Best vehicle for beginners?

okay tech guy's a moron in the states SUV's are for soccer moms last time I checked soccer moms don't go drifting unless it's in the winter because they don't know how to drive canada may be different but he's an idiot. you'll want to go with either an SUV or a pickup. and the reason for that is they're safer. think about it what's going come out on top between a car and an suv getting in a wreck. more than likely the suv. and a truck will always win in a fight with a car. so that being said. most pickups now days do fairly decent on gas. you can squeeze about 20-24 hwy out of them depending on how you drive them. Granted I drive a diesel (it's also a lot bigger than a 1/2 ton) but I squeeze out about 17 or 18 in the city and about 20-22 on the highway city milage is because I know how to drive it for fuel economy and you'll be able to learn that over time what's going to get you the best milage. Also another thing to look at is just because a vehicle's got a smaller engine doesn't necessarily mean it's going to do better on gas. for instance I could put a V6 in my pickup and you'd think it'd do good on fuel because it's a smaller engine right? wrong the motor would be working harder translating to less fuel economy than what i'm getting now and it wouldn't pull worth sh*t either. A jeep grand cherokee would do you alright I think just watch them in the winter sometimes you have to let them heat up so it'll go into gear due to the fluid getting thick. some vehilces have that problem others don't my old truck was the same way it didn't get along with 2nd gear in the inter when dropping from 3rd or coming out of 1st. but after letting it heat up for about 5 minutes there wasn't a problem with it (burns more fuel though). I'd recommend finding an suv or pickup. however chrysler products down here (might be different up there) are always more expensive to insure than other vehicles. so you may want to go with a chevy or ford however I hate both of those so I wouldn't but everybody's different there's good and bad to every vehilce. do some searching around. and try carsdirect.com they've got specs on most vehilces and that can help you out. When looking at vehicles and compairing vehicles when it comes to fuel economy check what's known as the power to weight ratio. take the curb weight and divide it by the horse power and that'll give you your power to weight ratio. generally speaking power the less weight/pony (horse power) the better off you are when it comes to fuel economy because the motor doesn't work as hard. think of it as working hard. the harder you work the more water you need. the less you have to work the less water you need right? I know it's a corny compairison but it's true. so good luck, do some reasearch and see what you can find.

If you want to get good, I suggest you start acquitting yourself with some very good vehicles and fast characters. Basically, throw yourself in the deep end. The speed and drifting maneuver is different to learn with inward and outward drifting vehicles and the speed takes some getting used to too. The inward drifting bikes are the most potent bikes in the entire game, with high speed and good drift. You'll want to practise on these in order to get a feel for them which will speed up your progress from a beginner to a pro. I suggest the Mach Bike which is a fast vehicle with relatively good handling. Use Peach who allows you to have slightly better handling than the other characters and play on manual. (you don't need to unlock ANY character or vehicle to play with this combo!) You will have some poor races at first (guaranteed), but soon you'll get the hang of the way the drifiting works and you'll advance up the ladder very, very quickly. Practise on the 100cc Grand Prix and slowly work your way up from there. Good luck!

most SUVs are tuned for performance and drift a lot but I would suggest the honda odessey. Go to http://automobiles.honda.com/ and click on odessey.