Thanks braillce. I'll let you know if I end up going down that road. For now, I think i'm going to try one or two more times in Zhuji. Then HZ, then Shanghai.
My biggest problem with this whole thing is that I only have an expired Car license from the US, so i would probably have to take the lessons. But I was actually able to convince the police translator in HZ that my license was also for motorcycles and in Zhuji they don't seem to care that its expired... If i go anywhere besides Zhuji I'll have to work my way around both those issues again.