Any spots in Dublin or near by?

sebna

Hi ppl,

Are there any spots in Dublin or some airfield action or anything interesting happening?

Or is it officially motoring most boring capital city...

Midnight_EG

ProDrift comes to Citywest Hotel on the 28th.


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Bonito

Couple of wknds ago you could have seen a merc doing donuts on bettystown beach. Then a scooby doing donuts around him. Then the merc leaving.

On a serious note, what do you drive? What tickles your fancy? On a good Saturday/Sunday evening there does be a nice few motors on dollymount and the likes. Not so much Dollymount since they put the big boulders down but still a few go down.

Midnight_EG

Dollymount can be good crack if you don't mind sand in your arches!

Bonito

Just keep off the deep soft patches. :pac:

Midnight_EG

And the wet parts :P

sebna

Hey,

I drive mx-5, will check those locations. Do we have anything organized in Ireland like Autocross-x or time attacks events?

Good to hear that something is going on

Atomic Pineapple

No mentioning cruises please, they are essentially illegal street racing or a gathering of scobes with no real interest in cars.

Feel free to mention Meets, events etc..

sebna

And how can I find those? Is there some forum about it?

Meetings and so on - this is what I am looking for and what I meant by spots.

Spots where people meet talk, drive and so on.

Thanks

Atomic Pineapple

sebna wrote: »

And how can I find those? Is there some forum about it?

Meetings and so on - this is what I am looking for and what I meant by spots.

Spots where people meet talk, drive and so on.

Thanks

Look for an Mx-5 owners club with an Irish section, join up there and they will probably have meets

Bonito

Also join http://www.dtdirl.com They organise track days & meets every so often afaik.

Atomic Pineapple

Or http://www.octane.ie

5500

Irish touring car championship this weekend in mondello with some very quick car's running

Graham_B18C

First Sunday every month is the Octane meet in carrickmines retail park. It usually starts at 11.00. Some serious machines there.

Midnight_EG

draffodx wrote: »

No mentioning cruises please, they are essentially illegal street racing or a gathering of scobes with no real interest in cars.

Feel free to mention Meets, events etc..

Sorry Draff

Atomic Pineapple

Grahamo999 wrote: »

First Sunday every month is the Octane meet in carrickmines retail park. It usually starts at 11.00. Some serious machines there.

Thats been cancelled now due to the management of the park refusing to let it be held there any more.

Graham_B18C

draffodx wrote: »

Thats been cancelled now due to the management of the park refusing to let it be held there any more.

Yer not serious!!! The carpark does be empty anyway! I was there on a glorious sunny day and there was only about 10 car outside of the meet in a car park that could fit hundreds

W.Shakes-Beer

Bonito wrote: »

Just keep off the deep soft patches. :pac:

Midnight_EG wrote: »

And the wet parts :P

And the big bloody rocks!!

I remember once almost crunching my car off one of them. Needless to say that was the end of acting the eejit at night :rolleyes:

bit more mature now though :P

Atomic Pineapple

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Yer not serious!!! The carpark does be empty anyway! I was there on a glorious sunny day and there was only about 10 car outside of the meet in a car park that could fit hundreds

Yeh they had trouble with some other crowd in there some night so the management have decided to ban all car meets from there.

http://www.octane.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=39631

Today we were informed that the Park Management no longer wish us to use the complex for our C&C. This was communicated to us shortly after we arrived, by two employees, under instruction of the Park Manager. They were pointed to me as the organiser, and requested we no longer meet there, and leave quickly or we risked clamping of our cars!

They also revealed that the problem has arisen because of meetings by other groups, the most recent two nights ago, when a group blocked the entrance and exit, and used the underground park area for drifting and donuts. Complaints have been lodged by the shop outlets, and to sum up, we are being lumped in with those groups!!

mullingar

They also revealed that the problem has arisen because of meetings by other groups, the most recent two nights ago, when a group blocked the entrance and exit, and used the underground park area for drifting and donuts. Complaints have been lodged by the shop outlets, and to sum up, we are being lumped in with those groups!!

underground park = Masonary columns

Add some stupid inexperienced drivers who think they can drive a 200hp+ car sideways equals=




Im not surprised it was banned

Atomic Pineapple

Octane.ie had nothing to do with any one drifting or doing donuts in the car park.

The members of Octane would not be anything like the idiots that blocked the entrance/exit and then acted like retards.

Banning an Octane meet which is simply a parking up of cars, a chat and then a pile of money being spent in Costa Coffee because of the actions of another group is pretty unfair in my opinion.

mullingar

draffodx wrote: »

Octane.ie had nothing to do with any one drifting or doing donuts in the car park.

The members of Octane would not be anything like the idiots that blocked the entrance/exit and then acted like retards.

Banning an Octane meet which is simply a parking up of cars, a chat and then a pile of money being spent in Costa Coffee because of the actions of another group is pretty unfair in my opinion.

I have read many good posts about that meet, sounds great, hopefully you get the green light for your C&C meets again;)

Pity it was some Fcuking tossers that ruined it for you, come on, blocking the entrance for a private drift? Do they have a death wish?

JimmyCrackCorn

Mondello where it belongs
http://www.mondello.ie/track_days/car_track_days/

paddy147

And theres no way that sea salt or sand would corrode an engine,car under chassis,coilovers,brakes ar any parts like that.

Why do young lads in cars think its cool to act the plank in a car on a beach???:rolleyes:

Atomic Pineapple

paddy147 wrote: »

And theres no way that sea salt or sand would corrode an engine,car under chassis,coilovers,brakes ar any parts like that.

Why do young lads in cars think its cool to act the plank in a car on a beach???:rolleyes:

All part of the stupidity of youth I'm afraid!

They think they look cool.

Guaranteed they'd never be there doing it on there own.