You're not from Calgary are you? If so, were you at the Driven To Perform carshow where you drove the drift cars? I'm a member of the club that had the races and drift demos going.
Regardless, the best deal going for an entry level drift car is the Tamiya TT01. My club had four of them going as demos and they ran 8 hours each without anything breaking or wearing out. They must have been driven by 30 or 40 people in that 8 hours and were fine.