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Golden State Driving School Inc.
Your Road to Confidence: Expert Driving Lessons in San Diego
3.6(5 reviews)
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Your Road to Confidence: Expert Driving Lessons in San Diego
Golden State Driving School Inc. is a trusted driving school in San Diego, CA, dedicated to helping students of all experience levels become safe, confident drivers. We offer personalized driving lessons, DMV test preparation, and car rental services for driving tests. Our experienced instructors, including highly praised professionals like Yolanda and Dago, provide clear guidance and patient support to ensure you pass your test on the first try. Located at 3670 Clairemont Dr, we serve the local community with affordable packages and flexible scheduling. Start your journey to driving success with us today!
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Personalized instruction for new drivers, covering basics like steering, braking, and road rules in a supportive environment.
Comprehensive lessons focused on DMV test routes, maneuvers, and tips to boost confidence and ensure first-time success.
Rent our well-maintained vehicles for your DMV driving test, with optional instructor support to ease nerves.
Tailored sessions for experienced drivers looking to improve skills, overcome anxiety, or adapt to local San Diego roads.
Affordable packages (e.g., 3-session deals) offering structured learning with flexible scheduling to fit your needs.
I’ve practiced twice with the coach. He is extremely unprofesional. I cannot even ask questions because he thinks that I do not like to listen to him. I had very unhappy experience with him. He doesnt like to tell me the rules before I start to drive but he would like to scold me all the time when I was driving without knowing the rules properly since he never like to explain those rules before I drove. He is over-worrying everything when I was driving. Unclear explaination and never listen to my questions and answer me properly. He always grab my steering wheel to control the car and hit the brake frequently. Even my speed was only 10-15 on a super empty road. After twice practicing, he told me that I could book the appointment for driving test but he gave up me to drive his car to do the test directly just because I did not fully agreed his teaching method. Unpatient explaining and emotional behaviour, as a coach, it is extremely unprofesional. I wasted my money on him. Now I have to find another coach to take the test, but since I never practice their car, I have to practice with them again!!! Stupid driving coach!!! I have my own driver license for more than 10 years and I know how to drive! I will never ever create an accident driving with just 10-20 speed on an empty road!!! He he always told me that I was almost crash the car. With who??? That’s insane. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY HERE!!!
Instructor Dago is amazing! In just two hours, I learned so much—every minute was focused on helping me learn how to drive. His explanations were clear, and he brought such positive energy to the lesson. I highly recommend him! Thank you, Coach Dago! I’m no longer afraid to drive and I can’t wait for our next lesson!🙌❤️
Lacking customer service, communication, and overall professionalism: Paid for a full 3 lesson package. As someone who does not get many opportunities or time to practice on my own, I needed to get this experience out of the way ASAP. Scheduling and communication was a constant issues. I would provide when I am available over the phone and set up appointments. I would several times be contacted DURING my work hours which I informed them of, just so they can update me that the time no longer works. Before my first lesson, I was called the day before and asked if I was okay if there was another passenger in the car. I thought it was bizarre because they did not explain who the passenger would be at all. I agreed because I just wanted to get my lessons done; and I had little experience. The car for that lesson was also unkept and a bit messy. It went well for a first lesson and getting used to driving which I had not done much at this point. I was only given very simple feedback on what I was doing wrong. Scheduling issues and communication issues get worse: The instructor who was giving me lessons was now experiencing car issues so I couldn't receive my second lesson for a while. They would tell me they would call me and update me about the situation but they never did (e.g. "I'll let you know by tomorrow" but no call would happen that day). I would have to be the one contacting every time just to let them know that the vehicle was still unavailable; and they did not suggest giving me another instructor until VERY much later. Even THEN I had to continue to go out of my way to schedule it myself since I did not get updated. This delayed my 2nd lesson by about 2 months. My 2nd session however was very helpful! I had a different instructor who would explain CLEARLY how I can improve and let me know how to avoid mistakes instead of simply pointing them out whenever I made them. They seemed like a real instructor that used positive feedback and clear communication to guide a student instead of abrupt criticisms. Their car was also clean and they were very prompt with pick-up and drop-off. I schedule my 3rd lesson a month or so later, and a week before that sessions I get a call asking to DELAY the appointment to the next day. I begrudgingly accept because I NEED to take these lessons and don't want to wait too much longer. 3rd Session: Instructor (the same as the first session) arrives about 5 minutes late. Car is just as messy still. We drive around possible testing routes. They give very little feedback or communication about improving my driving skills. Very similar to my first session, I only receive comments and criticisms when I make a mistake but never ideas or concepts on how to avoid mistakes or how to improve. I am then asked to park in a parking lot for a store for them to use the bathroom for around another 5+ minutes while I wait. In addition to the tardiness and this break, the driving ends our sessions 10 minutes before a full 2 hours. When asking what I can improve on, I am giving very simple answers without much elaboration or help on how to improve. I then ask about SEVERAL specific areas to improve on and they agree to each; which they for some reason omitted when I asked earlier on how to improve. I wish I could have gotten the name of my 2nd instructor because I truly believe they are amazing; however my other experiences felt very unprofessional and very unconstructive. I do not recommend overall due to communication issues and professionalism
Yolanda and Dago are amazing instructors - on time and experienced. My son Alec definitely went to his driving test well prepared and confident- Passed first try ;) Also affordable rates - Will also use this company again for my daughter! Thanks Virginia De robertis
Amazing service! Yolanda was my instructor and she was super patient, kind and understanding! Gave great feedback during the drive. I selected the 3 session one and it was awesome, easy to schedule out and great support. Passed my driving test first go after my 3 lessons! It’s great you can also schedule and pay to use their car/services to use for the dmv driving test. Definitely recommend !
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