HeyJaredPaddy Comyn
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 21
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for TheJournal.ie
- Top 10K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 6, 2026
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'I have four kids, a farm and a busy life - now I need two new vehicles' (opens the original)
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AS THE FACE of DoneDeal Cars and with 25 years’ experience in the industry, Paddy Comyn is ‘the’ car guy to everyone in his life and he has widened out that role to you, The Journal readers. In his Car Clinic series, he answers all your motoring questions and queries. Have one? Send it to with the subject line CAR CLINIC to motoring@thejournal.ie – we will publish all answers on Mondays on The Journal. (Your questions will be anonymised.) Please let Paddy know what your budget is if you’re askin
It doesn't make any sense, but I fell in love with this 'not-really-a-car' car (opens the original)
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OK, COMMENTS SECTION. Let me get there before you. Yes, the Citroën Ami makes little sense. Yes, it is slow. Yes, it taps out at 45 km/h meaning it’s the first time I received road rage from a Yaris-driving pensioner. Yes, you can buy a decent second-hand car for the same price. Yes, if you were hit by another vehicle at any sort of speed you might not be on solids for a while. I know, I know, I know! But for some reason, I love the Citroën Ami. For those of you who have never heard of the Citro
'The paint on my car is peeling badly. Should I get it resprayed?' (opens the original)
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AS THE FACE of DoneDeal Cars and with 25 years’ experience in the industry, Paddy Comyn is ‘the’ car guy to everyone in his life and is now widening out that role to you, The Journal readers. In his Car Clinic series, he will answer all your motoring questions and queries. Have one? Send it to with the subject line CAR CLINIC to motoring@thejournal.ie – we will publish all answers on Mondays on The Journal. (Your questions will be anonymised.) Please let Paddy know what your budget is if you’re
Why every second import you meet these days seems to have come from Tokyo, not Tottenham (opens the original)
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WHILE IT WAS once the UK market which we tapped into in Ireland to try and save some money on our used cars, the story has very much changed. Brexit was supposed to be a headache mostly for people bringing in second-hand hatchbacks from Liverpool and Holyhead. What nobody quite predicted was where all those cars would be replaced from. The answer, it turns out, is Japan, and the shift has been so total that it’s worth explaining properly, because I don’t think most people buying one of these car
When is the optimum time for us to change our electric car? (opens the original)
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AS THE FACE of DoneDeal Cars and with 25 years’ experience in the industry, Paddy Comyn is ‘the’ car guy to everyone in his life and is now widening out that role to you, The Journal readers. In his Car Clinic series, he will answer all your motoring questions and queries. Have one? Send it to with the subject line CAR CLINIC to motoring@thejournal.ie – we will publish all answers on Mondays on The Journal. (Your questions will be anonymised.) Please let Paddy know what your budget is if you’re
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