RTE 6 o'clock today 5th Feb news clip on motoring trends

Calahonda52

Disgraceful end to the piece in Barlo Nissan in Kilkenny when the customer and the sales man make a dogs .... out of connecting up the FCP.

IMO the news guy has an anti EV agenda.

Will be alerting Barlo in the am

ps weather front interesting here just now
https://www.windy.com/?53.339,-6.260,5

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

I saw that, it was like they purposely made it look awkward to try to charge the car, something like that would put people off.

SCOOP 64

Looked bad alright, first lady couldn't do ,then salesman, as if he said let me show you and then he struggled with it, surely cant be that hard to insert?

liamog

Didn't realise CHAdeMO was so hard to connect, if a trained professional can't connect them how are all the normal Leaf owners managing to do it.

I guess it explains why so many charge to 100%, it's probably just as awkward to disconnect.

What an absolute hatchet job.

Orebro

If I was in Nissan Ireland I’d be making my way to Barlo first thing this morning looking for the responsible persons head on a plate. How did they leave that nonsense get filmed or allowed on TV?

Calahonda52

just called Barlo, the woman has the car for a while and was flustered by the camera in her face as she arrived during the filming.

I didn't ask who was the assistant..
Hatchet job indeed

KCross

For anyone wanting to watch...
https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/rte-news-six-one-30003249/10835913/ (31m:41s)

The reporter in question is the same numpty who caused the following thread to start so yes there is a bias there!
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=102521670

jprboy

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Looked bad alright, first lady couldn't do ,then salesman, as if he said let me show you and then he struggled with it, surely cant be that hard to insert?

:D

I've used that charger a few times and never had an issue, ahem, inserting.

However, it's a damn sight more difficult to disconnect from it so that would have made even "better" tv

unkel

Dear oh dear. I rarely venture out of the Dublin area, but it goes to show how backward most of Ireland still is. Reminds me of the divorce referendum in '97:

Greater Dublin area: 70% in favour
Rest of the country: 70% against

Do the good simple folk down the country think those fukcers McQuaid and de Valera are still alive and watching them or something?

markodaly

unkel wrote: »

Dear oh dear. I rarely venture out of the Dublin area, but it goes to show how backward most of Ireland still is. Reminds me of the divorce referendum in '97:

Greater Dublin area: 70% in favour
Rest of the country: 70% against

Do the good simple folk down the country think those fukcers McQuaid and de Valera are still alive and watching them or something?

Wow, just wow. What an ignorant insulting comment.

I suppose the Pale is a realm of enlightenment, wisdom and virtue,
*cough* Charile 'King of rat of Kinsealy' Haughey
*cough* Bertie 'Never had a bank account' Ahern
*cough* Liam 'I'm on the take' Lawlor

Oh, and I'm a Dub by the way. Now what Dev, McQuaid and Divorce had to do with a Nissan Leaf is beyond me.

edit: screen shot taken

Fr Tod Umptious

unkel wrote: »

Dear oh dear. I rarely venture out of the Dublin area, but it goes to show how backward most of Ireland still is. Reminds me of the divorce referendum in '97:


Greater Dublin area: 70% in favour
Rest of the country: 70% against

Do the good simple folk down the country think those fukcers McQuaid and de Valera are still alive and watching them or something?

Divorce referendum was '95.

JackieChan

markodaly wrote: »

Wow, just wow. What an ignorant insulting comment.

I suppose the Pale is a realm of enlightenment, wisdom and virtue,
*cough* Charile 'King of rat of Kinsealy' Haughey
*cough* Bertie 'Never had a bank account' Ahern
*cough* Liam 'Liam is not on the take' Lawlor

Oh, and I'm a Dub by the way. Now what Dev, McQuaid and Divorce had to do with a Nissan Leaf is beyond me.

edit: screen shot taken

Slight correction, he had a thing for referring to himself in the third person!