Mount Merrion tesco parking spaces

Ipro

Is it just me or are these spaces smaller than usual ? Gaurenteed to have your car scratched in there. Surly there should be some planning laws around this ?

collie0708

Think the centre was opened in the early/mid 80s probably cars have got bigger and with space in that part of town being at a premium probably not worth reducing capacity to increase the size of the spaces.

NiallBoo

I think the big problem here is that people are unable/unwilling to make the most of the spaces and swing cars up close to the pillars.
Because there's often only two spaces between pillars it leaves the next person with a much harder job.

Ipro

collie0708 wrote: »

Think the centre was opened in the early/mid 80s probably cars have got bigger and with space in that part of town being at a premium probably not worth reducing capacity to increase the size of the spaces.

It's a nice part of town and there's a lot of well to do people driving premium cars particularly larger ones. I'm sure a lot of people avoid going to the center because of the space sizes. I sure know I avoid going for fear of my car getting scratched.

tuisginideach

Mount Merrion??? or do you mean the Merrion Shopping centre ?


Shopping there and trying to get two children out of / into car seats in the 00s was a nightmare - then 'parent/child spaces' were no wider than a normal car space and it was impossible to access the car seat. They re-designed the saces at the end of the 00s but I don't need to use it much any more.

Ipro

tuisginideach wrote: »

Mount Merrion??? or do you mean the Merrion Shopping centre ?


Shopping there and trying to get two children out of / into car seats in the 00s was a nightmare - then 'parent/child spaces' were no wider than a normal car space and it was impossible to access the car seat. They re-designed the saces at the end of the 00s but I don't need to use it much any more.

Your right , it's The Merrion. Can't find a way to edit the title.

colm_c

I always used to park across the road in Sandymount beside Sydney parade dart station for this very reason.

That or go when it's not busy (late at night).

AhHaor

Same as places like Dundrum and lot of underground parking. I end up deciding when and where I go based on parking availability and space size. And normally as far away from shops as possible. Invariably some dick will always park near you in a battered ding riddled 01 banger.

SteM

Seems very tight to me alright. I've seen 2 cars hit their side mirrors on the columns there. The first one was awful. A lady in an new the looking suv started grinding the side mirror and instead of stopping she sped up. Took the whole thing off. The look of disgust on her face....

fullstop

AhHaor wrote: »

Same as places like Dundrum and lot of underground parking. I end up deciding when and where I go based on parking availability and space size. And normally as far away from shops as possible. Invariably some dick will always park near you in a battered ding riddled 01 banger.

The spaces in dundrum are plenty big?!

cython

Ipro wrote: »

Is it just me or are these spaces smaller than usual ? Gaurenteed to have your car scratched in there. Surly there should be some planning laws around this ?

Ipro wrote: »

It's a nice part of town and there's a lot of well to do people driving premium cars particularly larger ones. I'm sure a lot of people avoid going to the center because of the space sizes. I sure know I avoid going for fear of my car getting scratched.

Eh, would you care to stop moving the goalposts here? First off, you suggest this should be controlled by planning laws (maybe it is, I don't know, but as mentioned in an existing development it would be subject to the laws at the time of construction), and then you change tack to suggest it should be determined by the size of the local cars (for want of a better term) - clearly you don't like the layout or sizing of the spaces in the centre, but at this point you're just clutching at straws to find a scapegoat/target for that dislike.

Ipro

cython wrote: »

Eh, would you care to stop moving the goalposts here? First off, you suggest this should be controlled by planning laws (maybe it is, I don't know, but as mentioned in an existing development it would be subject to the laws at the time of construction), and then you change tack to suggest it should be determined by the size of the local cars (for want of a better term) - clearly you don't like the layout or sizing of the spaces in the centre, but at this point you're just clutching at straws to find a scapegoat/target for that dislike.

I was merely pointing out that the center might want to take their local customers needs into consideration. tge spaces are so small that people are actually avoiding the center or as a previous poster mentioned parking across the road. If I was running the center I'd be embarrassed that my customers had to drag all their shopping across the road.

The spaces are deffinatly too small, I'm driving a Kia picanto (temporarily thank god) and it's difficult to get in or out of trying to ensure the door dosent touch off the parallel car when opened.

damon5

Found the under ground car park below the shopping centre In dun laoghhaire the same,only fit for mini size cars...

AhHaor

fullstop wrote: »

The spaces in dundrum are plenty big?!

Not the ones which have a pillar encroaching the sides in the sets of 3!

fullstop

AhHaor wrote: »

Not the ones which have a pillar encroaching the sides in the sets of 3!

They're still big enough to fit comfortably in.

Indricotherium

fullstop wrote: »

They're still big enough to fit comfortably in.

They're the best spots!! Pillar keeps that side safe!!