8 reviews about K&M Driving School

20 Dec 2022

Erin is amazing and very professional.She has been so patient with teaching safe driving rules and built my confidence to get back on the road .She was very encouraging and helped me evolve as a safe driver.
Thank u Erin!

16 Jun 2021

The best driving instructor. Erin taught me well and helped me become confident on the road. She encouraged me and prepared me for the driving test, so well that I got my licence at my first try. She is never late to driving lessons and is very relaxed and calm when I make a mistake and always kindly tells me what mistake I did and assists me to correct it. Because of Erin I have become a safe and confident driver on the road. :)

verified email - 29 Mar 2019

Erin was absolutely amazing with me. She was extremely patient and did not get tired of repeating herself everytime I made the same mistake. I was over 25 with no driving experience and had no one with a full license that could help me with my road experience. I have literally learnt how to drive within 25 driving lessons. It's definately doable in 20 lessons if you put your mind to it. Highly recommend Erin and avoid wasting time and money with other instructors that don't bring out the best in you and give you that confidence on the road. Thanks Celina

Approximate cost: $35

14 Feb 2019

No words to express, i was scared of giving the test for 3 years. Today i got my full licence, only and only because of ERIN, she is just not fantastic but excellent personality i have even met.
I enjoyed having lessons with her and she guided me all the way and make me prepare confident to sit for the test, and I pass the test in first attempt. I always had a nightmare about the test, but she helped me to win over that fear in just 3 weeks. i had only 3 lessons and i pass the test.
And about fees, it's nothing very cheap $35, even the car hire cost $100 is nothing as compared to pass the test. come on guys we spent min $200 for a dinner night. this is really nothing as compared to anything.
As a word, she is awesome, and just a fantastic person.

verified email - 10 Sep 2013

in only few words, fantastic Instructor as she knows what needs to be done, very honest in teaching, she gave all info she has and I have got my license from first go. appreciated service and very recommended.

Approximate cost: $35

verified email - 05 Mar 2013

I have had my lessons with Erin last few months and have to say that she is one of the best instructors in the area, I have tried more than 3 or 4 other instructors who were usually nervous or just drive you around and one of them even don't let you drive more than 20 minutes and he drive the rest of the lesson, she tought me everything needed for the test and I have passed my test from first time. $100 to hire the care for the test is not cheap but not expensive, all the others charging the same and even more and noone charging less than $100.

I highly recommend her for anyone, she is fantastic and very honest instructor, understand that she always gives the lesson time on the day before but she is very busy and trying to keep everyone on track and don't loose customers, this is common and acceptable.

lisant 05 Mar 2013

It's great that she has lots of customers as a fine driving instructor.

KFC 06 Mar 2013

I'm guessing you never pre-payed? My instructor I changed to charged me $80 to hire the car for the test. Plus Erin really can make the effort to book in at least a week before. I.A.M books 2 weeks or more in advance, that's how organised instructors should be. Not night before arrangements.

verified email - 03 Jan 2013

K&M Driving School was recommended to me by a family friend, and after desperately wanting my licence, I decided to take her on board.

The instructor, Erin Kariakos, is a lovely woman, and incredibly patient as a teacher. I value this quality highly for driving instructors -- it is difficult to learn with impatient and temperamental people. As I built up my confidence and skill on the road, Erin took me from smaller, suburban streets to multi-laned roads with heavier traffic. She never pressured me to learn faster, and she didn't treat me like a child either.

As I was approaching the time where I wanted to take the RTA test, she began to take me on common test routes through Mount Druitt. She let me know what test instructors marked on (eg. stop signs, give way signs, checking mirrors, indicating left when exiting roundabouts, reverse parallel parking) and made me repeat these constantly until I was nothing short of proficient and perfect.

Her prices, unless they have changed, are $35 per lesson. I found this to be a competitive price as other instructors in the nearby Western Sydney area would charge close to $50 when I had called up. One drawback is the cost of hiring her car for the test. I wanted to drive in the car I had learnt everything in for the test, but it costs $100 to hire. On top of that, the RTA test booking is $50, so it does work out to be a little expensive.

I recommended Erin to a few of my other friends, and I understand that not all of them had a favourable driving experience with her. I, personally, thought she was fantastic. I do think it's all about finding the best fit with a driving instructor. Erin might not be that person for everyone, but she was for me.

Approximate cost: $35

KFC 25 Jan 2013

As long as you don't pre-book your lessons. And there's also the thing where she will only tell you the time the night before, so if you have any plans that day you have to work around it.

verified email - 19 Dec 2012

The first few months were fantastic, I must say. I purchased the 20 lesson package though after about 6 or so lessons the instructor started slacking off a bit. I had to text to chase up lessons and sometimes she just did not reply. I was going to purchase a further 20 lessons from her as my parents simply don't have the time to take me out driving, but after the service I got I felt I definitely would not. We had initially agreed to two lessons per week. But then she had dropped it to 1 lesson per week then to 1 lesson a fortnight. I had initially explained to her I needed my licence before the end of the year so I need hours asap. I have now lost that job opportunity and wasted $600. So disappointed. Worst experience ever. Needless to say to my shock and horror, one of my lessons consisted of me driving another student home in Baulkham Hills, then driving back to my house. No test route at all was taken in that lesson. She is good at instructing, however, her organisation and customer service is one of the worst.

Approximate cost: $35/lesson

lucy91 19 Dec 2012

Thanks for an honest review.

KFC 31 Dec 2012

No worries! She's a great driving instructor but an enormous let down with organisation and effort to keep students.

aidanadia 02 Jan 2013

Hated to read this! Sucks that you had such a bad experience from her, when I was the one who recommended her to you. I'm sorry, I didn't know she was going to be so flaky. Good review though.

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