ok well as u read ima fresh n00b, im talkin fresh...but i love japanese cars, now im lookin for a good, affordable (or non-affordable) car to start with...im obsessed with drifting nd mah dream car is da 350z because it wus the furst car i ever drove...im 17 yeh nd turning 18, but inside info about me leads me to kno that dat 350z is close, but i would love to start out with a different car, anyone have any suggestions of which and also how to learn more about the dynamics of a car or inner parts of a car, and how to tune....o and also i was thinking about purchasing a Lancer but dont know which to get? anyone has answers?  

240sx.300zx.180sx. Pretty much any RWD car would be great, I just said those ones cause' there cheap, easy to work on, and I like Nissans. If I were you I would want to just try and get a used 350Z. Oh, and as far as the Lancer goes...There all good cars, but the Evo is by far the best, being AWD.  

thanks, im deffintily doin research on each car you mentioned, especially da Evo cuz im not tryin to get ripped off, but thnks for da help now its time to it google...  

thanks, im deffintily doin research on each car you mentioned, especially da Evo cuz im not tryin to get ripped off, but thnks for da help now its time to hit google...  

If it wasn't the fact that Skylines are hard to get and their price... I'll go for a Skyline over an Evo... =/ But yea, save up for a 350z. They are awesome =D.  If you live where I do, up north where it snows like 24/7.., RWD is probably not the greatest idea.. very limited traction.. lol.  

a good starter car would be a ff style. it is a lot harder to drift than people think. a '91 - '98 honda; '95 - '03 nissan sentra; or a 2 gen eclipse are all cheap and easy to tune. that tinin market for those cars is unlimited. with a ff car you can learn how to control.  

You can not drift a FF platform.

Drifting at the very least requires your Rear wheels to be turning. On FF, you can not turn your rear wheels. At the most you can do is ebrake slide, which is not drifting.

And the only car you listed that is "cheap/easy" to tune, is a eclipse gsx, not a eclipse gs/gst/rs.  

i was sayin its harder to drift, period. and what the hell are you talkin about, hondas are the cheapest cars because there are so many of them. it takes alot of money to truly tune any car. people like me who dont live at home and have mommy and daddy pay all their bills, it is hard to spend $5000 on a car a year. a honda may not give you a 10 sec car(over rated) with minor upgrades, but if your a real tuner than you know how hard it is to find parts havin to custom fit parts from other cars. you talk about fr & mr are the way to go but where i live, and my drivin style i prefer ff. your rwd would have no chance against my car at current hp out on the old country dirt roads. you live in socal and drive on concrete everyday and that tuned car will never really see real racin ecept a couple runs on the strip. when you can take a ff and slide side ways through any corner, gravel or concrete, then you can call me out. ive had more time under the hood and behind the wheel of so many different tuners i know how most of them drive. driftin is the process of a controlled slide where your rear wheels slide out, they dont have to be spinnin. i can drift my ff almost as well as most can drift their rwds. back to you new tuners, ff are easyer to start off with. you can learn to control your vehicle. start off small and build your way up. or be original, take a car you dont see on the scene and build it yourself. there is no better fealin than havin the only one.  

FWD cars do not "drift"...they slide.

Drifting is the ability to hold a controlled slide using your throttle.

FWD cars do not use throttle on non-moving rear tires....and they lose speed in a turn, when sliding.

Again....FWD = sliding.  

sliding, call it what you want. i dont loose speed goin around corners. have you ever watched the drifts. they start buy pullin the e-brake. rally drifts; e-brake. no matter what you do rwd "slide" too. if you dont pull on the e-brake you slide off the road.  

i love nissan too and im with you all the way tony, and im not trying to bag on you but an evo isnt the best, a skyline is.  

Why Nissan Sentra? Go for the Altima =D  

hes sayin the evo is the best lancer. i would rather have a sti.  

Yeah... I totally agree with you wildman. Skylines are for sure the best cars EVER...but they are really,really pricey,only prob. Oh and one more thing...godfather...ur stupid. you can't drift in a FWD car...end of story.  

dont speak unless you can prove me wrong on the street. if you drive a xb you have know room to talk. the only good scion is a tc. xb are for wuses tryin to get into the real street scene. grow up and buy a real car. if your car dont push over 125hp, its a pos.