Somewhere to park car Sunday night to Friday (student)

Mr Rhode Island Red

Looking for somewhere to park the car from Sunday evening to Friday while I'm at college at NUIG.

I could get a student permit for parking on campus for 50 euro for the year, but the NUIG parking office told me they don't recommend people park on campus overnight and that people have been towed for leaving a car in the one spot for "excessively long periods of time".

Any other places I could park for the week?

If it's a case I can't park on campus overnight I suppose I could park on campus during the day and then move the car up to the cathedral square car park for the evening and night when it's free but that seems like a lot of bother and I don't know how safe the cathedral car park is to leave a car overnight.

Has anyone here ever parked on campus (opposite quadrangle or opposite kingfisher) overnight without any bother?

Any and all advice appreciated

mac1ntosh

There’s a housing estate called Castlelawn Heights on the Headford road. Handy to get parking in there and doesn’t cost a penny. About a ten minute walk to the college. I never parked on the college myself, but the college is very pack for clamping, you’ll see yourself when your walking through the car parks on a daily basis so I’d believe the advice of the college. If your early getting in in the mornings you could park in Corrib and walk / get the bus in, but that’s fills up very quickly

Why can't you park wherever you are living?

biko

Do you have a friend with an empty driveway around the city somewhere?

TheShow

I don't understand, if you can get a permit for parking, then why can't you park in the designated spaces without fear of being clamped?

Mr Rhode Island Red

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Why can't you park wherever you are living?

Just happen to be living in a house in a spot where there's double yellow lines both sides of the road and people are getting clamped a lot

Mr Rhode Island Red

biko wrote: »

Do you have a friend with an empty driveway around the city somewhere?

I'm afraid not, I have relatives out GMIT side but that's too far to be any help really

Del2005

mac1ntosh wrote: »

There’s a housing estate called Castlelawn Heights on the Headford road. Handy to get parking in there and doesn’t cost a penny. About a ten minute walk to the college. I never parked on the college myself, but the college is very pack for clamping, you’ll see yourself when your walking through the car parks on a daily basis so I’d believe the advice of the college. If your early getting in in the mornings you could park in Corrib and walk / get the bus in, but that’s fills up very quickly

Leaving your car in a housing estate for the day while you work/study is OK. Abandoning it for a week isn't.

Mr Rhode Island Red

TheShow wrote: »

I don't understand, if you can get a permit for parking, then why can't you park in the designated spaces without fear of being clamped?

I don't know. The parking office said that the crowd that do the clamping on campus are separate to NUIG and have been known to clamp cars for being left in one place for several days, even if they had permits. I honestly don't know why this is the case. I was advised to move the car to a different spot in the campus car parks once or twice a week to "avoid raising suspicion".

(on mobile, couldn't do the replies in one swoop)

ben.schlomo

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

biko wrote: »

Do you have a friend with an empty driveway around the city somewhere?

I'm afraid not, I have relatives out GMIT side but that's too far to be any help really

You could get a leap card and get the 405 to and from Nui then. 3.22 a day would be your cost.

ratracer

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

I don't know. The parking office said that the crowd that do the clamping on campus are separate to NUIG and have been known to clamp cars for being left in one place for several days, even if they had permits. I honestly don't know why this is the case. I was advised to move the car to a different spot in the campus car parks once or twice a week to "avoid raising suspicion".

(on mobile, couldn't do the replies in one swoop)

So similar to parking on campus during the day and moving to cathederal at night, just move the car on campus. Problem solved!

Mr Rhode Island Red

ben.schlomo wrote: »

You could get a leap card and get the 405 to and from Nui then. 3.22 a day would be your cost.

I have accommodation got out Newcastle side, its just there isn't anywhere to park my car during the week

bobbyss

I would be concerned about leaving car in cathedral car park. Don't know how lit up it is at night. Its a somewhat isolated spot.

fergiesfolly

We had students parking their cars on our street and it's as annoying as hell.
Do the residents in the neighbourhoods mentioned a favour and leave them alone.
If you need to bring your car into the city, you need to find a place to park it that doesn't infringe on others.
Pay for parking or leave it at home.

Mrs OBumble

Where are you coming from on Sunday night?

GerardKeating

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

I have accommodation got out Newcastle side, its just there isn't anywhere to park my car during the week

do you need the car with you during the week ?

Mr Rhode Island Red

GerardKeating wrote: »

do you need the car with you during the week ?

Not really like I'll be walking everywhere more than likely but I still wouldn't be comfortable having my car on the other side of the city

Tell me how

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

Not really like I'll be walking everywhere more than likely but I still wouldn't be comfortable having my car on the other side of the city

Get rid of the car. Use public transport or look for carpool options to and from home place to college once a week and give petrol money to driver.

Pros:
Earn few quid from selling car
Save money on insurance
Save money on tax
Save money on fuel
Save money on parking

Cons:
Won't be able tell the ladies "I'll pick you up at 8". You could, but it would be weird if you then arrived on a bike.

Del2005

Tell me how wrote: »

Cons:
Won't be able tell the ladies "I'll pick you up at 8". You could, but it would be weird if you then arrived on a bike.

Sign up for GoCar and you can pick up the ladies in a car.

Whereisgalway

Go into tonerys on bohermore, tell him your story n they might do you a deal

TheShow

fergiesfolly wrote: »

We had students parking their cars on our street and it's as annoying as hell.
Do the residents in the neighbourhoods mentioned a favour and leave them alone.
If you need to bring your car into the city, you need to find a place to park it that doesn't infringe on others.
Pay for parking or leave it at home.

So you’re saying that a person can’t park a car on a public road where there are no parking restrictions?

shenanagans

Seamus Quirke Rd is free to park on unless that's changed recently. It's not an estate so you're not going to be annoying anyone. It's a public road. There double yellow lines on part of the road but there's a section that fine to park.

what_traffic

shenanagans wrote: »

Seamus Quirke Rd is free to park on unless that's changed recently. It's not an estate so you're not going to be annoying anyone. It's a public road. There double yellow lines on part of the road but there's a section that fine to park.

Sections of it flood. (surface water flooding)

Mr Rhode Island Red

shenanagans wrote: »

Seamus Quirke Rd is free to park on unless that's changed recently. It's not an estate so you're not going to be annoying anyone. It's a public road. There double yellow lines on part of the road but there's a section that fine to park.

Whereabouts is the section where you can park? I can't recall ever seeing cars parked along it.

Edit: I have it now, I had the stretch of road that goes by aldi in my head, forgot about the bit before the roundabout, doesn't look like a bad spot tbh

shenanagans

Mr Rhode Island Red wrote: »

Whereabouts is the section where you can park? I can't recall ever seeing cars parked along it

From entry to Snipe lawn estate to the roundabout at rear of hospital. That section was OK to park. It hasn't changed as far as I know. Its very busy during day but on a Sunday evening I can't imagine you'd have any problem. Very hand for leaving on Fridays too, just across from Arts building.

witnessrenegade

Park in Dun or Gort Na Coiribe, a number of friends did the same thing when in college in NUI

joeKel73

Are you willing to pay for a driveway spot opposite NUIG? Is so, drop me a PM.

fergiesfolly

TheShow wrote: »

So you’re saying that a person can’t park a car on a public road where there are no parking restrictions?

I'm saying have the good grace to think of the local residents before you turn their doorstep into a public car park.
It's no joke having to do a 3-4 point turn to get in or out of your own driveway.

Peregrinus

TheShow wrote: »

So you’re saying that a person can’t park a car on a public road where there are no parking restrictions?

Not for days at a time, no. Parking ancillary to a journey that you are making is a legitimate use of the public highway, but using it to store your goods for prolonged periods when you don't require them is not. It doesn't make any difference that your "goods" happen to be a car.

The risk you run is that your car will be treated as "abandoned".

Mrs OBumble

Peregrinus wrote: »

Not for days at a time, no. Parking ancillary to a journey that you are making is a legitimate use of the public highway, but using it to store your goods for prolonged periods when you don't require them is not. It doesn't make any difference that your "goods" happen to be a car.

The risk you run is that your car will be treated as "abandoned".

On that basis, parking outside your own house is no different to parking outside someone elses.

How long am I allowed to park outside my own house for without taking a journey?

Peregrinus

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

On that basis, parking outside your own house is no different to parking outside someone elses.

How long am I allowed to park outside my own house for without taking a journey?

You've no clear right to do so at all. The road is for journeys, not storage. But the guards are unlikely to take any action if your neighbours don't complain about the car, and your neighbours are unlikely to complain if they know it to be your car.

It's a different matter if you park your car in a neighbourhood where nobody recognises it, and leave it there for days on end. Especially if parking is at a premium in the area or, obviously, if you park in a way that cause someone some inconvenience or annoyance, before long somebody will report your car to the guards, and when the guards observe that it's registered to an address miles away they may treat it as abandoned. (If it's registered to a local address they'll call round and suggest you move it.)