Id say in stock form, the neon is better performance wise, but when it comes to suspension, the civic has us.

 

You aren't including the ACR's suspension in this are you?

 

How could I have forgotten that[:@] Oh well, when you put it that way, what is the civic's acr version? My sister's ex b/f has a 2001 civic 5spd coupe. He has drove my neon before and he says the neon seemed faster and more nimble, even though the neon is a 97 atx. I still think his civic is a pretty nice car though. The reason I really dis-like civics is mostly the drivers, and how most people go "eww, a neon?" Or "a neon is a little piece of ****". Then someone says something about a civic and its like its any other car, nothing wrong with them. I just dont understand where the neon got such a bad rep, is it just the name? The round headlights?

 

the neons reputation is more that of a chick car

 

It's funny because you could say the same thing about a civic.

My wife always said that Hoochies drive Civic's....thats why she wouldn't get one

 

thats funny

 

haha. just on a thing about Imports. my green Neon made it to 247k before i finally retired it. and it was still running great. only thing that it needed was oil changes (and at one point it went almost 30,000 miles inbetween an oil change [:@]) and a water pump...or two. our other Neon has 213k on it and still going. its had its share of problems but most of it was due to a mechanic who didn't know ****. and ended up breaking the timing belt just after he installed it.

we had a Tercel. granted yes it was a Tercel but still, many people say they were tanks and could take a buse and such. so we got one. it died at 140k. then we had a Subaru Legacy. it made it to 202k but that thing was nothing but a money pit since the day we got it when it was 120k on it. needless to say, we now 100% mopar once again and will always be...least thats what my dad and I say lol. anyways this thread has gone to crap so i'm not going to be in it. least not try to be.