I seen this on the org... thought it was funny... heres what they said... Add more if you like...

1.You pick up a new Neon and stop by the local dealership for a mls headgasket and rear strut mounts without even thinking about it
2.Your gas filler neck rusted out, so you just buy a new Neon (for all of us in the rust belt)
3."Sorry Officer, I haven't reflowed the solder in my guage cluster yet".
4.You've given yourself carpal tunnel running diagnostic codes
5.You're in awe every time you're in someone else's (non-Neon) car, and they open their sunroof
6.You laugh to yourself every time you hear of a Honda friend getting an aftermarket 2 1/4" exhaust
7.Finding a rust free hood, fuel filler neck, or spoilerless trunklid at the junkyard is the highlight of your week
8. All of your passengers worry about noises that you sibmply tune out, but every little thing that they don't notice scares you
9. You have a collection of diff pin peices, and drive around with a transmission in your trunk (you know who you are )
10.You just blew past the Civic guy with his authentic JDM Mugen lip that cost more than your car, in a slime green, barney purple, or primer/rust coloured Neon
11. Your friends say your crazy for driving around at night only being able to see 10 feet in front of you but you dont care.
12: you own more jack stands than shirts
13: you buy a new (to you) neon and don't know what gear you're in
14: you never look at the speedo
15: everything you look at turns into a 2.4 (its in your head)
16: the Mexicans at the junkyard think you are weird
17: The only English words the Mexicans at the junkyard are your first name and neon
18: You see a 1st Gen on the road and you tilt your head sideways to check the color of the struts.
19: You leave a note on a rust free R/T asking if they want to sell it.
20: You get jellous when you see a car that has all its paint.
21. The guy who owns the local Junk yard calls you MR. Neon when you walk in and he knows your there to get neon parts. (happens to me all the time)
22. Your friends still can't get it past them even though your car will blow their car out in a race they will still say you still own a neon....
23: You fix your car with a screwdriver on a daily basis.
24. When you're on a long road trip, you make your kids count 1st gen Neons and what colors they are. (and if they're coupes or sedans.)
25. When you turn on the Blower to cycle inside air just to cut down on the wind noise coming through the window
26: you leave notes on the windsheld of modified Gen1 Neons with the URL's to the .org and your local Neon club website.
27. You tell everyone to not close the door by pushing on the window...
28. when you drill a hole in the bottom of the spare tire compartment for the water to leak out.
29. Or drill a hole under the driverside tail light and put liquid gasket sealent all around it. to keep the water out..
30. Or you look at PT cruisers, stratus, and carvans and all you see is your big 2.4 swap
31. you roll your window down then up every time you get it to reduce wind noise.
32. You keep an aftermarket jack and tools in the trunk because the stockers are gone, rusted or just a pain.
33. You laugh at all the new cars that can be started without a key because you know you've been doing it for years...lol...well, kind off.....start the car and the key comes right out
34. Your tool kit consists of 10mm, 13mm, and 15mm sockets and wrenches.
35. You buy another neon just to fix whatever is wrong with yours or one of your neon's.
36. You see a neglected neon for sale and say to yourself, "I should buy it. I have all the parts at home to fix it."
37.when you consider an SRT4 a new car
38.when you go home on leave and get a $20,000 brand new car for a rental, get a girlfriend on the way, then have to drive your brothers $2000 car (red 98 ATX SOHC) and her and her friend say "boy, this car sure is alot noisier then the other one" before you even put the car into gear
39. You tool kit is missing most of the 18mm sockets starting with the 1/2 and then the 3/8 drive
40. The young lady driving a NYG thinks you're a stalker.
41. You carry a large top-of-the-line Craftsman screwdriver in the floorboard so you can operate the sunroof.
42. When friends and family ask about your how's your car doing instead of how's your wife/girlfriend/job.
43. When the folks at the drive-in window ask if you "want extra napkins with that" because they've seen the NYG in the Castrol commercial.
44. When the uncle you haven't seen in 20 years first question to you is, "Now where is this weird colored car I heard you drive now?"
45(a). When your other "car enthusiast" uncle pats you on the back when you tell him you've had the head off 5 times, and the pistons out twice, in a 3 year period.
45(b). When the same uncle sees your polished manifold and asks "Can you do that to the ones on my Miata and 914?"
46. When your parents tell their friends "He's always liked building little model cars since he was young."
47. When you have 4 Neons in the yard, but still have to drive your '75 Duster, because it's the most reliable car you have.
48. When the guy who never shuts up doesn't have a word to say when you pop the hood for him.
49. When the guy who visits from 3 states away doesn't remember your name, but recognizes your engine bay right away.
50. When you get home every day you log on to the .org before even thinking about supper/beer/nap.
51. When you can't help your friend with the Toyota work on his car because you don't own a 12, 14, or 16 mm wrench or socket.
52. when some one says hi and you imediatly ask what color is your neon.
53. when your friends call you looking for parts before they call the dealership.
54. when you can recongize the sounds of a neon starting from any distance.
55. when you pull into a parking lot, you automatically look for neons.
56. When you see other Neons you either a) critique how they have been modded or b) quickly go over in your mind what you would do if it was your car
57. when you see a 2nd gen in the junkyard and think of how many parts would work on your car
58. when you cant stand them anymore but cant give up on them.
59. When you see a 1st gen with an aftermarket fart can and walk to the front of the car to ck for the buldge in the hood.
60. when everyone tells you to just buy a new(er) car but instead you spend the money(whatever it is) to fix it.
61. when you hope the douche next to you wrecks his SRT-4 so that you can have the engine and wheels from it
62.When riding with other people, you point out a Neon, along with it's model line, color, and year. They think you are weird.
63.You always have to catch up to other Neons cruising on the highway and check it out.
64.When you go to a parts store, say you need something for a Neon, they default to Dodge and never bother to ask if it's a Plymouth.
65. You go to the gas station, park right next to some SUV, fill up for $25.00 and they're still pumping.
66. You work at a shop, and every Neon that comes in gets assigned to you (Usually happens to me).
67. You see a Neon in pretty sad shape and think of what parts you can use off of it when it's at the junkyard
68.You go to the Pull-a-Part every weekend to see what new Neon inventory they've gotten in.
69.When at a car meet with Evo, sti's, and vettes and so on, and everyone asks what u drive......no mater if its fast or not, you get that studder
70.When you drive your Neon and think of things you posted on here
71.You buy every Neon you see that's under $500
72.when people find you weird for pointing out a Lapis blue neon with all of its paint
73. when people say ..its just a neon. Even if it has 300 hp
74. you know the real reason why people say "its just a neon" the shockwave that knocks them out of vtec is so bad that the negative space left by the neon logo on your trunk is all they can see
75.) You have invented at least 3 new words while working on your car
76.) You think boogers are a good thing
77.) You have no fog lights in your fog light holes
78.) You tell the pizza guy "yeah its the one with all the neons in the yard"
79.) You have figured out what the British speak while trying to get a set of tail lights
80.) You get all wierd when you see a twisty road
81.) You spend at least 1 weekend a month at the track hoping to only break an axle
82.) You have had 100's of conversations started by sombody else saying "The reason I dont like neons is... (this is usually followed by something stupid)
83.) Your paint job is made mostly of viynal
84.) You have a piece of neon racing memorbila in your living room. Or you want one
85. You are increadabaly cheap
86.) You nod, agree, laugh, and can totally relate to all the things on this thread
87. You are driving at night, look in your rear view and see the fimilar headlight configuration of a fellow 1st gen, but tuns out it's a late 90's Taurus.
88. Your driving at night and you can spot every 1st, 2nd and SRT ahead in the distance by the tail light configuration.
89. 15 seconds in a N/A neon at the dragstrip is equivalent to a night of hot sex.
90. If you got a scar on your head because sometime you leave the hood completely open without the stick while you were working on the engine.
91. you pick out colors of clothes in clothing stores that resemble neon colors
92.you know your a 1st gen-er when you go to the second gen thread only to bash them and support the 1g!
93.When you can go the junk yard and spot a neon, even if the front ends missing, but just by the frame
94.when you go into a junkyard, and the sight of two full rows of neons make you happy.
95.when you feel jealous of someone that has the same color neon as you.
96.when you start using FTW in daily conversation.
97.You go the junk yard to buy parts to sell so you can buy mod's
98.when you see a neon go by you listen to hear if its a mtx.
99.if you see a neon from the rear you look for the dohc muffler.
100.if a neon passes you, you look for rear disc brakes to tell if its an acr.
101.You see a neon go by with a 15in. park bench on the back and say WOW he needs to be smacked.
102.You get excited after walking by the 13 sohc neon's in the JY and finally get to the only DOHC in the whole yard.
103.When in the JY you get excited to walk upon the only somewhat modded neon in the yard.
104.When in the JY you get even more excited to find an R/T or ACR.
105. when you sell the 2nd gen atx daily driver and buy a first gen mtx dohc coupe
106. When you see a commercial advertising the horsepower on a new econo-box and tell yourself "yea, but the power to weight ratio is better in my neon"
107. You almost wreck your car because you got to excited when a NYG came onto the high way next to you, and your friend is lookin at you like youre retarded

 

i love it

108: you call you car baby girl and ur girlfriend/wife is jealous.... then they leave you because they say you love your car more then you love her even though your engaged.

well was

 

109: when you own nicer cars, but still drive the beat up old neon everywhere
110: when you have tons of extra parts sitting around "just incase"
111: when you see a neon drive by and think "i have the parts that thing needs"
112: when someone says that have an oil leak and in a second you can list the 4 main spots oil leaks from
113: when you drive around a new car lot to see if they have an neons sitting in the back

 

Or how about

113: WHen u hafta hold ur blicker down just for it to stay on.
114: Hear "are your light on" alot.
115: Need to vaccum out your car out everytime it rains.
115: Its in the garage more then you drive it.

 

115: when you can find a bolt on the garage floor and can tell exactly what it goes to
116: when you look at other neons headlights to see if they are fogged over less then yours

 

117: When you know the size of any bolt on your neon.

 

87. You are driving at night, look in your rear view and see the fimilar headlight configuration of a fellow 1st gen, but tuns out it's a late 90's Taurus.

this happens to me every night I'm driving almost. I even waiting up for one that was riding my *** thinking he wanted to race only to find it was an 80 year old grandma driving a Taurus.

 

118: your neon gets stolen or totaled and you replace it with another 1st gen neon

 

haha. i was at church with two of my girl friends (friends that are girls, not dating lol), there was an Lapis blue Neon. and i was like OMG I WANT IT! the paint is flawless!...they know i'm crazy about Neons, but now even more lol. oh, and that Neon had the base base BASE center counsol. i wanted it even more.

 

when everytime something breaks you tell everyone you and your car have a love/hate relationship
your GF gets jealous that your hands are on the car more than her....and you are fine with that.