After investing more than eight years and thousands of dollars of his own money, Kirk Arsenault is starting to see his automotive drip mat design come to life on the market.
In 2000, Arsenault left his job with a pavement maintenance company to pursue an idea he had to curb environmental damage caused by vehicle oil leaks.
He worked with an engineer and patent lawyers to create the product, called Roadrunner, which absorbs oil drips from vehicles, keeping oil away from waterways and preventing makeshift mats such as cardboard, carpet and plywood from ending up in landfills.
Photo by RoadStead Technologies.
CoolProducts on November 14th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Sounds like a good idea! Good luck in getting the consumer base behind you!
Jaclyn on November 15th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
I don’t think that he will have any problem getting the customer base behind him at all! I know of at least 2 dozen people in my surrounding area that would jump at the chance to buy this product. I hear so many people complaining about either never having anything to absorb the oil, or having to find a place to dispose of the oil soaked makeshift idea they had at the time. and those are just people who do work on their own car’s, i can only imagine the response he would get from automotive companies as well!
James Spinosa on November 16th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Sounds like a good idea to me, with my car I need to add oil every 3 weeks to it, I could probably use one of these for myself. I could probably also use a new car haha
cassy on November 16th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I think his business will be a big success. Many people are searching a way to eliminate the stain in their driveways and I think they already find a solution by buying this product.
AUSTIN on November 17th, 2008 at 8:19 am
That was a great idea,there will be a huge market for it just advertise it both online and offline.