I've got 211K on my 96 Neon Highline. It got a new engine out of a Tijuana junkyard at 51K when I smashed up the front end; the replacement had 35K on it at the time so doing the math that's about 195 on that engine. Still has the original transmission and the clutch was replaced at about 180K. Whenever I bring it in for repairs/maintenance the mechanics marvel at it: "Hey, you gotta check this out, a Neon with 200 thousand miles on it!" "No way." "Yeah, and listen to the engine, man..." "I don't believe it."

I am told this outrageous longevity may be due to its manufacture at the Toluca MX plant rather than Illinois. Anybody seen any stats on relative life-span of Mexican vs. American specimens of this product line? Or anecdotal knowledge which might tend to confirm/debunk this speculation?

And more importantly, anybody have a Neon of this vintage that will beat this mileage total? At the moment I'm still using this as my primary vehicle until I have a good reason to buy something else, but when I do I will almost certainly just hold onto it as a driveway fix-it project as it will be worth less than nothing at that point and I'm wondering if I've got a realistic shot at some sort of record?

 

Oops, obviously the title of the original post should read "96 Neon" not "06." Sorry.

 

I am suprised when I look at ebay that most of the time 90% of the first gens have over 100,000 miles, and these cars are not even that old...people just drive the crap out of their neons I guess!

 

I notice in looking through some of these other forum topics there's one poster who's got a 95 with 242K on it. I wonder if anyone keeps official stats on this kind of thing?

 

yea uh...


that would be me and another guy!
so theres 2!
hahahah

i think i have almost 245-250 now...

the dodge dealership knows our car because we've barely had to change anything on the car
lemme see...head gasket (this weekend will be 2), clutch and now the water pump
and we get the same thing
"how did you get this car to last so long?"
and all that jazz...

 

wow 250k miles... i believe im at 169k right now, but soon that wont really count since im getting the engine rebuild

 

Highest milage that I have seen/heard on a neon was 400,000-500,000 miles!!

Impressive.

 

mine has 242,000 miles on it hehe... then our red one has 208,000 on her.

would that be taxi's and such in like New York? lol

 

My green neon had 271,000+ on it.

 

i guess im not included in this because ive only got 150,000 miles[&:]