Aaron,
Thanks for the input. My brother had a neon for a short period of time and
it was probably the most reliable car he ever owned. He went from messing
with VW's to a full size Crown Vic (which was another decent car he should
have kept)to the Neon back to messing with German crap again, VW's and a
pair of cheap BMW's that needed work and he never thought they would be
SOOOOO expensive to fix. Now he just traded his VR6 Passat with a bad head
gasket to a guy for a Honda Civic. I keep telling him to try American iron
but he won't listen...must be that 10 year age gap between us. Everything I
own has a V8 (which is why I need something better on gas! Best in the
stable right now is the '89 'Stang that gets about 22) everything he has
owned has had less than 8 cylinders, except for that Crown Vic. Anyway I am
still leaning towards a pair of Neons, I want to get same model same year
same trans incase one breaks bad I'll have a parts car, that will go no
matter what I end up deciding on. Anybody else I will appreciate your
suggestions/comments.
-Joe
>
>
> My preference is that the Neons are great little cars; both of my step
> sisters have them, my dad's ex-wife has one; and Dad's now got a
> new SRT-4.
> I don't recall mileage figures for them, but they do much better than my
> 2.5L Dak did. Biggest factor for mileage is driving habits,
> since they can
> run when asked.. they'll also be thirsty at times. IF you behave
> with it..
> I wouldn't be surprised to see better than 35mpg( I've done that on my '86
> Dodge Turbo).
> I vote to go for the pair of Neons; even if you ever do lose a head gasket
> on one of them.. It'd be an easy & inexpensive fix to do yourself. People
> are scared off because they think of how much the stealership
> charges to fix
> things.
> Aaron
>
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