December 13, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Michael Newham just left a comment on my post about car-sharing. It looks like this is going to happen next year. It’s a great idea. Our company ‘Mendes – GoCar’ will be providing the car-sharing service in Cork City Centre. … Continue reading
March 22, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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Got an email from Cork GreenMap telling me about a new feasibility study that Cork City Council are doing in the area of Car Sharing. Cork City Council is considering the feasibility of the setting up of a car-sharing service … Continue reading
February 2, 2007
by Conor O'Neill
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I don’t know whether this is good or bad news, and either way it has no impact on my life, but Lous Vuitton is buying Aston Martin. Sure they are both luxury brands but mixing handbags and camshafts – I’m … Continue reading
October 29, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Cork->Rosslare, Rosslare->Cork on a Bank Holiday Weekend. Number of cops encountered? Big fat zero. Number of hard-of-thinking suicidal cretins encountered? 4. Oh but they did arrest over 100 drunk drivers today. Keep that up for 365 days a year and … Continue reading
October 6, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Two of my favourite automotive blogs used to be Autoblog and Jalopnik. I had to unsubscribe from both due to the huge number of posts they were doing daily which I just could not keep up with (same reason I … Continue reading
September 20, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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You can say what you like about Top Gear but I can’t stop myself loving it. It is silly, childish and predictable but it is one of the few programmes I look forward to in the week. Sadly, I just … Continue reading
June 2, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Budget Car Rentals gave us Noddy’s own vehicle from the live action movie. The Chevy HHR, the answer to a question no-one was asking. All we need is a few tommy guns and fedoras and we’ll be sorted the next … Continue reading
May 13, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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It had to happen – they are making a new Knight Rider movie. I’m gutted to read that neither Hasselhoff nor the TransAm will feature. There are some fantastic suggestions over at Jalopnik for their replacements. My two faves are: … Continue reading
April 13, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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One of the best TV ads I have ever seen for a motor car. Must be a couple of minutes long and surely costs a fortune to broadcast. But worth it for them if they are ever to change the … Continue reading
March 19, 2006
by Conor O'Neill
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Jalopnik is one of the two best sites on the web for petrol heads (the other being Autoblog). Earlier this week they had a link to a wonderful video of Ayrton Senna taking a Honda NSX for a blast around … Continue reading