12 Reviews

A Deluxe Driving School

Mountain View, California
Reviews
Lara Nakamura
25 Oct 2017
REPORT
I had Patrick for my first lesson, firstly , at the time l had driven one time in a parking lot before and then I had to drive his Mercedes for two hours, like no pressure right? The instruction was v... Read More
I had Patrick for my first lesson, firstly , at the time l had driven one time in a parking lot before and then I had to drive his Mercedes for two hours, like no pressure right? The instruction was very high quality, he did know what he was talking about but as a nervous and stressed new driver, he made some snarky comments during the lesson that have made me decide to use a different school for my following lessons. Also, the policy is that for the first lesson, a parent or guardian is required to sit in the back for the drive, while I do see the value in this, it didn't make the extra, now-parental, anxiety that I was feeling worth it to me. Read Less
Andrew Diao
30 Sep 2017
REPORT
These guys are great! Arturo was super fun. I got the 3 lessons+test bundle and had some sessions which I didn't need. They were happy to refund me the balance
Meenakshi Malhotra
17 May 2017
REPORT
I had a wonderful experience with deluxe driving school. My instructor, Miguel was very patient with me. His training is extremely helpful. He made sure I remember and practice my basic driving skills... Read More
I had a wonderful experience with deluxe driving school. My instructor, Miguel was very patient with me. His training is extremely helpful. He made sure I remember and practice my basic driving skills. He gives great critique and is very helpful with correcting and improvising on driving techniques. I passed my exam in the first try. I highly recommend enrolling with deluxe driving school. Read Less
Shavonda Barnes
20 Jun 2016
REPORT
Satisfied, essy to follow and get done at your own pace.
Daniel Lo Nigro
25 Oct 2015
REPORT
I recently got my license after doing three lessons with Deluxe Driving School and getting some practice driving around my neighbourhood. My experience with Deluxe wasn't absolutely horrible, but I do... Read More
I recently got my license after doing three lessons with Deluxe Driving School and getting some practice driving around my neighbourhood. My experience with Deluxe wasn't absolutely horrible, but I don't think I'd recommend them again. I feel like I actually learnt more while driving with other people and watching YouTube videos of tips for driving tests than during my driving lessons. My first two lessons were with Alan Wong. His lessons and teaching style were decent, but he assumed a lot of prior knowledge even though I mentioned that I had never driven before. He started our first lesson by getting me to drive down the street towards a major road. I don't think that's the best way to begin someone's very first driving lesson, especially since I had barely any idea what I was doing! My girlfriend was surprised, as her first lesson was in an empty car park. Alan did provide some feedback, but it was pretty vague and he didn't really provide any actionable advice on how to improve my driving skills. Towards the end of both lessons, I felt like he was in a rush to leave. My final lesson was with Steve Chandler, the weekend before my driving test. He was a much better instructor than Alan, and provided useful tips and advice as well as actionable feedback. I was feeling reasonably confident with my skills at this point, but a bit nervous at the same time. Steve told me that I was going to fail my test, and that I should reschedule. This directly contradicted what Alan told me, which was that I was going well and would have no trouble with the test. I felt like he was judging me whenever I did anything even slightly wrong. An instructor's job is to instill confidence in their pupils, and you don't do that by telling them that they're doing a poor job and are going to fail (unless they're doing extremely poorly, which I was not). Obviously someone just learning to drive isn't going to be 100% perfect all the time, but telling them they're a terrible driver and that they're going to fail the test isn't the right approach to take when trying to help them learn. I didn't reschedule, and passed on my first attempt with very few minor errors. I did like that I could book driving lessons through their site. One issue with the site is that it doesn't show available appointment times until you pay for the lessons - You need to call or email to check when their next available appointment is. Once you've paid for lessons, you can book or reschedule them through their website, which is useful. Both instructors arrived when they said they would, and their cars were relatively clean. If you do go with Deluxe Driving School, I'd recommend getting lessons with Steve Chandler over Alan Wong. You can see the instructor's name when booking lessons online. I'm not sure how good the other instructors are - Perhaps they're better. Otherwise, try Sunnyvale Driving School instead. Read Less
Vasily Igishev
12 Jun 2015
REPORT
I have to say that it's been a wonderful experience with Deluxe Driving School! In just a three studying days I got so many good habits and useful driving skills from Steve Chandler that is hard to ov... Read More
I have to say that it's been a wonderful experience with Deluxe Driving School! In just a three studying days I got so many good habits and useful driving skills from Steve Chandler that is hard to overestimate! Every lesson I had was full of effective best practices and helpful instructions, which comes in handy while driving a car alone. Steve is extremely confident, super calm and highly experienced driving instructor that I've ever seen in my life. I really recommend him to be your driving guru. Today I've passed my behind-the-wheel test with a first try just like a charm. Thanks a lot to all school team and especially to Steve. Read Less
Ke Wu
21 Mar 2013
REPORT
I took 4 lessons with Van last fall. He was a very nice and informative instructor. The Driving School helped book the test for me at DMV and provided a car for me to do the test. Excellent driving s... Read More
I took 4 lessons with Van last fall. He was a very nice and informative instructor. The Driving School helped book the test for me at DMV and provided a car for me to do the test. Excellent driving school! Read Less
SBP
20 Aug 2009
REPORT
Tiffany was a wonderful instructor. On the first lesson she helped me gain my confidence, while on the next two lessons she worked with me on passing my drive test. When I took my test, I passed easi... Read More
Tiffany was a wonderful instructor. On the first lesson she helped me gain my confidence, while on the next two lessons she worked with me on passing my drive test. When I took my test, I passed easily (missed many fewer points than any of my friends who took from other Driving Schools). Overall, I would recommend Tiffany and this school. Read Less
venus72
19 Apr 2009
REPORT
I highly recommend Ms. Tiffany, my Driving Instructor in this great Driving school. She is very professional, patient, and knows how to teach well not to mention her positive character traits like bei... Read More
I highly recommend Ms. Tiffany, my Driving Instructor in this great Driving school. She is very professional, patient, and knows how to teach well not to mention her positive character traits like being courteous, cheerful, encouraging, helpful, and friendly... I am learning fast from her and I'm really glad I chose this school. Try it! Mr. Hanson in the office is also very efficient & professional and accommodating... Read Less
jdoe89
16 May 2007
REPORT
First of all, I want to say that Deluxe Driving School provides a quality educational experience in driving at a very good price. The instructors know what they are doing and taught me well. They pick... Read More
First of all, I want to say that Deluxe Driving School provides a quality educational experience in driving at a very good price. The instructors know what they are doing and taught me well. They pick you up at your house and are usually on time. The problem that causes me to not recommend this business is the fact that they don't care about their customers. Recently, the school called me up to inform me that I had told them that I had missed a lesson that I supposedly scheduled. The person on the phone had a heavy accent and it took me a few minutes to figure out who was calling me. He told me that I had told the instructor that I told the instructor that came by my house that I didn't want to take the lesson. The truth is, I was in math class when I supposedly told the instructor that I didn't want to take the lesson. I also mentioned that I scheduled lessons on the weekends, when I would have time, not in the middle of the week. He told me to stop making things difficult and said I would have to pay $50 to reschedule the lesson I missed. I told the person calling me that I was still at school and would call him back. When I got home, I learned my mom had called earlier after discovering that we supposedly had a lesson. When she was on the phone with the same person I had spoke to earlier, he said that it was our fault that we didn't remember the date and that we needed to pay $50. After further talk, he admitted that he had messed up the date but still blamed us. Eventually he agreed to reschedule our appointment for $10. I just want to let everyone know that Deluxe has cheap and decent driving instruction, but that you will probably have to deal with serious customer service problems. My friends reccomended Deluxe to me since it was cheaper that the competitors. A few mentioned that they had a few problems with scheduling and customer service, but they didn't have an experience as bad as mine. Enroll at your own risk. Read Less
sandyfly
14 May 2007
REPORT
I've been driving many years in another country but Deluxe Driving School has shown me good techniquese on how to drive in the US. I highly recommend this school. They also teach me how to merge on ... Read More
I've been driving many years in another country but Deluxe Driving School has shown me good techniquese on how to drive in the US. I highly recommend this school. They also teach me how to merge on and off the freeway without extra fees. Their pricing is fair. Read Less
mangosj
16 Aug 2006
REPORT
Learned alot after a couple hours of lessons. Drove around my neighborhood. Passed my test on the 1st try.
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A Deluxe Driving School

Mountain View, California
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229 Polaris Ave # 7
Mountain View California 94043
Monday
10:00AM-17:00PM
Tuesday
10:00AM-17:00PM
Wednesday
10:00AM-17:00PM
Thursday
10:00AM-17:00PM
Friday
10:00AM-17:00PM
Lara Nakamura
25 Oct 2017
REPORT
I had Patrick for my first lesson, firstly , at the time l had driven one time in a parking lot before and then I had to drive his Mercedes for two hours, like no pressure right? The instruction was v... Read More
I had Patrick for my first lesson, firstly , at the time l had driven one time in a parking lot before and then I had to drive his Mercedes for two hours, like no pressure right? The instruction was very high quality, he did know what he was talking about but as a nervous and stressed new driver, he made some snarky comments during the lesson that have made me decide to use a different school for my following lessons. Also, the policy is that for the first lesson, a parent or guardian is required to sit in the back for the drive, while I do see the value in this, it didn't make the extra, now-parental, anxiety that I was feeling worth it to me. Read Less
Andrew Diao
30 Sep 2017
REPORT
These guys are great! Arturo was super fun. I got the 3 lessons+test bundle and had some sessions which I didn't need. They were happy to refund me the balance
Meenakshi Malhotra
17 May 2017
REPORT
I had a wonderful experience with deluxe driving school. My instructor, Miguel was very patient with me. His training is extremely helpful. He made sure I remember and practice my basic driving skills... Read More
I had a wonderful experience with deluxe driving school. My instructor, Miguel was very patient with me. His training is extremely helpful. He made sure I remember and practice my basic driving skills. He gives great critique and is very helpful with correcting and improvising on driving techniques. I passed my exam in the first try. I highly recommend enrolling with deluxe driving school. Read Less
Shavonda Barnes
20 Jun 2016
REPORT
Satisfied, essy to follow and get done at your own pace.
Daniel Lo Nigro
25 Oct 2015
REPORT
I recently got my license after doing three lessons with Deluxe Driving School and getting some practice driving around my neighbourhood. My experience with Deluxe wasn't absolutely horrible, but I do... Read More
I recently got my license after doing three lessons with Deluxe Driving School and getting some practice driving around my neighbourhood. My experience with Deluxe wasn't absolutely horrible, but I don't think I'd recommend them again. I feel like I actually learnt more while driving with other people and watching YouTube videos of tips for driving tests than during my driving lessons. My first two lessons were with Alan Wong. His lessons and teaching style were decent, but he assumed a lot of prior knowledge even though I mentioned that I had never driven before. He started our first lesson by getting me to drive down the street towards a major road. I don't think that's the best way to begin someone's very first driving lesson, especially since I had barely any idea what I was doing! My girlfriend was surprised, as her first lesson was in an empty car park. Alan did provide some feedback, but it was pretty vague and he didn't really provide any actionable advice on how to improve my driving skills. Towards the end of both lessons, I felt like he was in a rush to leave. My final lesson was with Steve Chandler, the weekend before my driving test. He was a much better instructor than Alan, and provided useful tips and advice as well as actionable feedback. I was feeling reasonably confident with my skills at this point, but a bit nervous at the same time. Steve told me that I was going to fail my test, and that I should reschedule. This directly contradicted what Alan told me, which was that I was going well and would have no trouble with the test. I felt like he was judging me whenever I did anything even slightly wrong. An instructor's job is to instill confidence in their pupils, and you don't do that by telling them that they're doing a poor job and are going to fail (unless they're doing extremely poorly, which I was not). Obviously someone just learning to drive isn't going to be 100% perfect all the time, but telling them they're a terrible driver and that they're going to fail the test isn't the right approach to take when trying to help them learn. I didn't reschedule, and passed on my first attempt with very few minor errors. I did like that I could book driving lessons through their site. One issue with the site is that it doesn't show available appointment times until you pay for the lessons - You need to call or email to check when their next available appointment is. Once you've paid for lessons, you can book or reschedule them through their website, which is useful. Both instructors arrived when they said they would, and their cars were relatively clean. If you do go with Deluxe Driving School, I'd recommend getting lessons with Steve Chandler over Alan Wong. You can see the instructor's name when booking lessons online. I'm not sure how good the other instructors are - Perhaps they're better. Otherwise, try Sunnyvale Driving School instead. Read Less
Vasily Igishev
12 Jun 2015
REPORT
I have to say that it's been a wonderful experience with Deluxe Driving School! In just a three studying days I got so many good habits and useful driving skills from Steve Chandler that is hard to ov... Read More
I have to say that it's been a wonderful experience with Deluxe Driving School! In just a three studying days I got so many good habits and useful driving skills from Steve Chandler that is hard to overestimate! Every lesson I had was full of effective best practices and helpful instructions, which comes in handy while driving a car alone. Steve is extremely confident, super calm and highly experienced driving instructor that I've ever seen in my life. I really recommend him to be your driving guru. Today I've passed my behind-the-wheel test with a first try just like a charm. Thanks a lot to all school team and especially to Steve. Read Less
Ke Wu
21 Mar 2013
REPORT
I took 4 lessons with Van last fall. He was a very nice and informative instructor. The Driving School helped book the test for me at DMV and provided a car for me to do the test. Excellent driving s... Read More
I took 4 lessons with Van last fall. He was a very nice and informative instructor. The Driving School helped book the test for me at DMV and provided a car for me to do the test. Excellent driving school! Read Less
SBP
20 Aug 2009
REPORT
Tiffany was a wonderful instructor. On the first lesson she helped me gain my confidence, while on the next two lessons she worked with me on passing my drive test. When I took my test, I passed easi... Read More
Tiffany was a wonderful instructor. On the first lesson she helped me gain my confidence, while on the next two lessons she worked with me on passing my drive test. When I took my test, I passed easily (missed many fewer points than any of my friends who took from other Driving Schools). Overall, I would recommend Tiffany and this school. Read Less
venus72
19 Apr 2009
REPORT
I highly recommend Ms. Tiffany, my Driving Instructor in this great Driving school. She is very professional, patient, and knows how to teach well not to mention her positive character traits like bei... Read More
I highly recommend Ms. Tiffany, my Driving Instructor in this great Driving school. She is very professional, patient, and knows how to teach well not to mention her positive character traits like being courteous, cheerful, encouraging, helpful, and friendly... I am learning fast from her and I'm really glad I chose this school. Try it! Mr. Hanson in the office is also very efficient & professional and accommodating... Read Less
jdoe89
16 May 2007
REPORT
First of all, I want to say that Deluxe Driving School provides a quality educational experience in driving at a very good price. The instructors know what they are doing and taught me well. They pick... Read More
First of all, I want to say that Deluxe Driving School provides a quality educational experience in driving at a very good price. The instructors know what they are doing and taught me well. They pick you up at your house and are usually on time. The problem that causes me to not recommend this business is the fact that they don't care about their customers. Recently, the school called me up to inform me that I had told them that I had missed a lesson that I supposedly scheduled. The person on the phone had a heavy accent and it took me a few minutes to figure out who was calling me. He told me that I had told the instructor that I told the instructor that came by my house that I didn't want to take the lesson. The truth is, I was in math class when I supposedly told the instructor that I didn't want to take the lesson. I also mentioned that I scheduled lessons on the weekends, when I would have time, not in the middle of the week. He told me to stop making things difficult and said I would have to pay $50 to reschedule the lesson I missed. I told the person calling me that I was still at school and would call him back. When I got home, I learned my mom had called earlier after discovering that we supposedly had a lesson. When she was on the phone with the same person I had spoke to earlier, he said that it was our fault that we didn't remember the date and that we needed to pay $50. After further talk, he admitted that he had messed up the date but still blamed us. Eventually he agreed to reschedule our appointment for $10. I just want to let everyone know that Deluxe has cheap and decent driving instruction, but that you will probably have to deal with serious customer service problems. My friends reccomended Deluxe to me since it was cheaper that the competitors. A few mentioned that they had a few problems with scheduling and customer service, but they didn't have an experience as bad as mine. Enroll at your own risk. Read Less
sandyfly
14 May 2007
REPORT
I've been driving many years in another country but Deluxe Driving School has shown me good techniquese on how to drive in the US. I highly recommend this school. They also teach me how to merge on ... Read More
I've been driving many years in another country but Deluxe Driving School has shown me good techniquese on how to drive in the US. I highly recommend this school. They also teach me how to merge on and off the freeway without extra fees. Their pricing is fair. Read Less
mangosj
16 Aug 2006
REPORT
Learned alot after a couple hours of lessons. Drove around my neighborhood. Passed my test on the 1st try.
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