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The original sentence was:
運転教官は私に毎日運転するように言いました。
The driving instructor told me to drive every day.
But I wanted to change it into something more complex or perhaps similar to how a native speaker would say it.
運転教官は毎日運転した方がいいように言わせられてくれました。
The driving instructor told me that I should drive every day.
Is it correct? Or please can some of you tell me how to say it in a more native way?
Thank you in advance! ^.^
The original sentence is already perfectly natural, but I'm afraid to say your attempt makes no sense.
言わせられてくれた is a causative-passive form followed by the past form of a donatory subsidiary verb くれた. It would mean "the instructor was (kindly) made (by someone) to say ～", if it means anything. However, the causative-passive meaning ("the instructor was made to say ～") has nothing to do with the intended meaning. Using くれる is not wrong if you are really thankful, but you usually don't need to thank for a simple advice like this.
It's possible rephrase the original sentence by using a simple passive form, like so:
運転教官に毎日運転するよう言われました。
I was told to drive every day by the driving instructor.
But this is no better than the original sentence as far as the naturality is concerned.
