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To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Your First Car Tells The StoryDriving Instructor's Car Evolution: From $500 Skoda to Multiple MiatasClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia!Three days before his 16th birthday—days before he could finally get his license—Nigel Tunnacliffe's brother totaled his first car. The Skoda 135 GLi he'd saved $500 to buy. Gone.Most people would give up. Nigel bought a Mark 1 Toyota MR2 and proceeded to blow through FIVE engines. Yes, five. The first one ran out of oil. The engines from Japan had ticking valves. The Suzuki Forsa track car with the Subaru turbo? Blew two turbos—the compressor wheels snapped off and ended up in...
2025-10-1436 min
To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Your First Car Tells The Story$500 Czech Mystery: 1989 Skoda 135 GLi Most Americans Never Heard OfClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia!Nigel Tunnacliffe of Coastline Academy Driving School's @coastlineacademy first car was a 1989 Skoda 135 GLi that he bought from a neighbor.Check out the full episode with Nigel here - https://buzzsprout.com/2316026/episodes/17979629-5x-engine-rebuilds-on-an-mr2-coastline-academy-founder-s-teen-safety-mission *** Your Favorite Automotive Podcast - Now Arriving Weekly!!! *** Listen on your favorite platform and visit https://carsloved.com for full episodes, our automotive blog, Guest Road Trip Playlist and our new CAR-ousel of Memories photo...
2025-06-0200 min
To All The Cars I've Loved Before: Your First Car Tells The StoryWhy Miata Is Always The Answer according to NigelClick here to share your favorite car, car story or any automotive trivia!Tune in to listen to how our most recent guest, Nigel Tunnacliffe from Coastline Academy, the largest driving school in the country, describes how he feels about the Mazda Miata.Nigel's favorite episode is "Rotary Revelations – Jon Leverett’s Mazda RX-7 Tales and Industry Insider Insights" https://pod.link/1733902541/episode/c10a8cae2d89d0f65fdfbc73f879aa09Check out Coastline Academy's free videos on YouTube to give you an idea of how they can help your new driver prepa...
2025-05-1600 min
Travis Makes MoneyMake Money with a Driving School | Nigel TunnacliffeNigel Tunnacliffe is the founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, the largest driving school in the United States. Starting from teaching students himself at a single location, Nigel has grown Coastline Academy to serve nine states and hundreds of thousands of students. The company has been recognized as the sixth fastest-growing education company in the U.S. by Inc. magazine. Nigel’s journey is a testament to scaling a hands-on service business into a national operation, all while staying mission-driven and customer-focused.
On this episode we talk about:
How Nigel made his first dollar selling Ma...
2025-04-2834 minTravis Makes MoneyMake Money with a Driving School | Nigel TunnacliffeNigel Tunnacliffe is the founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, the largest driving school in the United States. Starting from teaching students himself at a single location, Nigel has grown Coastline Academy to serve nine states and hundreds of thousands of students. The company has been recognized as the sixth fastest-growing education company in the U.S. by Inc. magazine. Nigel’s journey is a testament to scaling a hands-on service business into a national operation, all while staying mission-driven and customer-focused.
On this episode we talk about:
How Nigel made his first dollar selling Ma...
2025-04-2834 min
To Lead Is HumanPassion to Purpose: Reimagining Driver Education (Nigel Tunnacliffe)Nigel Tunnicliffe co-founded a driving school as a social enterprise to eradicate car crashes and scaled it into a nationwide business in 500-plus cities. This episode explores leadership philosophies, personalized service, and scaling challenges, with insights and inspiration for aspiring leaders.This is To Lead Is Human — listen to learn how you can uplevel your leadership and shape cultures of accountability, respect, and candor.“I support folks to do what they need to do without being super directive. And I think that’s how we can get a lot of potential out of our people.” — Nigel Tunnacliffe...
2025-04-0241 min
The Teen Anxiety Maze- Parenting Teens, Help for Anxiety, Anxious Teens, Anxiety ReliefE 235 Driving School Secrets for Nervous New DriversSend us a text🚗 Driving Anxiety SOLVED: Expert Reveals How Teens Can Become Confident Drivers! 🚦Are you a parent struggling with a teen who's terrified of driving? Or a young driver feeling overwhelmed by the thought of getting behind the wheel? This episode is your ultimate guide!In this eye-opening conversation, I sit down with Nigel Tunnacliffe, CEO of Coastline Academy - the #1 driving school transforming teen driving education across America.📍 What You'll Learn:Why driving anxiety is actually a GOOD thingProven strategies to build teen driving confidenceHow p...
2025-03-1126 min
Parenting Stories, Struggles and Strategies for Moms and Dads of School-aged Children, Teenagers, and Impactful Parents287: Teaching Teenagers How To DriveTeaching Teenagers How To Drive
Teaching your teen how to drive doesn't have to be stressful! In this episode of the Impactful Parent, Nigel Tunnacliffe, the founder of Coastline Academy Driving School, gives parents tips, hacks, and important information that every parent needs to know to get their teen driving safely on the road. Discover how teaching your child to drive can be a bonding experience that both of you will remember for a lifetime!
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2024-10-2428 min
How2Exit: Buy, Don't Build - M&A of Small BusinessesE229: Scaling Up: Coastline Academy's Acquisition Strategy Secrets for Entrepreneurial SuccessWatch Here: https://youtu.be/QjuxhjOAlBMAbout the Guest(s): Nigel Tunnacliffe is the CEO of Coastline Academy, a national driving school dedicated to eradicating car crashes through high-quality education. With a tech background and an MBA from Oxford, Nigel merges innovative business strategies with practical driver's ed solutions. Under his leadership, Coastline Academy has expanded across the U.S., enhancing road safety and customer experience with a blend of traditional and modern methods.Summary: In this episode of the How2Exit podcast, host Ronald Skelton chats with N...
2024-07-0552 min
Never Stop DrivingA chat with Nigel Tunnacliffe, Enthusiast and Driving School FounderThis week on Never Stop Driving: Larry is a huge fan of driving schools and believes that educating people on how to be better drivers and handle cars at the limit makes folks safer behind the wheel, which makes this week's guest an ideal conversation! Nigel Tunnacliffe is an automotive enthusiast, as well as the founder of America's largest driving school. If you've ever been curious about improving behind the wheel, this episode is for you.Join the Hagerty Drivers Club! https://www.hagerty.com/drivers-club/
2024-05-0146 min
Cars Yeah2437: Nigel TunnacliffeNigel Tunnacliffe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, a next-generation driving school on a mission to end all car crashes. In just six years, Nigel bootstrapped the company from a small startup into the largest driving school in the country and the 6th fastest-growing education company in America according to Inc.com. Nigel studied as a Skoll Scholar at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford and has founded numerous successful tech companies. A proponent of combining modern technology with rigorous standards for instructors, Nigel has used his passionate commitment to driver safety to architect...
2023-12-0743 min