Originally Posted by bill_delong

not sure what your price range is, but I have had great luck with the Exceed DriftKing, there are tons of upgrades available for it so you can slowly improve the quality of the car over time:

They offer free shipping on parts orders over $25... probably worth stocking up on arms, hubs, spindles, CVD's and aluminum hexes. The platform will blow away the HPI Sprint on the track, I would compare the DriftKing to the Associated TC4 in terms of tunable performance, though it's not quite as durable as the TC4.