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08-06-2022 10:37PM

Started into it over the long weekend without any expectation but Tokyo vice is terrific. Cast are excellent, well written, unconventional and spot on pacing.

Drifts between English and subtitles.

pickarooney · 09-06-2022 12:41PM

I got a French IBAN from Revolut today. Are there Irish ones available now?

awec · 09-06-2022 12:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119178571#Comment_119178571

Nope.

pickarooney · 12-06-2022 03:42PM

Going to Ireland in August with the family (6 of us) and beginning to freak out a bit. What the hell is going on with accommodation and car rentals? 1200 quid a week to rent a Ford Fiesta?

Is there such thing in Ireland as a person to person car hire app?

hold my beer · 12-06-2022 03:58PM

Car hire prices have gone through the roof in Spain this year too. Apparently they sold off a huge amount of cars because of Covid, so there's a shortage. And I'm sure they're afraid to ramp up stock again.

Maybe GoCar might suit you?

Oddly enough I was only discussing a p2p car hire thing with my OH on holidays. No idea if it exists. We got transfers this year in Spain for the first time ever due to the silly prices.

RichieRich_89 · 12-06-2022 04:22PM

You could buy a car for less.

pickarooney · 12-06-2022 05:41PM

I'm seriously thinking of buying a car and maybe selling it on after, or leaving it there to use on another trip. Not sure how east that is to do from abroad though!

stephen_n · 12-06-2022 07:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192773#Comment_119192773

Second hand car market is crazy too. So all the prices have been forced up. Probably be very prohibitive.

I rented an Opel Mokka for 2 weeks for €305 in El Hierro. I would shudder to think what that costs here.

jacothelad · 12-06-2022 09:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192243#Comment_119192243

Arrange the hire car from Northern Ireland but arrange to have it delivered to Dublin if that is where you are arriving. There was an article in one of the newspapers about this very thing. N.I. hire charges are a fraction of the cost.

This is a direct quote from the article in the Irish Independent.

"A car rental company in Northern Ireland has witnessed a 550pc increase in inquiries in the last year, largely driven by tourists looking to save on car hire costs south of the border.

One woman who saved nearly €1,500 on a three-month car rental by hiring the vehicle in Northern Ireland and having it delivered to Dublin has said “price gouging” by operators in the republic will kill the tourism industry here."

mfceiling · 13-06-2022 08:58AM

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Gouging you say?

jacothelad · 13-06-2022 05:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119194737#Comment_119194737

On a nuclear weapon level.

Dubinusa · 13-06-2022 08:22PM

Jesus! I'm going home soon enough and will have to rent a **** car?

13-06-2022 08:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119198204#Comment_119198204

Book it now

Dubinusa · 13-06-2022 08:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119198214#Comment_119198214

I haven't figured out the dates and flights yet!

hold my beer · 13-06-2022 08:27PM

I could very easily rent my car, I barely use it. Some of you IT folk should whip up a p2p car rental platform. Cha ching.

awec · 13-06-2022 08:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119198229#Comment_119198229

Insurance would kill that idea I think.

Podge_irl · 13-06-2022 08:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119198240#Comment_119198240

While I don’t think it would stand up to an Airbnb type scenario, you insure the car rather than the driver here which makes borrowing cars much bloody easier.

hold my beer · 13-06-2022 08:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119198240#Comment_119198240

That's what we initially thought too. But I reckon people could figure that out.

pickarooney · 15-06-2022 08:35AM

A friends of my ma's has offered to lend us a car but I will have to insure it myself. Is it even possible to get insurance on a car for two weeks when coming from abroad? I know if it was already insured by someone else I could get my name added but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

jacothelad · 15-06-2022 08:43AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119204880#Comment_119204880

Check your current car insurance. It might give you cover on a car not owned by you.

pickarooney · 15-06-2022 08:46AM

I'm insured in France, they don't cover anything abroad.

jacothelad · 15-06-2022 09:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119204919#Comment_119204919

Could you pay for your friend's mother to insure it with you as a named driver?

pickarooney · 15-06-2022 09:08AM

I think I will try that, yeah.

Itxa · 15-06-2022 09:15AM

Try 123. You might have to pay for a year but it’s potentially cheaper. Will also need ownership transferred in your name

sydthebeat · 15-06-2022 09:26AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119205007#Comment_119205007

really your best option is to go north for car rental.

youre looking at about €600 for something like a golf, €900 for a grandland etc per week at high demand times

awec · 15-06-2022 09:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119204880#Comment_119204880

Is the car worth a lot?

If not, your ma's friend should inquire with her insurer if you are automatically covered as a third party driver on the car.

I am not sure you will be able to take out your own policy against this car as you have no insurable interest.

pickarooney · 15-06-2022 09:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119205111#Comment_119205111

Time is a bit tight and we'll be in the south-east and south-west the whole time. If we were to go down that route, would we be allowed drive it 'abroad' in Ireland?

Maybe I should offer to buy the car and insure it then sell it back after. But then I'd be seen a novice driver and would pay a few grand for insurance...

No, I need to give my mam money to buy the car, insure it in her name and put me as a named driver. What a kerfuffle!

It's an 08 Golf so worth I guess... 50k at today's rates :D

errlloyd · 15-06-2022 07:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119192243#Comment_119192243

Car rental is fairly broken alright! I got to a car rental desk at Avis in Washington DC last week and they simply had no cars left. We had booked a civic and ended up with the choice of either a Jeep Wrangler, or 12 person van. We took the jeep.

The one thing you might be able to do is use GoCar - it's not really what GoCar is designed for but it might work out nicely. GoCar is a car club, which means cars that are parked on the street in Dublin that you can rent on an hourly basis primarily (but also on a daily basis) and drive instead of owning a car. I use it (and Yuko it's competitor) all the time. The key issue for you will be whether you intend to do significant mileage.

A one week GoCar rental in Dublin, in August for the gotripper (their slightly larger car) is 420e (378 for their Clio sized car). Fuel is free (there is a card in the car you use) and the first 50km are free, but after that it is 20c per km. Which could end up being quite material. For example, if you drove to Cork and back it'd be ~500km and an extra 100e. Most of this will be offset by the fuel being free. But even if you did 1,500kms of driving for an extra 300e it would still work out cheaper. An I30 (which is what that is) burns about 16c of fuel per KM - so really it wouldn't be costing you all that much more than a normal rental anyway.

There are gocars parked pretty much everywhere in the greater Dublin area - and they're very easy to use. You unlock it with your phone the first time, remove the keys from a slot in the glove box and the car is yours. You simply return it to an on-street space somewhere near where you got it. If you booked now you could probably get one that was no more than a 10 second walk from an airport bus and I think I (or the previous poster who mentioned it in this thread) could provide you with a referral code saving you €25 (and gifting us that much).

(dates I tried, August 12th to August 19th - but they don't have sophisticated dynamic pricing, so all dates should be about the same).

15-06-2022 09:08PM

@pickarooney is driving from France an option for you?

I am in a similar situation with the car rental, mad prices so decided not to bother. will be able to get a lift from and to the airport with the kids so that's grand. even considered driving the whole way and getting ferry but it'd be about a 19 hour drive one way so didn't take too long to ditch that idea

Neil3030 · 15-06-2022 09:47PM

Jaco are you listening to Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart's podcast?

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-rest-is-politics/id1611374685

I am convinced that either (a) you will love it or (b) you are Alastair Campbell.

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