I'm about to start learning and I'm wondering what kind of frequency/length of lessons to go for. As it stands my total driving experience is about 25 metres on a private driveway in a left-hand drive car. Pretty much zero.
Ideally I'd like to learn as quickly as possible, but with work commitments and no idea how I'm going to take to driving (I'm not nervous - I've just never really tried) I don't think a 'crash course' is for me.
On the flipside of the coin I do best at things I'm immersed in and do a lot - the worst thing I can do when learning to do something is stop doing it for a while. What I'm really looking for is a tradeoff I think. I do, however, have a car I'm insured to drive and a willing passenger so practising shouldn't be out of the question.
How often are/did others take lessons and how did it work out for you?
Also, any general advice people would like to throw my way would be gratefully accepted :)