La Difference Auto School

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My Mother failed her road test 3x times with other instructors. At the age of 51 she decided to try again and went to this driving school. My mom passed on her first try after her lessons with Ernst. She is grateful for his teaching till this day.

It was THE WORST experience ever. Let me just say in all my years I have never yelped a company but I felt it was incumbent upon me to do it for this company. After lesson one I had my reservations as the first instructor ran a personal errand on my time and in the middle of a lesson he answered his phone. Despite his faults I didn't make a big deal about it and proceeded with lesson two. Well, well, well. The guy was 11 minutes late picking me up and provided no apologies. I pointed it out and he looked at me as if I were speaking an alternate language. Whatever! And again I made no big deal about the HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE. I was a nervous reck and the driver made me feel like I was stupid and expected me to know what I was doing....HUH news flash, I'm taking driving lessons for a reason. Anyway he confused me a lot. I was checked out and jaded about my lessons. I called the company and canceled all future lessons. I like to support my haitian companies but not this one...F-

I had a completely different experience from the other reviewers I see here. The classes were very reasonably priced and the management was always professional and helpful to me, always. They worked around my schedule and I was never penalized when I cancelled even a minute before scheduled driving practice. The main problem I encountered was contradictory approaches when I had someone other than my regular instructor working with me. I was lucky to have Gabriel as my instructor for the most and he was very meticulous, and was very invested in my learning to drive and passing the test. There is a fantastic method to his teaching that prepared me well for the rigors of the road and the test. I went to this school after having experiences with impatient teachers at another school, so I went there with a tough zero tolerance attitude for impatience. I was direct whenever I felt any teacher was not operating with the patience I demanded, I let them know straight up that I was not going to deal with any attitude and impatience. So if you are going to this or any driving school, expect teachers who are impatient at times but that should not be a factor you cant vary especially if the teacher is excellent otherwise. Take control of your learning. ask questions until they are answered and don't be afraid to say from one adult to another "you are being very impatient and I am not going to tolerate this today". WRT the accent, I do not speak creole but when at the times I did not understand a driver, I asked him to repeat, just as we do in NYC when we encounter someone whose English accent is not exactly the same as ours.On the day of my test, Gabriel was the one giving me tips all the way to the road test site. To each his own I guess, but I had a great experience with this school. I did not pass the first road test because I obviously was not prepared, I just hadn't taken enough classes. I cant blame a school for that. I passed the second time because I took many more classes in prep. Nobody can make driving automatic for you, it depends on practice and practice depends on the number of classes you pay for (if you don't have a family or friend with a car to practice in your own time). I would highly recommend La Difference if you are like me, who was looking for reasonably priced instruction, close to home (Brooklyn) professional friendly management who always accommodated me, and experienced, talented and though sometimes tough teachers such as Gabriel.

I'm all about supporting black businesses, but this was definitely a horrible experience.

Very unprofessional, blatantly rude and unpleasant. You're a just a dollar sign to them, there's no encouragement for you to pass your road test. During the driving classes its like you can't ask any questions. It's like you're suppose to know what you're doing all the time and can't make a mistake & if you are improving or not improving you won't know because nothing is said example: "you need to work on this or I think it would be best to take additional classes before the road test." I should have seen it coming!!! The instructor Gabriel was always rude, irritated & had a smart comment to make. So if you're looking to pass your road test, I wouldn't recommend this driving school, because they will shoot your confidence level down. On the day of the road test I was a bit nervous and Gabriel said "I was asking too many questions and I should just sit there." Note all I was trying to do was refresh my memory :-/. So being a bit nervous went from me being a nervous wreck!!! And yes I failed...& If you fail no questions are being ask as to what you did wrong and what you can possibly do to improve your chances of passing next time around. And unless you speak fluent Creole don't waste your time, cause the heavy Haitian accent makes its almost impossible for you to understand the instructions. Worse of all he Gabriel answers his phone during your classes and takes up your time where he can give you helpful tip. I Honestly wish I had taken my business else where. And initially I thought it was just me, but the day of the road test none of the other students had some thing positive to say. So like the other review said "Don't waste your time and money!!!"

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME WITH THIS AUTO SCHOOL. THE STAFF ARE RUDE, AND ACT AS IF THEY ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH A FREE SERVICE.THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS AUTO SCHOOL IS, THEY OFFER 5 HOUR CLASS ON SUNDAY. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS THE WORST EVER. DO NOT BOTHER WITH THIS AUTO SCHOOL.

Do not waste your money. this is the worst unprofesional auto school ever. the driver is a fat slob who does poor job in teacing you how to drive. he eats more than he teach. he will have u drive running his errands, and shorten your lesson to have you pick up another student. i did not learn anything from wish i never stepped foot in there. i faile the road test and i had to go and retake my lesson with someon else.