Pro Drive Driving School

Great instructors. Great program. Very positive experience. I have already enrolled in another class with them.

I just took the car control class. Pro Drive is taking extra measures to keep participants safe during the pandemic. My instructor was very good at teaching and being efficient about presenting the information and then getting into the car to practice. I picked up some good skills for successfully driving in bad conditions even though I have been driving for a long time in snow and ice. After spending a lifetime of trying to avoid getting into a skid it was very helpful to actually make the car skid and practice how to correct the car. This would be a great class for new drivers but I also feel if you have spent years avoiding getting into a skid, this class will help get some timing and control practice for when a skid occurs. Plus my instructor drove all the way from Oregon City for just one student today, I appreciate the company's efforts to provide the class.

Took both kids to the defensive driving/skid car classes. They each felt they learned a great deal and really enjoyed the experience. As time has gone on, they also like to come home and tell me when they actually use these techniques on the road. I wish our auto insurance gave us a discount for this, but I that just means we need to switch companies, more than likely!

I've taken two classes from Pro Drive, their skid-car class and their 3-day racing school. Both times I came away disappointed. Don't get me wrong, you learn skills in both classes; but the feedback and driving instruction offered by the Pro Drive team is lacking. Pro Drive is the only school in Portland offering these types of courses, which is too bad because the skills they attempt to teach are worthwhile.

My beef is their feedback is vague and ambiguous, which compromises the learning of the students. The instructors there are mostly amateur drivers who are not well trained in how to coach driving skills. When I approached them with issues I was having they responded with heuristics and vague hypotheses on what could be going wrong. I hired them for precise feedback and direct instruction. Both times I received neither. If you want a cheap skid car class take their skid car class; but, if you want to drop big bucks for high quality feedback, find a more professional outfit like BMW's driving school where instructors are professional drivers who are also professionally trained in providing driving instruction.