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****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

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  • #1712
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Just keep in mind that the luas takes about 40 minutes from the Red Cow


  • #1713
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    and will i be going all the way to the last stop at the point or getting off at heuston?


  • #1714
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    and will i be going all the way to the last stop at the point or getting off at heuston?

    Oh lord no, you'l end up at the docks! :eek:

    Get off at abbey street, it should tell you


  • #1715
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    sorry, actually the stop for jervis seems to be literally outside the public appointments building :)
    whats the parking situation at red cow like? if i am taking the luas from there would i still leave at around 5?


  • #1716
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    and will i be going all the way to the last stop at the point or getting off at heuston?

    No no... You get off at Jervis, the place you're looking for is on the Jervis stop, next to the Spar


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  • #1717
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    sorry, actually the stop for jervis seems to be literally outside the public appointments building :)
    whats the parking situation at red cow like? if i am taking the luas from there would i still leave at around 5?

    Ah well you're grand so :)

    Basically when you're at newlands cross, just follow the signs, you should go around a hairpin corner and over the bridge, turn left and into the car park, find a spot but heres where it gets tricky, you note your bay number, put it into the ticket machine and put in say 4 euro, and off you go


  • #1718
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    sorry, actually the stop for jervis seems to be literally outside the public appointments building :)
    whats the parking situation at red cow like? if i am taking the luas from there would i still leave at around 5?

    How long does it take from Cork to Baldonnel? Baldonnel to Red Cow in the mornings is about 30minutes


  • #1719
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    sorry, actually the stop for jervis seems to be literally outside the public appointments building :)
    whats the parking situation at red cow like? if i am taking the luas from there would i still leave at around 5?

    Isn't that what we have been telling you the past half an hour?! :P

    From here it's about 1hr 20 mins to get to newlands cross, red cow is maybe another 1 min from there. It took you what, 40 mins to get to here from Cork the other day?

    Add in waiting time, I'd say you should leave at half 5 just in case. It's in the middle and you won't have to put up with city traffic and then look for a parking space in Jervis. Parking at the park & ride is good, plenty of spaces.


  • #1720
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    it takes 2 hours to baldonnel so if i leave at 5:45 that should have me at red cow for quarter past 8ish. which gives the luas an hour to get me to jervis?


  • #1721
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    it takes 2 hours to baldonnel so if i leave at 5:45 that should have me at red cow for quarter past 8ish. which gives the luas an hour to get me to jervis?

    You're cutting it tight, give yourself more time than you think you'll need. You'd be surprised how long things can be when you're in a hurry. At least when you get there early, you can relax and calm down before your exam starts.


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  • #1722
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    true, ill set the alarm for 5 and leave asap. should have me out the door for 25past.
    Much appreciated to all! Definitely time for sleep! :D


  • #1723
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Best of luck tomorrow kiiiiid :D


  • #1724
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    true, ill set the alarm for 5 and leave asap. should have me out the door for 25past.
    Much appreciated to all! Definitely time for sleep! :D

    A soldier never sleeps but rests their* eyes :p best of luck kid :cool:

    *Can't be sexist, lady dgt is a 3* pte!


  • #1725
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    We had this little fella turn up in the workshop yesterday, there are a few feral cats around and this fella was abandoned and starving, had been playing with the lad we share a yard with the day before and seemed very socialable. I'd say less than a month old, absolutely tiny. Brought him to the DSPCA today and left him in, I couldn't keep him cos I'm allergic to cats

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  • #1726
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Oh Gary you big softie :D


  • #1727
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I'm not a fan of cats but he'd have been slaughtered in my yard and I don't think my dog would have been too happy when he came to visit lol


  • #1728
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    That's the same place I went years ago for Garda interview and it's only up the street from Jervis.

    You were going to be a garda :eek:

    Id be arrested for swirl marks:pac:


  • #1729
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    pred racer wrote: »
    You were going to be a garda :eek:

    Id be arrested for swirl marks:pac:

    Yup, I had started in my last job only a month beforehand but had applied for the Gardai months before that. I got the interview and everything but decided I wanted to stay in the estimating job (loads of money to be made in the building industry and the time).


  • #1730
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Tests went well. Big thanks for the advice, parking at the red cow and getting the luas in was fantastic, it's some service!


  • #1731
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    OSI wrote: »
    You successfully travelled the Red Line without being stabbed? Bravo!

    Ah that's easy before 3 in the afternoon. After that though all bets are off


    I'm off down to Mondello now to watch some testing, haven't got my own car ready for an outing today though :(


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  • #1732
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    There was a lot of pikeys on it alright I never remembered so many on the luas before!
    I do like Dublin though, when you're entering it, you know you're going into a relatively big city where something is actually happening unlike Cork!
    Although everyone hogs the outside lane in Dublin and proceeds to do 100kph instead of 120kph, I was actually grateful to be back on the M8


  • #1733
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,875 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    it's some service!

    *must resist urge over country man visiting smoke and complimenting public transport jibe* :pac:


  • #1734
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    There was a lot of pikeys on it alright I never remembered so many on the luas before!
    I do like Dublin though, when you're entering it, you know you're going into a relatively big city where something is actually happening unlike Cork!
    Although everyone hogs the outside lane in Dublin and proceeds to do 100kph instead of 120kph, I was actually grateful to be back on the M8

    The red line luas can be dodgy enough at times alright. The Jervis stop seams to be a junky attraction for whatever reason :confused:


  • #1735
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,299 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    Barbecued a lot of meat, drank a lot of beer too.

    Will be back, don't know when. ;)


  • #1736
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    The red line luas can be dodgy enough at times alright. The Jervis stop seams to be a junky attraction for whatever reason :confused:

    There's a methadone clinic on Abbey St opposite Arnotts. ;)


  • #1737
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Man I could do with an auto for commuting. My left foot was in bits on the way home today.

    A more comfortable pair of work shoes would probably be cheaper though. :p


  • #1738
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Friend of mine has an e90 2005 320d and there's a rattle coming from the gearbox area when he half depresses the clutch? Any ideas? There's not high mileage on it from what I remember. It changes gear fine and doesn't make a noise in normal use that you can hear


  • #1739
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Man I could do with an auto for commuting. My left foot was in bits on the way home today.

    A more comfortable pair of work shoes would probably be cheaper though. :p

    I know since I started working last week my boots are a pain when driving. Have to wear steel toe boots and I'm size 12 which doesn't help. I should really just change into normal shoes before and after work but I couldn't be bothered. At least I only have to drive 20 minutes for work which is great to be so close.


  • #1740
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    Friend of mine has an e90 2005 320d and there's a rattle coming from the gearbox area when he half depresses the clutch? Any ideas? There's not high mileage on it from what I remember. It changes gear fine and doesn't make a noise in normal use that you can hear

    Is it there when in neutral and the clutch isn't depressed and gone when the clutch is depressed?

    My opinion is that it's the DMF. Mine does the same as does almost every BMW when the engine is up to operating temp.


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  • #1741
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,729 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Bpmull wrote: »
    I know since I started working last week my boots are a pain when driving. Have to wear steel toe boots and I'm size 12 which doesn't help. I should really just change into normal shoes before and after work but I couldn't be bothered. At least I only have to drive 20 minutes for work which is great to be so close.

    I have to wear formal shoes while cleaning bedrooms. :(
    I have to go into Clarks and find something that looks decent but doesn't kill me feet.

    Bah!
    I have about 30/40mins from door to car park.
    I'd love a love a local job.


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