Comments on: Cars and people http://thestory.ie/2010/02/25/cars-and-people/ Sun, 20 May 2012 19:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ciarán http://thestory.ie/2010/02/25/cars-and-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2318 Ciarán Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:42:59 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=1322#comment-2318 The job to couchsurfing to on the streets story is apparently the norm. From what I hear recession-induced homelessness is not going to hit until later on this year because the customers for Simon etc are still on couches. Of course all these groups have had their funding cut. The job to couchsurfing to on the streets story is apparently the norm. From what I hear recession-induced homelessness is not going to hit until later on this year because the customers for Simon etc are still on couches.

Of course all these groups have had their funding cut.

]]> By: Laurence http://thestory.ie/2010/02/25/cars-and-people/comment-page-1/#comment-2317 Laurence Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:07:21 +0000 http://thestory.ie/?p=1322#comment-2317 Mercedes-Benz S320 CDI, which it probably is, lists at €11,585, unless it's the long wheelbase version so Batt can stretch his legs, then it's €123,260. The car in front of it though is a Bentley Continental Flying Spur. Can't find and Irish dealer or an Irish price for it, but in the UK it sells for £123,000 sterling, so I'd imagine over €200,000 in Ireland. A bit out of the league even for seriously self important Government ministers. Who else was in the pub with the brass neck to park outside on double yellow lines? That's what really annoys though. Not the overspending on Government cars. (Wouldn't an E Class Merc do Batt?) It's the parking on double yellow lines. Laws are for the little people. Make Ireland look like some kind of old Eastern European Communist State, where the proles must make way for the politburo limousine. Mercedes-Benz S320 CDI, which it probably is, lists at €11,585, unless it’s the long wheelbase version so Batt can stretch his legs, then it’s €123,260.
The car in front of it though is a Bentley Continental Flying Spur. Can’t find and Irish dealer or an Irish price for it, but in the UK it sells for £123,000 sterling, so I’d imagine over €200,000 in Ireland.
A bit out of the league even for seriously self important Government ministers. Who else was in the pub with the brass neck to park outside on double yellow lines?

That’s what really annoys though. Not the overspending on Government cars. (Wouldn’t an E Class Merc do Batt?)
It’s the parking on double yellow lines. Laws are for the little people. Make Ireland look like some kind of old Eastern European Communist State, where the proles must make way for the politburo limousine.

]]>