[J.B.C. SXT]

Hello, my name is Joe.

I just recently purchased a 2003 neon SXT(paid $8,000) with 12K on it. I had been checking the forums here because I feel like my gas milage isn't what it should be.

The car is fun to drive except I have a dash rattle that drives me insane when driving on rough roads and I am currently getting 180(driving hard)-220(if I'm lucky). To me this seems a bit low. With my 1993 Nissan Altima I was getting great gas milage. Both are sticks, but I ditched the Altima because it had 300,000 miles on it.

Could it be the coil, wires, ect.?, It's not terrible but I miss the power and gas milage I was getting with the Altima. To bad it had electrical trouble or I just would have kept it. I will say that even the stock neons handle great and I want to mod the hell out of this car but not till I can figure out why my numbers are low. Blame my driving but I could stretch the Altima past 320 on a fill up.

I hate to see others having this issue, but at least I'm not the only one.

Thanks,
Joe B.

P.S. If you have a 2003 or 2004 neon get it on a lift from time to time to check the lower A-arm bushing. I had one fail at 14,000 miles and a 2004 SE was at the dealer for the same thing. Made them replace both sides.