed me a parallel parking trick that was key to my passing.



However, booking lessons and the road test drove me INSANE. For example, I called on a Monday and was told the next available lesson was 9AM that Friday. So I booked it, and called the following Wednesday to book more, and to confirm the Friday lesson. I was told by the same person I spoke to Monday that I had nothing booked for Friday, and the next available lesson was the following Tuesday. I reminded her we had spoken on Monday and asked her to check again. No luck. I decided not to push it and booked the rest of my lessons. Friday morning at 9:15 I got an angry phone call from THE SAME PERSON demanding to know why I hadn't shown up for my lesson.



I called another day to book a road test at the location nearest to me in Brooklyn. The same secretary said she was busy and asked for my number (she didn't have it already?) so she could call me back in five minutes. An hour and a half later no one had called, so I called back. She said "Yeah, I already booked your road test for February 5!" Fine. Then, in the last week of January, I called to book one more lesson. A different person answered and told me I owed them $50, their standard charge for road tests in Staten Island. I finally lost it and went off on the guy about all the sloppy bookkeeping. He said he could either reduce the charge to $25 or book a test in Brooklyn 3 weeks later. I needed my license ASAP, so I was stuck.



I tentatively recommend this place because I think they're good at teaching driving. But if you choose them, be sure to get confirmation of EVERY date, time, and location IN WRITING.

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Nyr1994.

Best School!! Thank you so much!!

I had the best experience ever. You just have to take your driving license here. Everybody was so kind, thoughtful and so sweet to you. You really feel that they care about you. They take the time with you and really explain everything to you. You shouldn't go anywhere else if you wants perfect results with excellent people. So if you really want your driving license, this is the right place and the only place to go to.

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Dlny2001.

Great school! Great Instructor!

I came to this school from another, I was a little scared to spend more money but they did a great job selling a package and I'm very happy they did. The instructor was very helpful and had knowledge. They worked out a deal that I would come 2 the office b/c they don't service my area, I wasn't to happy about making the trip but once I got my drivers licenses it was all worth it, The instructor was a little loud but that fine with me, i need somebody to tell me what i'm doing wrong. Very good school, would def. recommend.

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Cche7.

Came here hoping to learn how to drive. I'm sorry I did

So far I've taken four classes and the instructor I've had has been very unprofessional. I signed up because a co-worker highly recommended them, but I guess the business has changed since he last went. As soon as I got in the car, the instructor is busy chit chatting away, talking about his girlfriend, his personal life , which I don't really care about, constantly distracting me while I'm trying to focus on the road. He'll tell me not to move the steering wheel, but if I didn't, the car would steer too much on one side. So I didn't. Then he'll contradict himself by telling me that I should move the steering wheel. Then he has the nerve to tell me that it was my fault that the roads that I was a bad driver cause the roads were so busy, since I asked for the lessons to be after 5:00pm. Ummm hello, like most people I work full-time, so what do you expect me to do, leave my job during the middle of the day so I can take the driving class. Not only that, this people must be suffering from some kind of inferiority complex, because he seems to like yelling alot, which causes me to become more nervous and I tend to make more mistakes. I can't believe I paid all this money so I can have someone talk to me like I'm a five year old. I'm almost tempted to call and ask for the remainder of my money back so I can go to another location where the staff knows how to treat their customers. Never recommending this place to any of my friends. If you want to learn how to drive, DON'T COME HERE!!!

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