I'm late to learning how to drive, and was nervous about finding a school that works for adult…read moredrivers too. They were always accommodating of scheduling issues, knowledgeable in how to navigate the mvd licensing system as a non-minor, and took the time to know us and our specific needs as individuals. And now, a few months out from when I took the class and got my license, I can say with absolute confidence that Coach Eddie and the staff at coach Al's driving school went above and beyond to set me up for success. Tough but fair and caring, they made sure we were ready to drive with confidence in ourselves and our abilities. Whenever I drive I think of the lessons and advice coach gave us and know that I'm a better driver for it. I can't recommend them more, especially if you're an adult learner.

I originally ordered 7 lessons with Coach Al, in which we had the first 2 without a hitch. I was…read morereally happy with the service; however, when I tried to schedule my 3rd lesson, everything went downhill. He would repeatedly tell me to call back, dodge my calls, tell me he's going to call back in an hour (he did not), and when I called back to follow up (expecting him to be professional and call when he SAYS he's going to call), he basically bit my head off and used the flaky excuse that "I get busy". (It had been 9 hours since he said he'd call back in an hour.) I have yet to have any of the 5 remaining lessons I am owed, and honestly, I don't intend to. He has been nothing but rude, unprofessional, and flaky since our first 2 lessons. I don't know what happened to make him flip so suddenly, but I am extremely displeased and offended by his conduct. I would not recommend him to anyone looking to get their license in the next year, as your schedule clearly does not matter to him.

Feel like we got ripped off. Nearly $300 for the class and they didn't provide a written test for…read moregetting a Learner's permit?? Had to pay an additional $30 at the MVD to take the test, on top of the price for the permit. Apparently they need "evidence that she has some idea of how to drive before giving her one." That is laaaaaaaaame. Other classes include the test, as the MVD staff said they generally upload the test results to the database. Not this one, apparently. So what was the point of this class if it doesn't include evidence of "some idea of how to drive" for a dang LEARNER'S permit?? To boot, my kid commented that a fair amount of time was spent by the instructor plugging his book. I could've taught my kid the basic rules of driving to prepare her for taking a test. I really don't know what I paid this company for.

The business operations of this organization is unacceptable. After you take their in-class…read moreportion, you will now embark on a frustrating journey to schedule your seven drive time lessons. The earliest one they will offer you will be at least a month away. Read that gain, yes, at least a month out. Since you can only schedule one appointment at a time, you will need at least seven months to get this over. This is completely unacceptable. You don't run a business like that. People paid for the class, and you need to provide your service in a timely manner. By the way, if you can't complete your seven driving lessons in a year, you will need to pay extra money for each lesson. That's right, they delay the scheduling so that you won't be able to complete your lessons, and you will end up paying more.

The teachers and other staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and they were very helpful in…read moreanswering my questions. My older children went to a different driving school in town, where it was difficult to schedule drive times; McGinnis makes scheduling drive times easy, and they provide excellent feedback for students on what they're doing well and where they can make further improvements. I'm truly impressed by how well McGinnis teaches their students!

My son was signed up for classes and driving lessons at the Coors location. This is the third…read moregeneration attending McGinnis, so I had high expectations, having gone through the program myself along with my mom. However, this experience was entirely different. Scheduling driving time was incredibly frustrating. While I understand that staff changes happen, not having driving lessons available for a month out is unreasonable. We often forgot to check for new dates because the wait between appointments was so long. We even had appointments scheduled and changed without notification. For his last driving lesson, we received a call saying the instructor was sick and the appointment needed to be rescheduled yet again. At this point, I had enough. If this had been the first or second time we had scheduling problems, it wouldn't have been an issue. I understand that staffing issues can cause problems, but as a consumer paying a premium for these services, it is extremely frustrating to be told it isn't their problem and to receive no empathy for the struggles we faced throughout the entire process. The staff was consistently short, rude, and unempathetic.

First of all if this deserves a 100 stars. Lisa Hurtado the…read moreco-owner (her husband Mr.Jose is the other owner) built a schedule around my crazy film shoot hours so I could get the hours in I needed for my NYC drivers license. I wanted to drive 10-12 hours a week and they made it happen. Back and forth to work, amazing, picturesque long excursions to Breath taking sights. They are both walking encyclopedias and know so much about the land and its history. Meanwhile, drilling me to hold my lane on mountainous curves to "sacred lands" and Seeing very far ahead of me to make lane changing decisions on the highway. Lisa made sure I understood everything! She made signaling a habit. She made me change lanes on the highway continually, until it felt second nature. She told me, "You will pass the New York City Drivers test. And within 2 months of getting my permit and not knowing how to drive, I passed. I told her, I don't just want to pass. I want to be safe enough to drive my son. Teach me that. When I'm driving on the highway, I always hear Lisa's voice - change to the middle lane, an accident on the shoulder. Take your foot off the gas on the curve, get out of his blind spot, maintain your lane. You see Lisa, you're still always keeping me focused! If you're in New Mexico and don't drive - run to these lovely, caring, hardworking and detailed oriented people. They don't just want you to pass the driving test. They want to keep you safe!

Ignored email, phone, and form messages about driver hours for 9 months. Then, wanted to charge…read more$250 to "reinstate" student if perfect attendance didn't happen, and with 6 am drive times all that was available for several months. When I objected to the $250 fee and was walking away to take my business elsewhere, the drive instructor tried to goad me into a fight, saying "don't walk away, turn around," and "come at me, bro." They don't get it. Their lack of professionalism is why I am going to another place for my driver hours and none of my younger children or friends will be going here. Even if the guy wasn't 6'2" and 250 lb, I wouldn't fight him. These people are the epitome of unprofessional bullies.

I must say, I'm seeing a lot of surprisingly bad reviews. I had a more than great experience with…read morethis place. Maybe I just got lucky? Sierra was the Class Instructor, she was an absolute angel? Very kind and understanding and was able to make sure all the kids in a full classroom were catching the notes and learning what they needed to. She paid attention to detail for us. I felt extremely confident because of her teaching. As for the drive time: I always had Jocelyn (i think was her name) (the really short girl), and she was always wonderful to drive with. She was very calm with the way she instructed, very constructive & reassuring? i guess would be the way to put it? Instead of being nervous to be reprimanded when I drove wrong, she was very polite and understanding and was only focused on making sure I was understanding everything. It really only took us the first session for us to both be confident enough in my driving. She kept it fun while also making sure I was learning the ways of the road. It was like driving with a friend I'd known for years. I more than recommend Sierra and Jocelyn. They are so kind and helpful. I could not have become the driver I am without their help! Thank you

they are not organized, you will NOT pay the 415 as listed you will pay 80.00 more for a driver…read morepermit that only cost 10.00 through the state dmv. plus another 55.00 for drivers test a total of 550.00 . I recommend coach als Driving school.please don't send your kid here.

Eddie was a great teacher! Extremely informative and knowledgeable. I never felt rushed or pushed…read moreinto going too fast, but Eddie also made sure that no time was wasted on pointless chatter. I wish I took the 4 hour course! If you want to learn how to drive manual, check out Shiftdaddy.

From the owner: Discover the thrill of driving a stick shift today. You could be good in as little as 2-3 hours…read more Shiftdaddy approved instructors are ready to give you lessons. Get behind the wheel and practice how to properly shift a manual transmission vehicle.

Sent all my boys here. Reasonable prices and great staff.read more

Best. Experience. Ever. Skip McGinnis and all other local…read moredriving instructors. Turner is the hands down favorite for our family and friends now! Thorough learning program, quick, stress free testing and best pricing. My nervous teenager was treated with calm confidence by his instructor during his driving test and he was immediately put at ease. Give Turner a call- they may not be the biggest but they are the best!

Overall, I think this is a great driving school and I'm unsure why they have so many negative…read morereviews. The hardest part is just trying to find it if you don't go to St Pius for are unfamiliar with the area. My son liked most of the driving instructors, and the owner or manager was super responsive and helpful for me when I had questions. Really I would've given it five stars if it wasn't so challenging trying to schedule the required driving lessons. Over the last month they hired more instructional drivers. But for a while there, we had times were their was no openings for scheduled driving, which is a requirement for you to get their license. Sometimes waiting over a month.

If I could give no stars I would definitely give them that rating. This is a horrible school, I…read morepaid them so I could be the teacher. I understand that I still had to participate in teaching my child but when I am the only one teaching him what is the point. When you try to ask questions they do everything through text messages or emails, rarely do you speak to anyone. And when you do get to talk to someone, they try to belittle you. I asked my son if the school taught him any of the rules of road, he said "yeah, after you had already taught me". Save yourself the headache Nd find somewhere else unless you want to pay to all the work yourself. My son learned nothing from this school.

The service here is horrible. I started the classes over a year ago and since then I've only been…read moreable to get 4 drive times. I have been calling every day and no answer. Every time I try to leave a message the automated voice message says that it's full and cannot take anymore messages. I tried today to go at 3 and they were closed. They are supposed to be open till 4. They are very unreliable. I start college soon and i need to be able to drive to and from the college. I'm going to have to go to a different school and pay a fee of $250 just because of how horrible the customer service is.

Horrible customer service. They never answer their phone. They are extremely unclear on what needs…read moreto be done to actually get a teen their license. My daughter was told after the class time that her parents needed to teach her to drive and their 7 hours was just extra driving time on top of the 50 we needed to do with. Whenever we would go to book time to get her in for instructor driving, no times were available. Finally we ended up just taking her to the mvd to do her driving test there. Only to find out she needed some paper from premier. She had passed the test at the mvd already. No one answered the phone so I ended up driving to the Montaño location only to find out premier wanted to do their own driving test. That was a Wednesday. The gal told me she would call me back that day. No call. I tried calling. Again no answer. I ended up driving back on Thursday morning only to find the only time she could do the test was Sunday. We came back on Sunday and the instructor just filled out the paper work and gave it to us. But apparently that couldn't have been done on Wednesday??? Now I'm at the mvd Monday afternoon and premier hasn't even been bothered to put the info into the system so she can get her license. The lack of communication is ridiculous. I definitely do NOT recommend premier and will not be taking any of my other kids there for driving "school".

Beware of this place. They've changed the scope of their services and you now have to do all your…read moretesting (written and driving) through the MVD. Basically, they just show some videos but don't do anything to simplify the process of getting a permit / license. Worse, you'll only learn about this right before you got to get your permit. You can go to a full-service school for about the same price, so save yourself the hassle skip this place.

If you have a child who is special needs and needs modifications do not come here. They want to…read moreslap you with 40 dollar fees for any little mistake you make. The teachers are not even patient with kids who feel uncomfortable being pressured which makes the kid not want to go and then if you don't get all your time done in a year you are screwed and they won't work with you. You will then have to pay 40 each time. In short this place is not a good place to go if you need special accommodating or have simple disabilities.