LEARN TO DRIVE
A STICK SHIFT

There is no guarantee that you'll receive a proper, structured lesson. Parking lots are red flags!

Each instructor conducts the lesson their own way and there may not be a structured lesson plan to follow. Be especially careful when the entire lesson is taught in a parking lot, since you can't learn all the skills necessary to safely drive a manual car from just a parking lot. We've had numerous customers who have taken lessons with these companies, didn't learn much, and came to us for a proper lesson. The incorrect techniques that they were initially taught at these other companies shocked us!

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You're fully liable in case of an accident.

There's a reason why these other companies require you to have your own insurance and/or use your own car. Their insurance won't cover an accident or a collision with others; therefore, you're financially on the hook, even if the accident is not your fault.

 

There is no guarantee that their instructors are background checked.

The hiring model these companies follow puts revenue ahead of safety, and they hire just about anyone to provide lessons to you. You cannot be assured that your instructor doesn't have a questionable background.

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These companies don't have maintenance requirements for the vehicle used during the lesson.

There may not be any sort of quality standards for the instructor's vehicle and the instructor may not have to follow any sort of maintenance schedule to ensure that the vehicle used for the lesson is safe. We've heard stories of customers learning for 2 to 3 hours in a car that was smoked in and barely drivable.

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SHIFTR is different. With us you'll have a safe and relaxed experience.

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• We provide professional training to our instructors with the goal of providing you with a consistent and structured educational experience so that you can be confident your time and effort are well spent. SHIFTR's CEO initially founded Shift Bay Area, and Shift Bay Area's 80+ five star reviews on Google highlight the unique approach we've developed to help you learn this skill.

• We conduct our lessons on quiet open roads to ensure that you properly learn ALL the skills. Unlike other companies, we won't keep you stuck in a parking lot for your entire lesson.

• SHIFTR provides automobile insurance for the instructor's vehicle, which means that your lesson is fully insured to provide a safe learning environment.

• Our instructors are background checked, which gives you peace of mind knowing that you're spending hours with a person who has a clean background.

• We have standards for our instructor vehicles and we personally inspect them before they're used to conduct lessons, which means they must be maintained to provide the best learning environment.

 

Our goal is to inform you of your options and give you the tools to ask the right questions so that you can make an informed decision. As the saying goes, "you get what you pay for" and some of these other companies are cheap for a reason. Stay safe out there!