You can drift an auto, it will just be a harder learning curve. There is a dude in Myrtle Beach who drifts an auto Lexus. He is pretty good. I think you would be better off with a different platform. Your weight dist. and the auto is a double whammy. Good luck either way. Like some others said, try to make it out to an event. You will learn twice as much as if you street drift. Just my opinion.