Morty’s Driving School

Found the instructors to be very strong on their knowledge and expertise on motorcycles. Learned a great deal from Geoff (theory), Phil (road) and Mel (closed track). Additional thanks to Townsend and the other instructors who assisted.
I enjoyed the courses and the execution was very good. Open and honest feedback and instructors are very much aware of the safety of their students. I learned a good deal from all instructors.
My only true gripe was an additional cost lumped on for what could have been some additional time to fully learn the maneuvers of counter balancing. I did not end up requiring it and went from closed track to open road but was still charged $ 65.00 in additional to the regular fees that are advertised. This additional cost left me thinking two things. Is the business all about getting every penny from the clients? 2. Where is the information that additional costs may be added on top of the advertised fees ?
In all, I paid a $ 250 deposit, the remaining of the $ 799 + taxes when I started to work on the closed track. Then the additional $ 65.00 was added which is supposed to be for additional tuition on the closed track but that wasn’t even taken. However, it left a poorer mark on the experience as I like to think the school wants a high success rate of passed students. To accomplish this, the advertised price should be what students expect to pay, especially in this day and age of watching our pennies.
Furthermore, if a student needs more time on the track or a part of the course, there should be a grace of allowing that student to confidently accrue the knowledge with a little more time. If additional time is needed, then by all means ensure the student is aware that further costs will be charged for the additional time required. Not a case of the student finding out over the phone and having little to no choice but to pay in order to continue the course.
As a businessman, I fully appreciate the need to pay my staff and would like to see a bit more transparency in this regard as opposed to finding out during the call I need to make to find out how to proceed.
Otherwise, thank you to the aforementioned staff for a great job !!!
D.Warren