choose one driving school or another may represent a a saving of more than 300 euros when obtaining a driving license, according to a study carried out by the Navarre Irache Consumer Association in 21 centers of the Pamplona Region.
This comparison has compiled the prices of driving schools and calculated how much it would cost to obtain a driving license if you obtain it in the first attemptBoth the theoretical and practical parts, and up to the exam, nineteen practical driving lessons were taken.
“In the most expensive driving school among those analyzed, the cost to pay would be 1,268 euros and at least expensive, 964 euros, which represents a difference of 304 euros. The average cost is 1,135 euros,” the association said in a press release.
Regarding the prices of practical courses, the average cost for a one-hour session is 43.3 euros and the maximum price difference is five euros per class between one center and another; the most expensive is 45 euros and the cheapest is 40. The average cost of the 45-minute class is 35.25 euros; and prices vary between 38 and 33.5 euros, which represents a difference between one class and another of 4.5 euros.
Irache points out that “the average cost of obtaining the card has increased 203 euros compared to that obtained eight years ago in a similar study, which represents 21%. “In the average cost of a practical course, for one hour it has increased by 2.70 euros and for 45 minutes, by 4.14 euros.
As he explains, most of the driving schools They present offers with “cheaper prices than ordinary prices” and that “usually combine all the theoretical preparation, whether books, access to online tests, keys, any material on physical or telematic media and sometimes they also add traffic rates and the” processing of the file “. A little more than half of the driving schools offer offers that also include many practical courses.
On the other hand, “most driving schools offer intensive format pass the theoretical exam as quickly as possible.” All the centers offer face-to-face training with a teacher “but some offers now only include online training,” explains Irache.
In some centers license plate analyzed It expires after six months, a year or two years. If that period passes without taking an exam or obtaining a license, you have to pay again. “There are also payments for codes to study online, which expire after months and you have to renew with new subscriptions,” he points out.
“In some driving schools it is allowed to defer payment up to 18 monthly payments and in others they offer financing of the 40% of tuition fees. Another good number do not offer any type of financing,” he says.
