I had a great experience learning to drive through Greers Gears. The instructors are very friendly and patient, answering questions with kindness and clarity. The app is brilliant. The theory resources are amazing, keeping track of lessons and keeping in touch with instructors. I passed both theory and practical tests first time because of these. I thoroughly recommend this driving school for anyone, but especially other ND learners. Read Less

Massive thank you to Chris (& Stephen!) at Greer's Gears! My daughter passed her test this morning and I honestly couldn't fault our whole experience. Chris has been great with my daughter, making sure she has felt reassured the whole time. He has the patience of a saint for sure! Excellent communication, a very helpful app, flexible, friendly service and gets results! I wouldn't hesitate to recommend, you won't be sorry. Read Less

I spent about 2 months researching driving schools in ayrshire way back in December 2024 as I wanted to make good use of a personal injury claim payout and I had spoke to my husband about restarting my driving lessons again. I had drawn up a list of potential instructors and set about contacting them for information and I have to say I wasn't completely rushed off my feet with replies from driving schools in Kilmarnock and Irvine. From the start the communication was there with Greer's Gears, from the very first call with Trisha on the 20th Jan 2025 right up to the first meeting with Chris. I booked a course of 40 hours fully thinking it would take longer than that to be able to pass my test. I started driving with Chris in the March 2025, I had it in my head that I wanted to learn in a manual car, so Chris brought a manual car up and the first lesson was way too much mental overload trying to master the gears despite driving a manual learning car 17 years ago Chris recommended that I try an automatic car, so the next lesson was a wee toyota yaris. Oh my god what a big difference, the mental overload disappeared and I became a bit more relaxed and I felt that I could do driving again. Fast forward a few weeks later and Chris shows up in this brand new car my first words was I can't drive that it is massive, how wrong was I. The car was perfect I loved the elevated view point from the driver's position. Each lesson was planned perfectly and structured to myself and I felt that I could do this, the learning was relaxed and calm, Chris definitely has a calming persona. Even when I had wobbly moments and I was convinced that I couldn't do it and I was wasting my time and Chris's time, he still remained calm and so professional and believe me there was a few wobbly moments. After that sometimes nerves still got to me but Chris would get me to do breathing exercises when I felt stressed and he knew how to bring the nerves down and keep me calm. Even just touching my hand and saying I'm ok and I can do this, this was enough to settle me. I passed my theory test first time in August 2025 with tools supplied by greer's gears, and I had been trying to book my practical test but I could never get a slot to book at the Irvine test centre. Chris stepped in and managed to get a test date February 2026 came round very quickly and the nerves kicked in big time, things that I knew I could do suddenly felt tough and I felt very stressed as the time got closer to test date, Chris advised me to go to h&b health shop and buy some things to help with focus and calming the stress levels. Test day came round and pick up in the morning, before we started Chris spoke to me in such a calming manner and said so this was the day we had been working towards and the end goal was in sight asked me how I was feeling and he could see I was a little bit nervous despite me trying to hide it, so off we go for the lesson and final practice before showtime. Around 10am we headed to the test centre and I could feel the nerves rising until I sat in the waiting area of the test centre where the nerves seemed to start settling down, went out on my driving test and it felt like the quickest 35-40 mins of my life. The driving examiner then told me that I had passed (4 faults) and my reaction was "what, oh my god" and tears flowed. Chris was waiting outside the car so I opened the door for the debrief and I said that I failed trying to convince him that I had failed but I don't think he was buying it at all. I came out the car and hugged Chris and the tears flowed as all the nerves released. Chris said he knew I could do it. Chris even helped me to go and view a car that I saw and he gave me his honest opinion and advice, that is not something that every driving instructor offers to do. I'm going to miss our chats in the car. Chris is not just a driving instructor, Chris becomes a good friend. Read Less