If it was just about the lessons themselves, I would have given 5 stars. Wade was a very effective teacher. He did a great job at helping me feel at ease, increasing my confidence by leaps and bounds and helping me hone a ton of essential skills. So 5 stars for Wade! The reason I'm giving it 4 is that it was tricky to schedule lessons-- I got no response to 2 emails and I had to call twice before I was able to speak to someone. Once I did manage to speak to someone, they were very helpful and friendly. Read Less

This course was so so helpful and I'm super glad that I took it. The instructor for the classroom section was super nice and informative to where it wasn't boring to go through and I feel like I learned a lot. Even better, the driving section was even more helpful and is where I learned all of my skills to get my license. Don, my instructor was very nice and made me feel at complete ease when driving. He even went out of his way to take me on a last minute extra drive around the dmv I was taking my test at. Right after completing the course I passed both my license drive and written test fine and confidently. If you're looking for a course to learn all the skills for your license in a timely manner, I would definitely choose them! If you can, ask for Don as your instructor ! You won't regret it Read Less

I truly appreciate the time I spent in drivers ed. I feel a lot more comfortable driving knowing I had one of the best driving instructors. Thank you for being so kind and helpful! I couldn't have done this without you! Read Less

We went through the entire course with my youngest child this summer and it was a wonderful experience. It was worth every penny spent. Very complete course with book work, video, and practice time. I can't highly recommend Tom's Driving Academy enough. Our experience was nothing but positive. I do feel like I should mention that my kid gave 100% and because she did she got so much more out of the material and practice drives than that. (If your child doesn't do the work then it's on the kid, not the course.) Everyone there was very helpful at every step of the way. (I wish we had known about Tom's with my older child!) Thank you everyone at Tom's! Read Less

Absolute worst customer service you could imagine! When my daughter had to sign up for the driving portion of the class she picked a set of Saturdays that worked for us. Then, 2 weeks later, Loree left an incomplete message: "about the session that needs to be rescheduled. We might be able to do the original time " We had no idea what she was talking about, but even after 4 phone calls we couldn't get anyone who knew what we were talking about and Loree can't be bothered to return calls. Then someone else called me to schedule a session and got mad that I couldnt look at my calendar WHILE I WAS DRIVING so she hung up on me. Now it has been 3 weeks since my daughter completed the class and we still can't get her certificate to take to the DMV. No one returns calls and they are very inconvenienced by requests, using the fact that they are overbooked as an excuse for rudeness. Do not go there if you expect courtesy and professionalism. Read Less

I had a great time learning with Wade. He is a very patient and an encouraging instructor. He took me on the freeway and also on the curvaceous winding roads. Wade is punctual and picked me up as well as dropped me off from my home. I would highly recommend Wade. Read Less

I decided to purchase two 6-h driving lesson packages after I failed miserably my driving test in Gresham with a private party drive test examiner.Wade was my driving instructor and I was able to regain my confidence thanks to his lessons and patience that my husband never had. He was always on time for our lessons and was open to reschedule when he was available. He gave me good tips and the lessons were worth to take. I had my driving test this time at the DMV and got a 100% pass! Read Less

If you can get your phone call returned, you are off to a good start. The classroom instructor lacks any kind of people skills and a great deal of respect.  Laurie is rude and very unprofessional. To the point of being ugly and condescending. I have never been treated the way she treated me by someone I had never spoken to. Moving on to the drive time - Don Miller is TOP NOTCH.  If you can request him, do it!!  He is the only impressive part of this driving school.  Showed my son how to change oil and basic auto maintenance on top of the drive lesson.  He was always on time and my son really enjoyed his time with him. Overall, Tom's has made some poor choices by allowing Laurie to have human interaction, but with limited choices, you just have to stick with it. Mr. Miller is the only reason we didn't bail and find somewhere else to go. Read Less

This company stole money from our family as a Christmas gift to my daughter . We paid for 8 hours and used a few . Called to make another our next appointment and was told their instructor was suddenly ill and was hospitalized . Was told they had no one else and would refund me 249.00 $'s seems reasonable . They actually put it in writing with an email to me a refund was on its way. ... The owner Lorre has defied my credit card company and myself with no avail. Lorre it's sad you can steal money from customers that choose your business over others. Next step small claims court and channel 8 news. It's completely principle for me and we will prevail . See More Read Less

During school it was hard to get any body to return a call and they would set my daughter with a instructor that did not have much time.  So I gave up and right before school was out I called again, and got set up with Mike Vanoundenhaegen so I called him and right from the start I liked this guy.  Made all my appointments at that time.  My daughter came and drove from the coast each time and she did already have a license I just thought she needed some city driving.  Mike was so good with her.   Mike I would like to thank you very much. Read Less

In general I am happy with this place. Although it took my husband twice to pass the driving test, I think the examiner Jonathan was very fair and the lesson my hubby learned from his first exam will benefit him from long run. We also had one hour driving class with the instructor called Wade. Wade was very patient. He has many good experiences and tips to share, and I feel he will be especially helpful to the teen drivers. Read Less

Horrible customer service!! We needed to reschedule our son's last drive time due to a baseball tournament. We sent 3 emails and our son approached the teacher (Lori) several times. She stated "I'll check my emails and get back to you". Weeks passed and I finally reached Lori by phone. She was incredibly rude, took no responsibility for the poor communication, and was completely dismissive of the entire issue. I was shocked by the complete lack of customer service We do not recommend this driving academy and wish we had gone elsewhere. Read Less

I wish I could give them a zero I would. The owner is a grumpy lady and mad at the world fact you can't even talk with her. They never answer their phone calls and really hard to get a hold of. Two weeks after the class ended our son was waiting for his on certificate. I called them 4 times and never got a return phone call then when I went in the owner was grumpy said that the she email us 3 times, which we never got. Then after my wife paid she said she would mail it right away. A week and a half later we called and called about 5 or 6 times and no one called us back. We started thinking of this place might be a scam or something finally called us back and told us to come pick it up .they never apologized and didn't seem to care that the kid was waiting at the mailbox everyday for his certificate. Google Driving Academy there are different ones with better reviews Read Less

I recently had the most WONDERFUL experience with Tom's Driving Academy and I wanted to share it. Oregon has recently begun allowing for third party driving tests to be given, as opposed to having to wait months for a test date with the DMV. Yes you have to pay for the test, but it's a reasonable price ($30 for weekday tests and $40 for weekend tests). Tom's Driving Academy will also allow you to use their car for the test and for driving lessons. This is extremely helpful if you either don't own your own car or the car you do own is not "acceptable" for driving tests. I found myself in a bit of a predicament recently. I work for an adoption agency and I am not often in the country. I was told rather last minute that a new regulation requires all agents to hold a valid drivers license in your home state. As someone who has an international license but only a drivers permit in the states...that was about to expire...I had to get a drivers test QUICK. The DMV wait was three months?! they had no availability at all and didn't seem too concerned about the length of the wait. Thankfully Tom's Driving Academy was able to deliver me from this time crunch. Vance in the office was very helpful and friendly. I scheduled a lesson and then the drivers test on the same day. Both took place in McMinnville. Nate was my instructor for the lesson. He was phenomenal. We met at the high school parking lot. He was very prompt. I was so nervous and he put me right at ease. He let me know right away that I was doing well and I just needed to remember to BREATHE! :) The lesson was an hour long and in that time he took me through all the scenarios I may run into not only on the drivers test but in every day driving. He gave me good tips and when I made mistakes he'd take me through it again until he was satisfied I'd be fine on the test. When the hour was up he predicted I'd pass with no problem! I appreciated the vote of confidence. Loree is the person who administered my drivers test. I was even more nervous this time! Again i was put right at ease. Loree was friendly and encouraging and told me right away that she was not going to try to trip me up and that all I needed to do was drive confidently and I'd do great. So I took a deep breath and the test was on! I am happy to report that I passed! Loree took me through the test and told me the things I did well and that other than turning on my signal too early (NERVES!)  I'd done great! If it hadn't been for Tom's Driving Academy I'd have been in trouble. Adoptions would have been delayed and I'd have been stuck waiting for the DMV to finally have a spot for the test. I highly recommend Tom's Driving Academy for lessons and license testing. They are professional, accommodating and ultimately very good at what they do. Working with nervous drivers, teens and adults, is not easy and they never for a moment make you feel anything but safe and capable. Thank you to Nate and Loree for a great experience. I appreciate you both immensely and will continue to recommend your school!!! Read Less

I was very disappointed with  the service. I took private lessons where my instructor was never on time and  canceled on me more then once.While driving dough felt safe never  conformable as  was worried was gonna get told of like a little kid. I will  not recommend this  place to anyone at least not the instructor that I had. Read Less

This is the best place that anybody can learn how to drive. Parents should enroll their kids in this school not only for the driving practice, but for the general knowledge and the driver's attitude behind the wheel taught here. Loree and her staff are the best, and you will never regret it. These are the best money that I could invest in my daughter's future. Thank you Loree and Don! Read Less