Build a drift slab?

[dil]

but seriously why the negative comments?

as already mentioned driftfest are planning to test places in kerry so obviously it can be done

if people in the know can give the correct advise it may help the cause, and who's to say this guy doesn't have the funds/connections to make it happen just because the rest of us dont!

[bart]

Lad I'm not been smart but your pissing against the wind here..
It's been tried and tested..
Even mondello receive complaints about noise..
As said it takes one complaint then it's shut down..
Look at rose green..
Wgh will be the same if you get one angry neighbour or local..
I know people that's had planning permission rejected for a track..
They were will to pump 200k plus..
Your idea is great. Thought the same myself..
So no offence but just forget about it.. Unless u know a lot of people to pull strings for you..

[PeterT]

Lad I'm not been smart but your pussing against the wind here..
It's been tried and tested..
Even mondello receive complaints about noise..
As said it takes one complaint then it's shut down..
Look at rose green..
Wgh will be the same if you get one angry neighbour or local..
I know people that's had planning permission rejected for a track..
They were will to pump 200k plus..
Your idea is great. Thought the same myself..
So no offence but just forget about it.. Unless u know a lot of people to pull strings for you..

i too have tried this in a perfect location so to speak and it never came through and materialised

but go for it anyways now that youve stated its not a diffing slab

[LarZ]

It's a pity that something that's of so much benefit would be so difficult to set up...

Even more disappointing that some people on this forum seem to have no belief that it is possible, even though similar facilities exist in Ireland.

If it was easy, everyone would do it. But I'm trying to highlight what is difficult and why.

[serious tom]

Everyone had you enthusiasm at some stage.
Several very well executed plans have been tried in the past two or three years.
Been there done that.
The countrys' gona ta shite.

Let us know the day it opens.

[sideways-theonlyway]

With all the places estates etc half built and industrial yards/sheds etc all closed up there'd surely be a place to find and rent without having to build a dedicated track that's gonna set you back serious bucks.....but I suppose finding a place like that that's not near houses, shops etc is not easy either, as already said, it only takes one to complain or some other flute doing rings down the road from it to get a place shut down

[180sxbreaker]

Farenfore airport ftw,

[keith-n]

Even if it is for diffing, what makes it not a viable venture. Ye know as well as i do there's twice the amount of differs out there than those who drift. And even if only charging 10er a go, you'll make as much out of a slab in a year as driftfest will in terms of money collected from participating entrants in a year.

Wasn't one of our best friends a serial competitior at king of the ring and a constant attendee of anything where rings were a remote possibility? And un ashamidly now competes in PD doing pretty well from his humble beginings on the cross roads?

First thing thought in Prodrift academy? Donuts. You dont just jump in a car and do a backward entry..... unless its in the back seat you spend your time.

So rings ain't cool anymore, their not accepted on DI. That doesnt make it a non runner.

IF it turns out to be a shlab, it'll take all the messers off the crossroads for a few weekends a summer and pocket somebody a few quid, at the very least break even over time and if built to a decent size allow for those actually serious about learning how to hold a drfit the opertunity to learn on a private area before venturing out on track.

Marks spot in waterford was a large concrete slab with silage pit walls still in place and i have tonnes of vids of members from here holding drift around it. Its not a massive size, nor would it cost a fortune to construct one from scratch.

Btw, it'll never happen.... just idle ramblings of someone who's heart may be in the right place just doesnt know enough about the project to be a credible force behind it. Theres 2 tracks i know of in kerry which could be rented to learn on. By posting a thread on here with no information or credible plan to back up the thread just a bunch of questions shows the niavity of the OP in terms of this topic.

Lock er up, or let the vultures in. Dead thread, pointless topic

[LarZ]

I wouldn't say i'm naiive, i'd say i'm ignorant to the costs and laws. That's why i started this topic. I wouldn't start a topic if i knew it all

I wouldn't agree that it's pointless though... At the very least this thread shows that people think of these ideas. It shows that people are quick to say no, and not quick to answer questions, even if they know the answers. It shows that new people and uninformed people like myself are treated with some hostility around here, unfortunately. The sarcasm at the start was pretty deserved considering i called it a slab to be fair.

The two tracks in kerry, whereabouts are they? I've lived in kerry all my life, between kenmare, tralee and killarney. I've never even heard of them

[keith-n]

I wouldn't say i'm naiive, i'd say i'm ignorant to the costs and laws. That's why i started this topic. I wouldn't start a topic if i knew it all

I wouldn't agree that it's pointless though... At the very least this thread shows that people think of these ideas. It shows that people are quick to say no, and not quick to answer questions, even if they know the answers. It shows that new people and uninformed people like myself are treated with some hostility around here, unfortunately. The sarcasm at the start was pretty deserved considering i called it a slab to be fair.

The two tracks in kerry, whereabouts are they? I've lived in kerry all my life, between kenmare, tralee and killarney. I've never even heard of them

Like i said naive

Google is your friend. Let the thread settle, do some homework and repost when your a bit better informed. Nothing worse than spending hours answering questions when it'll go nowhere. Real commitment to an idea takes more than an inquisitive thread on DI looking for others to feed you the info, thats just lazy.