City-Wide Driving School

913 Elm St #511, 03101, Manchester
City-Wide Driving School
913 Elm St #511
03101, Manchester
+1603-644-7337

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City-Wide Driving School is a renowned driving education center led by the charismatic instructor Andy, who has received a mix of reviews from past students. Many praise his engaging teaching style, patience, and the ability to make learning fun. Below are some highlights based on user feedback:

  • Highly Recommended: Numerous students and their parents commend Andy for being an excellent instructor who makes classes enjoyable and informative. His classes are often described as 'fun' and 'beneficial', with an emphasis on developing safe driving habits.
  • Flexible Scheduling: Many reviewers appreciated Andy's accommodating nature regarding scheduling lessons, making it easier for students to fit driving sessions into their busy lives.
  • Positive Learning Environment: The school fosters a supportive atmosphere, with many students feeling more confident and better prepared for their driving tests after attending.
  • Life Skills Beyond Driving: Beyond just driving techniques, Andy's instruction provides valuable life skills, making students feel well-rounded and ready for the road.

Despite the overwhelmingly positive feedback, some reviews mention concerns about experiences that felt uncomfortable due to Andy's behavior or communication style. A few individuals felt that their learning was hindered by negative comments during lessons. However, these opinions seem to be in the minority compared to the glowing endorsements from satisfied students.

Overall, City-Wide Driving School remains a strong choice for many looking to learn how to drive in a supportive and engaging environment, particularly for those who are comfortable with Andy's teaching style.

City-Wide Driving School: Reviews

4.3/5 (51 Reviews)
John Mitchell 6 months ago

Negative experience: My son took this drivers ed course and after spending $900 my son felt like he didn't learn anything, not to mention the teacher never taught him how to parallel park. I do not recommend

jim gamelin 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Took Andy’s class many , many years ago, he was awesome, I’m sure he still is the best Highly recommended !

Estefany Alvarez 1 year ago

Positive experience: Hola dan clases de conducción para adultos de 26 años

Jonah 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: City wide is a great driving school and I learned a lot driving with Andy

Sam Otoole 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Andy's the best! He's super funny and makes learning to drive a blast. Unlike other schools that slap you with big fees for missing a class or driving session, Andy gets it. He's chill and understanding, never hitting us with crazy charges for unavoidable stuff. Seriously, if you want a fun and affordable driving experience, go with Andy. He's awesome!

Tim Sayball 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Best driving instructor by far. Very nice and willing to help best that he can.

serenity Burns (serenity) 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Loved the class and would recommend this school. I had a wonderful experience.

Joseph Hoang 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great school to learn drivers Ed. Andy is a great teacher and great to drive with. The class has a good mood and it’s easy to learn. His class also has flexible driving hours and he will try his best to fit kids in to drive and to finish in a fast manner. Great school to send your kids to.

Cody Rogers 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had a good time and made me a safer driver and got me my way to drive on my own

Lily Gonzalez 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: he’s so funny loved the class! i learned a lot

Liam Mcquillen 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Funny guy, gave great tips, really helped my driving.

cj 290 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Everybody's first day is nerve racking, but compared to the other driving ed places that I looked at, that this one was the better option. The homework was reading the chapters, and studying the numbers for the most part. And the driving was easy and Andy teaches you how and what to do, as well as some tips on driving and what to expect when you go to the dmv. Overall pretty good experience.

Michael Letares 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: It was a great experience for me. Andy was really helpful and patient. He would help me notify me of my mistakes and what I need to do to get better. I have learned a lot from him on how to drive. He is also funny and very kind. And now I am sad that my time in his class is over. I wished it had lasted longer, but I will keep his teachings to my heart. Thank you Andy for everything. Also, I 100% recommend going here and if you hear how terrible it was here, just ignore it because it is not how it actually is.

Cayden LeBlanc 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is an amazing instructor and great at what he does. He taught me new things and helped me through everything. The way he teaches is great and what he does is amazing. He didn't fail to impress, he did amazing for me. I 100% recommend going here.

Ry ! 3 years ago

Negative experience: Mid

Aiyana Mimms 3 years ago

Negative experience: If I could give 0 starts, I would. Andy would constantly yell at me over not getting paperwork right. He never took the time to be patient with me and always belittled me. He only ever really showed us movies and videos and never took the time to explain things. He only likes you if you’re pretty or popular. NOT A GOOD SCHOOL. Don’t waist your money like I did.

Andrew Duval 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is really rad and cool. There's little to no reason to be nervous while driving with him. Andy makes sure that each student is prepared for their drivers test. I was further away from the standard driving route, but Andy still took the time to pick me up. I'm really glad I choose City-Wide Driving School over others in my area. Thank you, Andy!

Sagar Bansal 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Hi all, I have been trying to reach out to them via phone but I am unable to reach. Any suggestions on how could i reach them? If yes, please like this comment and leave another comment as I am not sure if you can reply to this one. Thank you!

Arnold Smith 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: An exceptional experience, you won’t learn anything here without laughing first. Is an effective and lenient teacher with the ability to adapt to his students moods, which is crazy considering his age ;)

enock bangasimbo 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is a great instructor , he gives amazing driving tips, and he makes it really easy to learn in class, he also fixed my bad driving habits and set me up on a great path to success.

Lana Miner 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: great teacher helped me get my license. very patient and always helpful no matter what

Gale Smyth 4 years ago

Negative experience: I called this driving school four times, no one answered my call. Its voicemail accepts messages BUT they NEVER return calls. I would rank this business less than one star if it was possible. Why ask customers to leave a message if they don't call anyone back. Website is not any better.

Chase Felch 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is a great teacher, he really knows how to get the concepts of driving into his students heads. He has good tips and advice. All in all a great place to learn to drive.

Ash G. 5 years ago

Negative experience: Do not waste your money here!! Andy is a horrible teacher, he made fun of my mental illnesses and told me that I was going to get addicted to my anxiety medication. If I ever did something that he didn't like he would yell at me and tell me that I'm tired. He would also read students test answers out loud including on the final. And on my last lesson with him he wouldn't let me leave the car until I wrote him a good review. please do not send your kids here

Lefoxx 2 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is an awesome guy, great with expressing how to improve and maintain great driving skills. I would definitely recommend city-wide driving school to anyone looking for a great learning experience to prepare them for the real world.

Alex Bystrov 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I got my license when I was 16 years old with Andy’s help; I had / still have A.D.D. And he still managed to drill some things through my thick scull. Today I was in a near death car accident due to circumstances that could not be avoided. Just got caught up in chaos. His lesson that he taught me on an empty wet parking lot on a one on one sesh about control 22 years later came as second nature. Today I Owe you my life sir. Andy is old school. If You want your kid to live and carry lessons through their life, this is the place to do it. PS (I hope that Saab still runs Andy)

Lynn O'Donnell 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I would highly recommend City-Wide Driving School. My son learned a lot and he enjoyed going to classes, driving, and observing. Andy was very accommodating when scheduling days and times for driving and observing, and it was helpful that he would pick up and drop my son off at home, school, or work. Most importantly, my son is a safe, responsible, and confident new driver.

Cameron Bean 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy Makes sure every student is ready to pass before sending them off to the test

Nicolas Pellerin 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is a great Driver Instructor. He has very helpful tips while driving, and he makes his classes enjoyable. I recommend you go nowhere but City Wide! My dad, and my two brothers all took from Andy when they were my age, and they all think the same thing! Andy’s awesome. Keep it up Andy!

Ethan Fenwick 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is a really cool dude and an amazing driving instructor. Very professional and an outstanding driver. You’d be lucky to learn from this guy. 10/10 would definitely recommend.

Hailey Barbour 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is a funny guy who always worked around my schedule and teaches you good driving skills.

Tyler Klose 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great teacher

Xander Boucher 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy’s a really good guy, he went out of his way on multiple occasions to accommodate me in terms of scheduling due to misfortunes throughout my time enrolled. His constructive criticism as well as his knowledge of driving and driving mannerisms (good and bad) helped in not only making me a better driver but helped my confidence behind the wheel. He’s a great mentor and definitely somebody who I can say I had a pleasure spending time with throughout my lessons. I 100% recommend City-Wide Driving School.

Chris Athanasi 6 years ago

Negative experience: Dont bother

John Cena 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: 100% should go here Andy’s the best

C 6 years ago

Negative experience: Worst driving place EVER! He made racist and sexist jokes while driving with me. When I was dealing with problems at home he made fun of me getting kicked out and said im incapable of driving. I can't even tell you how many times hes called me stupid in front of others and when driving solo. He read my quiz answers outloud and had others laugh at me for getting it incorrect. He would instigate others to trash talk my driving and work. His class made me very uncomfortable as well as anytime I've seen him. I passed drivers ed 6 months later because I didn't get enough hours with him. Andy shouldn't be teaching drivers ed or have any job with kids. Hes extremely inappropriate and even forced me to write him a good review telling me word for word of what to say. Dont waste your time or money here.

D_luxzomb 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing. Andy’s the man and I’ve learned so much from this guy!!!

Karl A 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Aside from driving skills, Andy will teach you life skills as well, he’s a great mentor. One thing I will say, if you can’t take constructive criticism than city wide isn’t for you.. The way he conducts himself around his students makes them better drivers and better listeners. He shapes you for the best! - Karlos Patacos ;) (failed 5 times don’t remind me)

Jawilca Santana 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: In this class I learned a lot of things that will stick with me through my whole life. I learned how to turn properly, how to look ahead, how to stop properly and many more amazing things. Andy taught me how to drive safely and how to have my patience on the road. This was a really good choice that I made, to be completely honest if I could give him 10 stars I DEFINITELY would!! For the parents who want their kids to be a great driver, they should have them take this class!!

George Smith 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is an amazing guy with a great sense of humor, his teaching in the class is easy to follow and gave me valuable lessons, while driving he answered many questions and was helpful to keep me and others safe. Probably the only teacher I can consider a friend and an educator. Great job Andy!

yas m 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Honestly Andy taught me life-long good and safe driving habits. Taking this course will be the best decision you could make for a young driver. - - & bro if you disagree, you probably were a bad student in class !

Veronica Madore 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy’s a wonderful drivers ed teacher he’s very patient,cool,funny and friendly. I highly recommend him for the perfect drivers ed teacher.

Rhonda Goley 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is the best guy ever! Very funny, great sense of humor and very accommodating! For anybody looking for a driver's ed class, go to City Wide!

Wil Hebert 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good teacher, funny, good sense of humor. Would highly recommend this class.

Julia Putnam 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy! Thank you so much for being so understanding and good for scheduling! The class was always pretty fun and I'm so glad you were able to squeeze me into the class! Thanks for helping me learn how to be defensive and deal with the crazy people! :)

mosci123 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: I loved city wide because Andy was great at teaching and was funny too.

Chelsea Rivers 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: I had a good laugh and learn a lot from him

Pops Joey 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Andy is a great guy and taught very well !!

Paul McKeogh 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Firstly, a disclaimer. I'm not a personal friend of Andy's nor have I had any social interaction with him outside of Driver's Ed. Two of my sons have satisfactorily completed driver's ed with Citywide in the past two years, the most recent graduation happening this past week. Having read the very negative reviews, I questioned both of my boys extensively on their experiences with Andy. I was deeply concerned as any parent would be. The boys had no complaints and found their experiences with Citywide to be nothing short of excellent. There were no indications of disrespect, lewdness or inappropriateness. I could easily gauge the improvements in their driving skills as I completed my 40 hours of instruction in parallel with Citywide, and their knowledge of the rules of the road. Both boys exited the written portion of their licensing exam, (40 minutes allowed, 80% passing grade), in less than 15 minutes. This speaks to the effectiveness of Citywide's classroom instruction. Andy was always accommodating for pickup and drop-off during driving lessons. He was punctual at both sides of the lesson and always willing to modify the schedule if a conflict arose. I have nothing but praise for Andy and his school and I have no problem with a strong recommendation for Citywide.

iola Arroyo 8 years ago

Negative experience: I called in April hopeful to sign son up for May class. He called back a week after and said class was full. He indicated that he was placed on the July class reserve list but to call back before the end of May to to confirm. I've called back 3 times in the matter of 16 days and finally after leaving a not so nice message he called me back. He said the July class is BOOKED and he would place my sons name on a reserve list ( thought he did that) for October/ November. Obviously I said NO THANKS. If you ask me this is ALL bad business. Had I read the testimonials from students prior, I would have NEVER CALLLED ..

Ash Sullivan 8 years ago

Negative experience: This was one of the worst experiences I've had. He always made me feel uncomfortable and made awkward jokes. When driving, he will ALWAYS blame your mistakes on you "being tired," even if you are wide awake. He will ruin your confidence in driving too. I still remember little things from my drives with him that make me question my driving ability. Of course, the day after I finished the course with him, I took my drivers test and passed with flying colors. If you ask him a question, he gets annoyed and doesn't give you a straight answer. He also hates when students call him to double check things like if class is cancelled or not (I made this mistake). Even asking a question in general while driving gets him in a bad mood. He also pits the students against each other. He asked me about how bad this other girl was and told me how others talked bad about my driving (This really ruined my confidence even though I thought I was a careful driver). The thing that made my mother livid was when he called me "psycho." I tried so hard to be polite and not get on his bad side, but it was never enough. I make sure I tell everyone I know that's looking for a driving school to stay away from City Wide Driving

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