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[Article] Rail bosses feel the need for speed on key city line

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  • #32
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,837 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    SeanW wrote:
    CAF screwed up. Anyone who has had the misfortune of using a 29K on the Sligo line past Maynooth can tell you that CAF just don't know how to make suspensions that work right.
    Aren't the 29000s used up north fitted with a different (working) suspension?


  • #33
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 39,532 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Happy Bertie wrote:
    one could question why so many people need a car in Dublin with so much access to public transportation.
    That's hilarious, although not intentionally.

    The government tells me I'm served by both Luas and Suburban Rail
    Each is a half hour walk away from where I live, up a hill
    Thanks but no thanks.
    The bus service takes up to 45 minutes to get out of the village onto... the Red Cow
    At least from there there are some buslanes, but the Inchicore buslane was taken away to make way for a Luas service I can't use

    Most of the cost of private car transportation is depreciation and not petrol.
    Not if you buy a cheap car (the ones with the highest emissions/km.)
    There is no way any public transport service in this state can realistically, at present, compete with a 1994 Nissan Sunny. I wish they could, but they can't.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #34
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Happy Bertie wrote:
    The true cost of going by car isn't €40. The average car depreciates 25c/mile, so for a return trip to Cork (400 miles) that's an additional €100. If you include insurance, maintenance, motor tax, repairs, etc. the total would be closer €150.

    That is a load of BS. A nice cheap second hand car will get you from Cork to Dublin nicely and will already have lost most of it's value to depreciation already. (For instance my friends in the example have a 8 year old Fiesta).

    While statisticians like to sprout about depreciation per mile. The reality is the second you drive it out of the lot it loses the greatest amount of value, followed by simply how many years you have it and how good a nick you keep it in.

    For instance if you bought a new car for €20,000 in the morning, drove it home (lets say 1 mile) and never drive it again for another 5 years, your certainly not going to get €19,999.75 in 5 years time, hell you wouldn't get it if you turned around and tried to sell it straight after buying it.
    Happy Bertie wrote:
    The argument could be made that you have the car anyway, but one could question why so many people need a car in Dublin with so much access to public transportation.

    ROFLOL, do you actually live in Dublin?

    I live in Dublin, don't own a car and cycle a lot. But I wouldn't even make that claim and I can certainly understand why someone needs a car in Dublin.

    For instance I'm moving into a new apartment soon, I'll need to buy lots of new furniture, but most furniture places are out in the middle of nowhere, making it very difficult for me without a car.


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