Build a drift slab?

[LarZ]

this whole thing is new to me... i was thinking of a slab of concrete, because that's what it is... I should probably have specified a size... people can't just assume that i'm some young fella with frustrations. They seem to be doing it on every post.

Would be cool to have something where advanced driving techniques can be taught, and people could go there to realise the limits of their cars...

I wonder if you could just build it with an access road and not protect it...

[MissSuz]

this whole thing is new to me... i was thinking of a slab of concrete, because that's what it is... I should probably have specified a size... people can't just assume that i'm some young fella with frustrations. They seem to be doing it on every post.

Would be cool to have something where advanced driving techniques can be taught, and people could go there to realise the limits of their cars...

I wonder if you could just build it with an access road and not protect it...

http://www.prodriftseries.com/academy/enquiries/

Boom!!

[LarZ]

Seriously?

you think you would be better prepared for the likes of Mondello if you have a slab! Jesus. If you want a 'makeshift' track as you call it , it would want to be some 'slab! haha. You also have to this about things like noice pollution and insurance. Oh deary me.


Non runner....

Plenty of places around kerry where nobody will hear the cars too much... How do other such facilities come to exist around the country?
Does anyone know the actual insurance technicalities? I presume it's a mine field, but it might be possible. i wouldn't expect to make a fortune off it but i think that it could serve a good purpose...

That place in balbriggan, who owns that and how can they get away with it?

[MissSuz]

Again you cannot compare Balbriggan to a 'slab'

See pic's

http://www.driftireland.com/forum/sh...ght=Balbriggan

Much more than a slab. So really what your saying is your looking for a yard asuch to teach people how to diff/drift?

[LarZ]

I saw balbriggan and assumed the term was 'slab'... it's not a track as such, it's a huge concrete slab.

I don't necessarily want to teach people (i'm in no position to). A facility like this, if channelled correctly, considering the surge in drifters in this country and the RSA's demand for safer drivers and driver education make this a potentially viable business opportunity in a sparsely populated area like Kerry. It would be great for the local economy and could potentially get a lot of the messing off the streets and into a safe/isolated environment...

For the record, i HATE 'diffin'... I even hate the word... I have never done it, and never will... anyone can do donuts.

I'm talking about sliding a car into a parking spot. Negotiating a corner whilst in a controlled slide. Anticipating braking distances, correcting slides, Learning about the physics of motoring and how to avoid being wreckless and still being able to have fun. If you don't have an accurate measure of a car's limits, it becomes more difficult to manage.

Hope i'm making a bit more sense now. apologies for being narky, i was just ignorant to the terminology.

[m3con]

http://www.driftireland.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=27687 prob something like this
Ur after

[Damien]

Two acres: £2,000
Stone base: 4,000
Concrete for two acres, 4 inch depth: 80,000
Insurance, depends on what way you like to be ridden
Palnning permission, whatever will fit into the biggest brown envelope you can find.

Total: eleventy billion dollars

*Calculations may not be exact and rates quoted dependant on terms and conditions, though there may be some funny stuff, initial values claculated, then urine was extracted.

[LarZ]

Very like that alright... You'd probably be talking about 200k before you have anything worth talking about. Between the actual concrete and the car park facilities. But i wonder how you could make money and pay for any insurances you might need... Surely there's a way to make it into an actual business...

[LarZ]

Two acres: £2,000
Stone base: 4,000
Concrete for two acres, 4 inch depth: 80,000
Insurance, depends on what way you like to be ridden
Palnning permission, whatever will fit into the biggest brown envelope you can find.

Total: eleventy billion dollars

*Calculations may not be exact and rates quoted dependant on terms and conditions, though there may be some funny stuff, initial values claculated, then urine was extracted.

Think that's about right but 2 acres will cost more than 2k i'd say

[MissSuz]

Very like that alright... You'd probably be talking about 200k before you have anything worth talking about. Between the actual concrete and the car park facilities. But i wonder how you could make money and pay for any insurances you might need... Surely there's a way to make it into an actual business...

Its called 'his family have money'

lol