Basingstoke Driving School
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You can also pay for lessons in cash, cheque payable to Basingstoke Driving School, paypal sent to tony@basingstokedrivingschool.co.uk or Barclays Ping It sent to 07863 204687 or using a credit/debit card in the car.

New Audi A1 from
Basingstoke Audi, Crockord Lane, Basingstoke, RG24 8NA.
Tel: 01256 307500

Click here for details.

�75 discount with
Hampshire Pass Plus
If you live in Hampshire, aged 17-24 and have passed your test in the last 12 months you can claim a �75 discount on a Pass Plus course.

Other lessons include:
 Medical Apprasial Test Training.
 Under 17 driving.
 Sat Nav training.
 Changing a wheel.
 Eco-Safe driving.
 Refresher courses.
 Motorways course.
 International licence holders.
 MOT Pre-Checks training.

Other useful links

Basingstoke Gazette News

Hampshire Pass Plus
CrashMap.co.uk
Driving Test Routes

Welcome, please feel free to contact me if you need any help with learning to drive
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or text 07863 204 687 or email: Tony@BasingstokeDrivingSchool.co.uk

Driving lesson availability: OK,
Intensive course availability: Limited
Teaching in a manual gearbox 
Audi A1 1.6 TDI

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Marmalade
Veygo - Admiral Insurance
(please select How did you hear about us? - Driving Instructor - Find you instructor
Tony Cotterell, BasingstokeDriving School)

Click here for Sat Nav Driving Test Routes for all UK Practical Test Centres: DrivingTestRoute.com

  What do you get for your lessons?

• Price Guaranteed - no price increases, the rate you start at will not increase.
• Instructor Guarantee - No change of instructor part of the way through your training.
• Punctuality Guarantee - If I am 10 mins late (without notice) you will get 20 mins free.
• No Smoking Guarantee - No one will have smoked in the car - Its a public place!
• Full lesson time Guarantee - You will always get the full lesson time that you pay for.
• Money back Guarantee - If you are not happy with any lesson. 
• Relaxed, Comfortable Audi A1 TDI fitted with He-Man Dual Controls.
• Fully managed personal service for everything you need from starting your first lesson, helping you with the Theory and Hazard Perception Test and on to passing your Practical test.
• High first time pass rate.
• An instructor with more than 15 years experience of teaching pupils from 16 to 86 years of age and 30 years experience of Basingstoke.
• Approved Hampshire County Council Pass Plus instructor.
• Member of the Driving Instructors Association (DIA) & Enhanced CRB checked.
• Database of local test routes.
• Discount for lessons paid in advance and a money back guarantee.

   Scammed driving tests.

You should not use a search engine like Google, Yahoo, to search for booking your driving test. This is because there are too many scams on the internet pretending to book test for you. Instead, use the links on this page (top left box) or go direct via www.gov.uk

The DVSA charges are:
Theory = �23.00, Practical test (weekday) = �62, Practical test (Saturday) = �75.00.

    Tip of the week: - Is your car fit for test?

• It must be insured in the pupils name.
• L Plates must be clearly positioned at front and rear (and not in the windows).
• An interior mirror must be provided for the exaiminer.
  
• It must be parked reversed in to the bay before the test.
• There must be no defects with the car, i.e. no warning lights, wipers, horn etc.
• Tyres must be legal and inflated correctly (no space saver wheel fitted.
• Taxed.
• Have no warning lights/messages displayed.
• Be smoke-free (You can't smoke in it just before your driving test).
  
• Nothing must be hanging off the car!
• It must be able to acheive 62mph have 4 wheels and a max mass of 3,500Kg.
  
• The car should be clean and tidy inside the car.
• The number plate must be legal and sufficiently clean.
• All the lights must work and the lens not broken.
• The windscreen must be clear and not cracked.
• The vehicle must be large enough to comfortably seat a passenger in the rear.
• Proof that any vehicles recalls have been completed - check www.vosa.gov.uk.
• Check the minimum test vehicle requirements - click here.
• Mini convertible, Ford Ka convertible, VW Beetle convertible, Toyota IQ. Panel Vans are not allowed.

 News in brief:

• One in five NEW cars (352,000) fail their first MOT test
  Check your own light and indicator bulbs, tyres for 1.6mm tread depth and damage and windscreen are not chipped/cracked in the drivers view and the wipers work correctly, as these are the most common reasons for failure.
   
• The nearest theory test centres are:
  Reading: Havell House, 62-66 Queens Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 4AZ 
  Aldershot: 1 London House, Pickford Street, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1TY
  Fareham: 189-199 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 0EN
  Southampton: 4th Floor, 1-8 Ogle Road, Southampton, SO14 7HX
• Theory Test centre phone: 0300 200 1122 Mon-Fri 8am to 4pm
  Email: customercare@pearson.com.

Practical test times:
Monday-Friday:
08:10, 09:07, 10:14, 11:11, 12:38, 13:35, 14:32

Saturdays subject to availability.