hinchys garage

flutered · 10-12-2012 10:31am #1

have they taken over the opel franchise in limerick, the grapevine suggests that they have, interesting times ahead, will they use it as a sales point only, with the serviceing etc being carried out in garryspillane.

Jofspring · 10-12-2012 10:48am

Hinchys have been Opel for years. Themselves and Ennis Road Motors were limericks two Opel dealers but now it's just Hinchys.

Edit: do you mean have Hinchys moved into the Ennis Road lot?

bazz26 · 10-12-2012 11:43am

Heard a similar rumour myself recently too. No smoke without fire imo.

Berty · 10-12-2012 12:00pm

Passed it earlier and the barrier has been taken down on one side so somebody has been in there recently.

flutered · 10-12-2012 1:37pm

what i mean is will it be used as a sales point only, or will it work as a normal garage, if co will city rates of pay be the norm, or will it be the rate that is paid in garryspillane.

bazz26 · 10-12-2012 4:35pm

I think the Ennis Road showroom is in the Co Limerick boundry anyways. Rates would be paid based on the location of the premises, my guess.

delthedriver · 10-12-2012 4:40pm

Nice to hear good news.
The former Ennis Road Motors premises is a very fine premises.
Best wishes to Hinchys on their expansion

mgbgt1978 · 10-12-2012 7:02pm

bazz26 wrote: »

I think the Ennis Road showroom is in the Co Limerick boundry anyways. Rates would be paid based on the location of the premises, my guess.

No Bazz, that area became part of the City about 2/3 years ago when the boundaries were extended (slightly).

Skuxx · 10-12-2012 10:37pm

I also noticed that the house on the Topaz side of Ennis Road Motors has sold, which was empty and on the market for as long as I can remember! I reckon it's connected! My guess is that they may build some sort of workshop on the site as Ennis Road Motors previously had their service centre in Clondrinagh!
Just speculation on my part though!

ninty9er · 10-12-2012 11:28pm

I'm surprised it's taken this long. Some people in the know mentioned it to me in September.

Best of luck to them with it.

Jofspring · 10-12-2012 11:30pm

From what I heard the deal to move in there initially fell through. A deal must have been done recently.

ninty9er · 10-12-2012 11:38pm

I imagine they called in that favour Opel owed them after Kia did them a favour when Opel wouldn't a few years back.

Whatever way you look at it, Opel needed a dealer in that showroom far more than Hinchy's needed to expand.

I hope it goes well for them. They have a very professional outfit in Garryspillane which can only help in the city.

Munstermad · 11-12-2012 9:31am

Best of luck to them and us West Limerick Kia owners will be delighted to have a city based garage to go to, lovely and all as Garyspillane is it's not very convenient ...

flutered · 11-12-2012 10:39am

i think they will do the repairs out in garryspillane, as there would be quite a difference in the rates of pay and conditions between a city garage and the place in garryspillane,

flutered · 11-12-2012 10:40am

ninty9er wrote: »

I imagine they called in that favour Opel owed them after Kia did them a favour when Opel wouldn't a few years back.

Whatever way you look at it, Opel needed a dealer in that showroom far more than Hinchy's needed to expand.

I hope it goes well for them. They have a very professional outfit in Garryspillane which can only help in the city.

please tell us more, what happened.

manna452121 · 11-12-2012 3:18pm

alan1990 wrote: »

I also noticed that the house on the Topaz side of Ennis Road Motors has sold, which was empty and on the market for as long as I can remember! I reckon it's connected! My guess is that they may build some sort of workshop on the site as Ennis Road Motors previously had their service centre in Clondrinagh!
Just speculation on my part though!

This house was bought by a local man and he is planning some work to it. http://www.limerickcity.ie/eplan/FileRefDetails.aspx?file_number=12117&LASiteID=0

Berty · 12-12-2012 1:02pm

Just passed. Locksmith is changing the locks so definitely something

phog · 12-12-2012 2:13pm

At least 2 of the Ennis Rd Motors staff are now working with Hincheys.

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