I can't believe its almost mid year already and we've only just got some decent weather. I think I've used the air conditioning so much less this year but this week I finally had to turn it on.
Demand for lessons has not slowed down and waiting times for most instructors is around 2-3 months with the 'automatic' instructors telling me they are 3-4 months. One guy said he'd struggle to get people started this side of Christmas. Just crazy!
And test waiting times are still way too long with a 8-12 week wait for Scarborough test centre. It makes teaching somebody and predicting when they will be ready a crystal ball gazing exercise.
Still, it keeps me out of mischief.
As I said in my last blog, I changed my Citroen DS3 for a C3 back in September 23 and my customers love it but I'm not sure the car is fully up to the task of driving tuition. So far I've had to fit 4 new tyres, new discs and pads and in the last few weeks it needed a new Catalytic Converter at a cost of £1,550. Add to that, it eats oil and its proving to be an expensive car to use. It might be a case of lets get rid and move to something else... but what?
In May i hit official retirement age and I looked at packing it all in, but then I thought, what on earth would i do with my time if i did. I've got a full diary, am pretty healthy and my wife doesn't retire for another 6 years! On the plus side, I've got myself a bus pass that I'll probably never use, but there have to be some perks to hitting this age.
Demand for lessons has not slowed down and waiting times for most instructors is around 2-3 months with the 'automatic' instructors telling me they are 3-4 months. One guy said he'd struggle to get people started this side of Christmas. Just crazy!
And test waiting times are still way too long with a 8-12 week wait for Scarborough test centre. It makes teaching somebody and predicting when they will be ready a crystal ball gazing exercise.
Still, it keeps me out of mischief.
As I said in my last blog, I changed my Citroen DS3 for a C3 back in September 23 and my customers love it but I'm not sure the car is fully up to the task of driving tuition. So far I've had to fit 4 new tyres, new discs and pads and in the last few weeks it needed a new Catalytic Converter at a cost of £1,550. Add to that, it eats oil and its proving to be an expensive car to use. It might be a case of lets get rid and move to something else... but what?
In May i hit official retirement age and I looked at packing it all in, but then I thought, what on earth would i do with my time if i did. I've got a full diary, am pretty healthy and my wife doesn't retire for another 6 years! On the plus side, I've got myself a bus pass that I'll probably never use, but there have to be some perks to hitting this age.
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