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X L Auto Driving School

233 Reviews
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Member 16+ Years
211514
74 Union Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO3 6GF

Tel:
023 9285 ****
Mobile:
07866 12****

schedule Open : Closes at 21:00keyboard_arrow_down
Mon - Thu: 09:00-21:00
Fri: 09:00-14:30
Sat / Sun: 09:00-13:00

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Member since : 8 Oct 2009
Manually reviewed : 17 Feb 2023
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Operating from Portsmouth, X L Auto Driving School provides driving tuition to clients throughout the Portsmouth area. John Giel, the owner has many years' experience in the driving schools business.

X L Auto Driving School offer manual and automatic driving lessons at very competitive prices.

The X L Auto Driving School provides lessons to individuals. These can be hourly or longer. Lessons can be from work or home. Tuition is delivered by a fully qualified Driving Standards Agency Approved Driving Instructor.

The company is managed by John Giel who has been involved in the driving instructors market for many years. John Giel is more than able to take good care of the company, having previously worked for Portsmouth Driving School and Claypotts and Dryburgh Driving School.

John Giel, the proprietor of X L Auto Driving School has over the years, taught well over 2000 pupils.

233 FreeIndex Reviews - Ranked 69th out of 1,085 UK Driving Instructors

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Daniel Rabiega
Portsmouth
The price were really good for the hours that were paid for and how much I got taught. The service amazing always spoke to me and had a laugh but keep it professional, when I asked any questions gave a good answer and help me with any queries. The quality was perfect always would help me if I made any mistakes and would help me improve on them. Overall I could be anymore happier with him being my instructor.
Sarah Parslow
Havant
John is an excellent instructor very knowledgeable, calm and patient, explains things in detail, very encouraging to ensure you achieve your best and become a confident driver, would highly recommend John to anyone especially nervous students or lacking in their self confidence.
Taylor Black
Southsea
John consistently pushed me to achieve the best and drive safely. With good instructions and also good constructive criticism to improve better. Lovely instructor with the best intentions always.
Bailey Donohoe
Southsea
John is a brilliant instructor. Pushes you to test standards at a fast pace. Got me test ready within a few months, definitely recommend.
Michael Hayman
Portsmouth
Amazing and very very helpful with teaching and understanding couldn’t recommend anyone better.
Emils Rudzutaks
Portsmouth
Very friendly and understanding instructor, would highly recommend to anyone who is looking to learn to drive.
Kaitlyn Treend
Portsmouth
John is an incredible driving instructor! His patience and calm approach made learning to drive such an enjoyable experience. He explained everything clearly, making sure I felt confident behind the wheel. I really appreciated his teaching style—it was structured but never overwhelming, and he always found a way to keep lessons engaging. Thanks to his guidance and support, I passed my test, and I couldn’t have done it without him! I highly recommend John to anyone looking for a high quality and great value instructor. Thank you again, John!
Musa Joya
Southsea
I worked with John for 5 sessions. He is a unique instructor, knowledgeable with driving rules and skillful in practical driving. I learnt driving in roundabouts, dealing with meeting situations, junctions and manoeuvring under John instructions. Highly recommend him in your driving lessons.
Kenzie Sanderson
Havant
Started with John end of October passed within 4 months highly recommend, so professional and lovely.
Joshua Beider
Southsea
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Learning to drive has been a life long dream but the lessons I’ve had with John at X L Auto Driving School have massively supported me achieve this goal. His lessons are personalised and aligned to the driving curriculum. He showed professionalism throughout my time with X L Auto and had given me the necessary skills to pass the Driving Test 1st time! Could not have done this without you John. Carry on doing what you’re doing and wish you and X L Auto Driving School all the best. Thank you again!
Lemar Adekoya
Portsmouth
Great driving instructor would 100% recommend, he’s calm and patient and would help out with anything I needed.
Bimeesh Gabriel Vi...
Portsmouth
I always prefer X L Auto driving school.
Rafe Williams
Portsmouth
Very affordable prices for the affective training you receive and you gain driving skills rapidly due to his communication and learning being soo easy to understand. Highly recommend.
Miles Rawlings
Emsworth
John was an absolute legend! Always on time and very patient with me. Never set me up to fail and I couldn’t thank him enough for that. Would 100% recommend to friends and family.
Lauren Martin
Emsworth
I cannot fault john whatsoever. He has been so patient with me from the start and always encouraged me to be confident. Would 100% recommend john to anyone wanting to learn to drive.
Tyler Legg
Portsmouth
Really happy with John as a driving instructor and a person in general. John is very good at explaining things in ways to make it simple to understand, he’s very supportive and knows exactly what I needed to work on even if I didn’t. All round extremely good at what he does and also very easy to get along with.
Ryan Mould
Portsmouth
I’ve given a 5 star review because I felt trusted from the first lesson which gave me confidence straight away when driving when before the first lesson I was nervous, I also felt confident during my test as we had gone over so many times the different parking exercises and dealing with big roundabouts by time it was my test it just felt natural.
Aqsa Pervaiz
Portsmouth
John is a great driving instructor with years of experience. Not only did he teach me how to prepare for my test with clear explanations but also how to drive safely on the roads and being proactive. Would highly recommend to anyone starting their driving journey!
Grace Preston
Havant
Really good service. John organised plans and pinpointed what I needed to work on and subsequently helped me so well worth it.
Louie McCafferty
Portsmouth
Thanks to John’s teaching and instructions, I was able to pass my test first time today with no prior experience of driving before my first lesson with him, I would highly recommend for any learner drivers.
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