Drift
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Re: Drift
Originally Posted by Mischief
what the
everyone is starting a drift team
my groups is name is called FC-drifter
we have 2 318ti bmws
mustang gt
integra grs-turbo
allmotor civic
subaru WRX
2 project 240's
one with a sivlia motor intercoller,turbo upgrade
othere soon to have a motor s14
heres a small pic of my friends WRX
its about time someone opened a lot
tell me when i will be out there drifting
cops cant do shit to us in a privet lot
everyone is starting a drift team
my groups is name is called FC-drifter
we have 2 318ti bmws
mustang gt
integra grs-turbo
allmotor civic
subaru WRX
2 project 240's
one with a sivlia motor intercoller,turbo upgrade
othere soon to have a motor s14
heres a small pic of my friends WRX
its about time someone opened a lot
tell me when i will be out there drifting
cops cant do shit to us in a privet lot
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Re: Drift
Originally Posted by im sabah
uhhh... sorry man, but you are most likely going to be dissappointed... first off, having an area paved is not cheap by anymeans. to have a decent sized lot made will cost you at the minimum $30k. that is the least of your problems, for the first milestone you will have to reach is getting your land zoned for that kind of shit. the likely hood that you will get your land zoned for such a buisness is next to nothing. sound restrictions will be one of the main reasons... unless you can enclose the lot and have sound barriers (this is more money... not chump change either). also you will have to have the majority of surrounding people sign that they are willing to have such a buisness in their area. centreville is hardly the area that you will get permission to create such a fantasy world, its just to popluated for the idea to work.
but, hypothetically speaking, if somehow you were able to get permission to build such a place, the next thing you would have to do is find money for the insurance - the coverage you will need is roughly $500k-1mil. yes, you can have people sign waivers to say that you are not responsible for anything they do, but you still need to have insurance just incase other people get hurt. such as, a drifter crashes into the audience, you will have to pay for all the people that got hurt/died/whatever. most likely all dreams of creating such a place are now out the window, but theres more! if you can get permission, afford building costs, and afford insurance, theres still the problem that you will not be able to pay for any of it from what you make of drifting events. theres no possible way that you can do this... theres just not enough people that will want to drift. how do i know all this? because me and my cousin planned on donig this a while back and we researched it a lot. we had several different sites, many of them miles away from anyone's house... but we still could not get zoned. its a wonderful idea, and i would love to see it happen, but it just isnt realistic.
but, hypothetically speaking, if somehow you were able to get permission to build such a place, the next thing you would have to do is find money for the insurance - the coverage you will need is roughly $500k-1mil. yes, you can have people sign waivers to say that you are not responsible for anything they do, but you still need to have insurance just incase other people get hurt. such as, a drifter crashes into the audience, you will have to pay for all the people that got hurt/died/whatever. most likely all dreams of creating such a place are now out the window, but theres more! if you can get permission, afford building costs, and afford insurance, theres still the problem that you will not be able to pay for any of it from what you make of drifting events. theres no possible way that you can do this... theres just not enough people that will want to drift. how do i know all this? because me and my cousin planned on donig this a while back and we researched it a lot. we had several different sites, many of them miles away from anyone's house... but we still could not get zoned. its a wonderful idea, and i would love to see it happen, but it just isnt realistic.
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flame on-im sabah, greeting from south of the equator
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From: NoVa
Re: Drift
Originally Posted by im sabah
uhhh... sorry man, but you are most likely going to be dissappointed... first off, having an area paved is not cheap by anymeans. to have a decent sized lot made will cost you at the minimum $30k. that is the least of your problems, for the first milestone you will have to reach is getting your land zoned for that kind of shit. the likely hood that you will get your land zoned for such a buisness is next to nothing. sound restrictions will be one of the main reasons... unless you can enclose the lot and have sound barriers (this is more money... not chump change either). also you will have to have the majority of surrounding people sign that they are willing to have such a buisness in their area. centreville is hardly the area that you will get permission to create such a fantasy world, its just to popluated for the idea to work.
but, hypothetically speaking, if somehow you were able to get permission to build such a place, the next thing you would have to do is find money for the insurance - the coverage you will need is roughly $500k-1mil. yes, you can have people sign waivers to say that you are not responsible for anything they do, but you still need to have insurance just incase other people get hurt. such as, a drifter crashes into the audience, you will have to pay for all the people that got hurt/died/whatever. most likely all dreams of creating such a place are now out the window, but theres more! if you can get permission, afford building costs, and afford insurance, theres still the problem that you will not be able to pay for any of it from what you make of drifting events. theres no possible way that you can do this... theres just not enough people that will want to drift. how do i know all this? because me and my cousin planned on donig this a while back and we researched it a lot. we had several different sites, many of them miles away from anyone's house... but we still could not get zoned. its a wonderful idea, and i would love to see it happen, but it just isnt realistic.
but, hypothetically speaking, if somehow you were able to get permission to build such a place, the next thing you would have to do is find money for the insurance - the coverage you will need is roughly $500k-1mil. yes, you can have people sign waivers to say that you are not responsible for anything they do, but you still need to have insurance just incase other people get hurt. such as, a drifter crashes into the audience, you will have to pay for all the people that got hurt/died/whatever. most likely all dreams of creating such a place are now out the window, but theres more! if you can get permission, afford building costs, and afford insurance, theres still the problem that you will not be able to pay for any of it from what you make of drifting events. theres no possible way that you can do this... theres just not enough people that will want to drift. how do i know all this? because me and my cousin planned on donig this a while back and we researched it a lot. we had several different sites, many of them miles away from anyone's house... but we still could not get zoned. its a wonderful idea, and i would love to see it happen, but it just isnt realistic.
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Re: Drift
Originally Posted by AutoX
damn man, nice post...I understand all that about the lot, money, insurace, etc. but what if we already had the lot...from a friend...got people to sign the waiver's etc. if you were drifting or not... also, what if we were drifting in a lot...and it was just our property? the only problem I could see is a noise violation...but could the police take big action against this? Like...if we had permission to be on the lot, and were screwing around...could we get any sort of moving violations?
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Re: Drift
yeahthats alot of money your gonna have to invest into this project, but i can see it becoming a good things, since drifting is becoming bigger, and there aren't that many lots near nova that u can drift. so once your done just make people pay to come drift and i think u can make alot of money.
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Re: Drift
If i found a spot, that we were allowed to be on, and it was private property so police coudln't fuck w/ us, who all would be willing to come? and how much do you think I should charge?
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From: Lorton
Re: Drift
Originally Posted by AutoX
damn man, nice post...I understand all that about the lot, money, insurace, etc. but what if we already had the lot...from a friend...got people to sign the waiver's etc. if you were drifting or not... also, what if we were drifting in a lot...and it was just our property? the only problem I could see is a noise violation...but could the police take big action against this? Like...if we had permission to be on the lot, and were screwing around...could we get any sort of moving violations?
if you ever do sanction a small event, ill gladly attend. if you can organize it good, and have suffecient runs, i personally know people, including myself, that would be willing to pay to drift. id say charge around $20-50 depending on how professionally you set it up. understand though that without proper liscencing, you can get in trouble if people want to complain enough.
as for drifting becoming popluar and whatnot, ive been looking into creating such a place but all the places that it would be feesable to do are way out in the country. im sure people would travel there but there isnt a large snough support of drifters yet to be able to fund such a buisness. i do intend on having road tracks later on in my life on personal property, but i also think that if you can find the right zoning, and you want to have drift, you should create a 1/4 mile track in the same facility. not only will that draw much much more people, but it will help drifting get more popularized since you will have both going on at the same place. if i were to open a drifting 'arena' any time in the near future, i would end up doing it like that. good luck though man, let me know if you set anything up
