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    Astar Driving School

    4.2 (57 reviews)
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    Text message I received from the owner.
    Carielee M.

    Critical: I don't even know where to start. I called to enroll my son, checking prices asking questions just like any other parent does. The person answering the phone seemed otherwise engaged and just not interested. Really didn't even seem to hear me. I was quoted a price & told the price would be going up due to gas prices at the first of Nov. Great! No big deal. I checked w my schedule and my sons grandmother who was paying for it as a Christmas gift & decided to move forward immediately. Thought I was actively fast. Only to be told they were booked up the rest of the month of October so we only had November available. I was confused, but not really even sure why we were informed of the price change if the lower price was not available. The difference was only $10, but I just didn't feel the middleman, the woman in the office, was communicating how I felt as a customer, a potential first time customer, correctly. I didn't feel as if she was engaging or even hearing what I was trying to explain to her so I cut the conversation short and requested a call back from the owner. The girl said OK, we hung up and approximately 10 minutes later I got a call back from her and she stated that her boss did not want to deal with me I'm not she would not be calling me back. Then, I get a text message from her boss and apparently the owner of this school. See text attached. Whoa! Being a small business owner myself I I am completely flabbergasted and shocked at how this owner handled this entire situation or lack there of handling. Small businesses are struggling these days and it's unfortunate however I feel the need to warn everyone that if this business handles theirNewcomers like this right from a phone call, imagine them handling your child trying to learn how to drive. No thank you. Beware.

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    Thank you so much for the 5 star review! We appreciate the kind words.

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    Terrible. Don't bother wasting your money here the owner Jodi is very unprofessional and needs to work on her customer service.

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    This is a great driving school I highly recommend it. The staff is really friendly and I passed my driving test with 0 errors

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    Ask the Community - Astar Driving School

    Do you do in person driver's ed, if so how much and how long?

    We currently are not offering in person driver's education. We offer an online educational class, you can find the link on our website www.astar16.com. Thank you

    I'm an adult with a license already. But I need to learn to drive a manual transmission comfortably. Do you have driving lessons for manual transmission vehicles?

    Our company currently uses Dodge Chargers that are automatic. We do not have a manual vehicle in our fleet.

    I was wondering if you provide a car to take the behind the wheel test at the DMV, for a service fee of course?

    We do take students to DMV after they do 1 lesson with us first. We do not usually receive messages on Yelp. Please contact us at 707 254 5064.

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    I chose Astar as a school to go to prepare for my permit and my teacher was Jodi and she is just the best!

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    Bay Hill is the best driving school in the Bay Area. I know that's saying a lot, but truth be…read moretold, I had such a great experience here. I'm a freshly 20 year old female without any experience behind the wheel, and I mean any!! Unfortunately, my nerves got the best of me during my first lesson and I freaked out. I caused myself and my instructor some stress, and sadly I was unmotivated to drive for a while. Before I left a negative review, I contacted Bay Hill's through email. They made things right and scheduled my second appointment with JP, and he was fantastic! I went from shaking like a leaf behind the wheel to having genuine confidence in 2 hours-- No exaggeration! We drove around and shared a heartfelt conversation, in which he also shared some tips on lane switching and turns. Halfway through our session, we stopped for water and stretches, so I knew my comfortability was respected. The negative reviews on this business are so upsetting. This is an excellent Asian-owned, woman-owned small business with so much diversity on their staff. If your first lesson goes awry, contact them!!! They are bound to have someone you are comfortable with. This is an honest review! I could not recommend Bay Hill Driving School enough!

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    Bay Hill Driving School - He passed! Thank you Stacey! The best instructor ever!

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