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Old 11-12-2007 | 11:02 PM
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Gilfriend is looking at getting a neon. 04 or 05. Wants an SXT, and a sunroof. Other than that open to anything.

How is reliability of these cars. What should i look for. Any service or anything i should do when i we get it. Anything to look out for basicallly. problem area's, neglected area's, etc.

Thanks for the help.
 
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Old 11-12-2007 | 11:14 PM
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my first thing to look at is if its a ATX make sure that is good, its easy to abuse them...... and dont overpay
 
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Old 11-13-2007 | 12:48 AM
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I would say they're usually okay. Pretty reliable if you don't start modding them or beating on them hard. If she gets an ATX, at the very minimum install a transmission cooler and change the air filter.

Other than that, I would say they're decent. Ask graphite, he's owned like 4
 
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:45 AM
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I did a lot of research before I bought my car. I looked into consumer reports, reliability reports and car history reports on every single car I considered buying. Trust me, there were a lot! It gave me a headache actually cuz none really met my standards. Neons showed the best reliability and had a great price tag with low miles on average. Check this out http://autos.msn.com/research/vip/Re...&trimid=-1
 
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:58 AM
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and they've got good safety rating!!
 
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I might be selling my mild show 04 auto sxt soon .
 
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Pretty reliable if you don't start modding them
I can't agree with this any more.

Just check around for some prices. Neons don't hold anything on value. I was looking at a price that I could sell my Neon ES for and I was disappointed at the prices they go for. Drive it around and make sure the tranny is good.
 
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and they've got good safety rating!!
I know you don't mean that.
 
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Old 11-13-2007 | 08:54 PM
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and they've got good safety rating!!
I know you don't mean that.
They have average saftey ratings...nothing to be impressed about, but they arent death traps either.
 
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Old 11-13-2007 | 09:57 PM
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and they've got good safety rating!!
I know you don't mean that.
They have average saftey ratings...nothing to be impressed about, but they arent death traps either.

unless you drive like a maniac then anything becomes a death trap...
 


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