Jim Lorimer was a driving instructor who was employed by Renee Roberts to give her lessons in July 1980. Alf had no idea the booking had been made and was somewhat non-plussed when Jim whisked her away without any notice. He was amused though when she returned, crashing gears and horn blaring as scared pedestrians hurriedly got out of the way. Conflict arose though when Alf refused to assist Renee with her preparation, using the excuse that each driving school had their own methods of teaching and he didn’t want to interfere.