Dublin Airport Carparks - WHATS WRONG WITH IRISH PEOPLE!!

jjmcclure · 28-07-2017 02:54PM #1

Hi

I park at Dublin Airport short term car parks 3 to 4 days a week. Every time I return to my car after being away for a few days there is a new ding or scratch from people opening their doors and not giving a feck about damaging other peoples property.

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property.
I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!:mad:

jimmycrackcorm · 28-07-2017 03:26PM

What makes you think it's Irish people doing it? Surely a number of people might be living here but flying back home more regularly than Irish people traveling?

Anyway it's company car drivers doing it, they don't care.

liger · 28-07-2017 04:47PM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Hi

I park at Dublin Airport short term car parks 3 to 4 days a week. Every time I return to my car after being away for a few days there is a new ding or scratch from people opening their doors :

I know people should take more care but that short term car park is an awful tight squeeze for most spaces.

AlekSmart · 28-07-2017 05:03PM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Hi

I park at Dublin Airport short term car parks 3 to 4 days a week. Every time I return to my car after being away for a few days there is a new ding or scratch from people opening their doors and not giving a feck about damaging other peoples property.

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property.
I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!:mad:

It's a good job you dont park in France...a stroll along any French street will reveal very few vehicles,of all ages,that do not have a collection of scratches,dents and scrapes......

Mr.Frame · 28-07-2017 07:48PM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Hi

I park at Dublin Airport short term car parks 3 to 4 days a week. Every time I return to my car after being away for a few days there is a new ding or scratch from people opening their doors and not giving a feck about damaging other peoples property.

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property.
I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!:mad:

The problem is that the car parking spaces at Dublin Airport are far too narrow to accommodate cars.
It is something the DAA really should look at

punisher5112 · 28-07-2017 07:51PM

Stack em pack em and rack em.....

Fit as many in means more money...

devnull · 28-07-2017 07:51PM

The problem is even if you feel they are, the DAA full well know if they increased the spaces they'd fit less cars in there therefore it's a non starter until a lot more car park spaces come on stream so enlarging the car park spaces doesn't impact their revenue.

The car parks are booming as well - so much so that this year the car park shuttle bus operators have had to acquire additional vehicles in the last few months to meet demand for them.

GhostyMcGhost · 28-07-2017 07:55PM

devnull wrote: »

The problem is even if you feel they are, the DAA full well know if they increased the spaces they'd fit less cars in there therefore it's a non starter until a lot more car park spaces come on stream so enlarging the car park spaces doesn't impact their revenue.

The car parks are booming as well - so much so that this year the car park shuttle bus operators have had to acquire additional vehicles in the last few months to meet demand for them.

Long term parking is fine. Even driving up a level it’s desperately bad in the short term parking. Almost as bad as what they charge for it

Even a quick same day UK and back flight, I’d be in red or blue

punisher5112 · 28-07-2017 08:26PM

Db have plenty of routes serving also.

TheRiverman · 28-07-2017 09:00PM

The size of the parking spaces in the short term car park is a disgrace,way too narrow with outrageous hourly charges to park there.There is also the awful problem of idiots leaving the back wheel of their car on the white line or over it into the next space.
Whoever designed it must think we all get out of our cars through the sun roof.

the_syco · 28-07-2017 09:08PM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property.
I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!:mad:

Because they won't get caught. I find chance of getting caught versus chance of giving a damn to be linked.

Hitman3000 · 28-07-2017 09:18PM

jjmcclure wrote:

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property. I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!

I have driven on the continent multiple times, I can assure you it is not an exclusively Irish/Ireland problem.

J.pilkington · 29-07-2017 08:09AM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Hi

I park at Dublin Airport short term car parks 3 to 4 days a week. Every time I return to my car after being away for a few days there is a new ding or scratch from people opening their doors and not giving a feck about damaging other peoples property.

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property.
I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!:mad:

Out of interest are your weekly flights to Donegal? as lack of respect for other people's property is not an Irish phenomenon! Every country in the world has it, in fact I'd say Irish people rank high in respecting other people's property.

As other posters have mentioned, try visiting the med / Eastern Europe and you'll have a new appreciation for parking in Ireland. In some cities it's customary to not apply handbrake to allow cars squeeze tightly together

howiya · 29-07-2017 11:14AM

Deedsie wrote: »

The actual problem is too many people drive to the airport. There are plenty of buses that could bring people to and from the airport.

Save yourself some money, petrol and parking charges, avoid M50 traffic congestion and tolls and stop getting dings on your car.

Aircoach is a perfectly viable alternative...

Bus services to and from parts of Dublin to and from the airport either don't exist or are completely inadequate

trellheim · 29-07-2017 01:55PM

Bus services to and from parts of Dublin to and from the airport either don't exist or are completely inadequate

Fair point. But at what point does a cab ride be the cheaper option ( include the hassle factor of getting the bus to said carparks plus chance of it getting damage ) .

I have not left the motor in the carparks to fly for many years its just plain not worth it unless you have more than a carful or going for a long time

Isambard · 29-07-2017 03:33PM

Deedsie wrote: »

The actual problem is too many people drive to the airport. There are plenty of buses that could bring people to and from the airport.

Save yourself some money, petrol and parking charges, avoid M50 traffic congestion and tolls and stop getting dings on your car.

Aircoach is a perfectly viable alternative...

Not from everywhere and the same goes for DB. I'd wager more people from outside Dublin use the airport than from the City.

jjmcclure · 29-07-2017 03:33PM

Bus is not a viable option when you are traveling all the time, especially when you are on 6 or 7 am flights. I fly every week from Dublin airport for work. I guess it is not an Irish problem but I can't understand the mentality. I would never do it and am extremly careful when getting into and out of my car in tight spaces.

Some folk just don't give a ^&%$

devnull · 29-07-2017 03:44PM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Bus is not a viable option when you are traveling all the time, especially when you are on 6 or 7 am flights. I fly every week from Dublin airport for work. I guess it is not an Irish problem but I can't understand the mentality. I would never do it and am extremly careful when getting into and out of my car in tight spaces.

Some folk just don't give a ^&%$

Aircoach is 24 hours, but it's true they don't cover a lot of the city and the south in general is much better served than the North.

JeffKenna · 29-07-2017 03:50PM

Deedsie wrote: »

Isambard wrote: »

Not from everywhere and the same goes for DB. I'd wager more people from outside Dublin use the airport than from the City.

From where in Ireland can you not get a public transport to Dublin Airport?

A lot of places in Ireland you'd find it hard to get public transport to the nearest town not to mention Dublin airport.

seamus · 29-07-2017 04:11PM

It's just a lump of metal.

If you want to keep it pristine, don't take it out in public.

jjmcclure · 29-07-2017 04:33PM

seamus wrote: »

It's just a lump of metal.

If you want to keep it pristine, don't take it out in public.

Great attitude there. Its a lump of metal I work hard to pay for. Is it too much to expect people to show a little respect for other peoples property?

kravmaga · 29-07-2017 04:50PM

jjmcclure wrote: »

Hi

I park at Dublin Airport short term car parks 3 to 4 days a week. Every time I return to my car after being away for a few days there is a new ding or scratch from people opening their doors and not giving a feck about damaging other peoples property.

Why do Irish people care so little about damaging other peoples property.
I am Irish by the way and would never ever do this!:mad:

eh your post is a bit of a generalisation, why and how would you state its Irish public are damaging cars??? Dublin is a multi-cultural city and that applies to Dublin airport also.

In my experience the parking bays/spaces are not wide enough especially for 4x4 or larger saloon cars hence doors can connect with the adjacent parked car quite easily, this happens in supermarket and shopping centre car parks also not just in Dublin airport.

Hitman3000 · 29-07-2017 04:55PM

jjmcclure wrote:

Great attitude there. Its a lump of metal I work hard to pay for. Is it too much to expect people to show a little respect for other peoples property?

Here's a solution, buy a P.O.S. only to be used for the airport run then any dents etc picked up will be of no consequence.

Carawaystick · 29-07-2017 07:07PM

The spaces in Short term car park A at T1 are small because the carpark was built at a time cars were smaller. a polo these days is bigger than a mk1 golf, and a fiesta is bigger than a mk3 escort

august12 · 29-07-2017 07:56PM

jjmcclure wrote:

Great attitude there. Its a lump of metal I work hard to pay for. Is it too much to expect people to show a little respect for other peoples property?

Would agree with you, some people just don't give a damn about other people, not to mention other people's property. I, like you, no matter where I park am very conscious when it comes to opening my car door. And totally agree with you, it might be a lump of metal to some people but someone else's pride and joy. If I want my car scratched, then at least let me do it myself, I don't need help from others.

amtc · 30-07-2017 12:22PM

Years ago liffey valley ran a campaign to say their spaces were wider to accommodate women!

Parked in Dublin airport twice recently. Wasn't my own car so just kept going to roof or outside.

faceman · 30-07-2017 12:25PM

Same the world over OP, race has nothing to do with it. It worse on the continent where parking spaces are tighter.

Kudos to the Americans who generally have wider spaces.

devnull · 30-07-2017 12:27PM

faceman wrote: »

Kudos to the Americans who generally have wider spaces.

No wonder though the size of their cars in general are wider!

howiya · 30-07-2017 01:35PM

trellheim wrote: »

Fair point. But at what point does a cab ride be the cheaper option ( include the hassle factor of getting the bus to said carparks plus chance of it getting damage ) .

I have not left the motor in the carparks to fly for many years its just plain not worth it unless you have more than a carful or going for a long time

Looking at €100 return for me in a taxi. If you're in a group then fine, split it but it's a lot if you're travelling alone.

In fairness there is a bus to the airport in time for the first flights but they finish their return service at 9pm.

I could get the Dublin Coach to the red cow and get a luas and walk the rest of the way but then we're back to the hassle factor you mention.

My point was simply to dispute a previous poster's assertion that public transport to the airport is adequate and people shouldn't need to drive to the airport.

magicbastarder · 30-07-2017 02:42PM

faceman wrote: »

Kudos to the Americans who generally have wider spaces.

but also larger cars.

ED E · 30-07-2017 06:49PM

Buy a Cactus, they're door proof.

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Dublin Airport Carparks - WHATS WRONG WITH IRISH PEOPLE!!

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