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Re: Re: Re: Neon
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Re: RE: so what you're saying is.....
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As for the civic comment.... ugh.. shudder.... go drive a new civic... then drive a 1st gen neon... on the same twisty road. You'll come back a believer. Civics lack torque, power, suspension, or personality. Neons have all these, but lack refinement. It's a tradeoff. - Rob |
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Exactly my point. There was something wrong. The poor girl (who actually thought the neon was cute) got screwed because she bought Dodge. So you're saying the pads that Dodge makes in Mexico are better than the Taiwanese ones? At least it didn't kill her driving it. Any car that has a 2 star rating is definately not something you would see in my driveway.
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Yeah you're probably right. The 5 Stars on the front of it mean that Dodge doesn't think highly of their dealer. A mechanic is only as good as the product he works on.
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for a weekend car, i'd rather buy something else that i can take to the mountains. hell with it, i'd rather buy a second svx to take to the mountains .
<Harry starts trekking through the mountains to find the great ROB, who possess vast amounts of Neon knowledge to ask him a question that no one can answer.> 'Why Neon?', 'Why not RS?' |
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Price: You can pick up a well used 1st gen for under 2 grand. With a blown engine, expect to score one for about 700 bucks. Then get a 2.4 liter engine for about 600, engine mounts for about 80ish, new clutch, some falken axenis for cheap, and you have a FUN car, that weighs UNDER 2400 lbs, with 150hp and 180 ftlbs of torque (it spins the wheels in 3rd gear, and it has so much torque you don't need to downshift), for under 3000 dollars. Mechanically simple, it is easy to work on and very durable, and awesome handling. The question is, why RS? WHy spend more money for a heavier, underpowered, not as good handling, more expensive parts, more complex, worse mpg car? - Rob |
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Re: Ahhhh a place for a NEON thread.
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Rob...
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Neon and torquey in the same sentence.
c'mon Rob, i'm guessing the Neon was your first car, and you have that thing like what happens to people with the first person they ever have sex with. enough already! the Neon is a silly little B I T C H -CAR, that isn't even put together well. if that's all you can afford, it might be OK, but to sit here and go on and on about how this "cute-looking" piece o' crap is such a fast, great handling car just kills me - its all relative. the Neon is a good car compared to what? a Festiva? a Geo Metro? yay! i could start a thread about 928's, and go on and on about them with my 'vast amount of knowledge', but i won't because no one on the *S*V*X* NETWORK CARES! <hint, hint>
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The neon HANDLES AMAZINGLY. Check this out if you don't believe me: http://www.cnyroadrace.com/scca/results/98solo8.html Go look you ignorant fool. Go ahead. Click on it and be enlightened. I'm being harsh because you need to see the truth. A lowly 'neon' spanked the piss out of some cars you would consider 'superior, namely, BMWs, Twin Turbo MR2s, 300ZXs, etc. Go ahead. Look. This was a ROAD RACE. And a NEON WON. You lose. - Rob Last edited by Chicane; 06-26-2003 at 07:31 PM. |
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It's amazing what we'll argue about here. The neon is a neon. The svx is an svx. 2 very different cars. I hope you guys can keep this all light hearted, it's not worth losing sleep over.
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