95 Neon

Dan C wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:33:15 -0400, NapalmHeart wrote:
>
> > We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to be
> > looking for?
>
> Yes. Something newer.
>
> Do you really want your daughter driving around in a 12 year old car?
>
> --
> "Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".


The NEON, IMHO, is a good car, biggest issue prior to mid '99 was a
headgsket problem, but that was resloved with a newer gasket. You may
wish to go to a bit newer version as frst year cars sometimes
encounter growing pains. I have a 1998 and it is great, no problems, it
has a manual tansmission and the double over head cam (DOHC)engine that
was an option. I get about 27-29 MPG city and at 70-75 on the
Interstate 38.5-40 MPG. If your daugher can drive a standard I would
look at that as the early automatics were only three speed and had no
overdrive. Second generation 2001 I beleive went to a four speed
overdrive auto that helped both performance and fuel economy.
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The first generation Neons (Dodge and Plymouth) all have head gasket issues
(bad design). Chrysler, in their infinite wisdom of rocket scientists,
decided after the fact that the oil port to the head form the pump was too
large and provided too much oil to the top of the engine and caused a loss
of pressure in the rest of the block. So, their fix was to make the hole in
the original head gasket smaller in order to restrict the flow. Well, that
ultimately caused oil to leak through the head gasket to the outside world.
IMHO, they should have metered the hole with a screw-in device instead of
the gasket. But nobody called me about it.

So, look for oil puddles near/around the left/top of the engine or down
behind the left/rear corner on top of the transmission. Here is a good site
for it that can explain it all to you:
http://www.neons.org/



"NapalmHeart" <olsonfam.DeleteThis@iserv.net> wrote in message
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> We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to be
> looking for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
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As a 95 toyota corolla wagon driver, why are you looking for a Neon?


"NapalmHeart" <olsonfam DeleteThis @iserv.net> wrote in message
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> We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to be
> looking for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
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"Luba Papageorgio" <none DeleteThis @none.com> wrote in message
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> As a 95 toyota corolla wagon driver, why are you looking for a Neon?

I am looking for a reasonably priced car for a 16 year-old girl. Not
interested in anything with a Japanese nameplate.
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"Dan C" <youmustbejoking DeleteThis @invalid.lan> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 06:33:15 -0400, NapalmHeart wrote:
>
>> We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to
>> be
>> looking for?
>
> Yes. Something newer.
>
> Do you really want your daughter driving around in a 12 year old car?

New would be nice, but not in our budget, nor does it make good economic
sense. The age of a car doesn't concern me as much as the condition. I
drive a 10 year-old truck, my wife drives a 7 year-old car. Are you in car
sales?
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:29:08 -0400, NapalmHeart wrote:

>>> We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to
>>> be looking for?

>> Yes. Something newer.
>> Do you really want your daughter driving around in a 12 year old car?

> New would be nice, but not in our budget, nor does it make good economic
> sense. The age of a car doesn't concern me as much as the condition. I
> drive a 10 year-old truck, my wife drives a 7 year-old car. Are you in car
> sales?

I didn't say "new", I said "newer". You didn't really answer my question,
either. What kind of condition are most 12 year old cars in? Is that
really what you want for your daughter? No, I have nothing to do with car
sales, but I do think about car safety, especially for my daughter(s).

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the so called "sacrificial lamb"

"NapalmHeart" <olsonfam RemoveThis @iserv.net> wrote in message
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> "Luba Papageorgio" <none RemoveThis @none.com> wrote in message
> news:uRdXg.15648$7I1.15601@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
>> As a 95 toyota corolla wagon driver, why are you looking for a Neon?
>
> I am looking for a reasonably priced car for a 16 year-old girl. Not
> interested in anything with a Japanese nameplate.
>
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"Dan C" <youmustbejoking.TakeThisOut@invalid.lan> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:29:08 -0400, NapalmHeart wrote:
>
>>>> We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to
>>>> be looking for?
>
>>> Yes. Something newer.
>>> Do you really want your daughter driving around in a 12 year old car?
>
>> New would be nice, but not in our budget, nor does it make good economic
>> sense. The age of a car doesn't concern me as much as the condition. I
>> drive a 10 year-old truck, my wife drives a 7 year-old car. Are you in
>> car
>> sales?
>
> I didn't say "new", I said "newer". You didn't really answer my question,
> either. What kind of condition are most 12 year old cars in? Is that
> really what you want for your daughter? No, I have nothing to do with car
> sales, but I do think about car safety, especially for my daughter(s).
>
> --
> "Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
>
>

The condition of "most" cars of a particular age doesn't matter. The
condition of a particular car does. I forgot to mention that my son drives
an 11 year-old car. All of our vehicles are in good mechanical condition,
particularly where safety issues are concerned.

How old of a car would you consider acceptable?

Please understand that my intent isn't to be confrontational, but
conversational.

Ken
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"Abby Normal" <abby.normal RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> the so called "sacrificial lamb"
>
> "NapalmHeart" <olsonfam RemoveThis @iserv.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Luba Papageorgio" <none RemoveThis @none.com> wrote in message
>> news:uRdXg.15648$7I1.15601@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
>>> As a 95 toyota corolla wagon driver, why are you looking for a Neon?
>>
>> I am looking for a reasonably priced car for a 16 year-old girl. Not
>> interested in anything with a Japanese nameplate.
>>
>
>

The American auto industry?
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American all the way!!! I own 4 Dodges and could not be happier:
98 Dakota, V8, Club Cab
00 Dakota, V6, Standard Cab
00 Neon
02 Intrepid

They need to find a way to put the Hemi in the new Dakotas. Dodge is the
best vehicle for the money. They aren't as safe as Volvos but not far from
it.

"NapalmHeart" <olsonfam.TakeThisOut@iserv.net> wrote in message
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> "Abby Normal" <abby.normal.TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> the so called "sacrificial lamb"
>>
>> "NapalmHeart" <olsonfam.TakeThisOut@iserv.net> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Luba Papageorgio" <none.TakeThisOut@none.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uRdXg.15648$7I1.15601@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
>>>> As a 95 toyota corolla wagon driver, why are you looking for a Neon?
>>>
>>> I am looking for a reasonably priced car for a 16 year-old girl. Not
>>> interested in anything with a Japanese nameplate.
>>>
>>
>>
>
> The American auto industry?
>
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:01:49 -0400, NapalmHeart wrote:

>> I didn't say "new", I said "newer". You didn't really answer my question,
>> either. What kind of condition are most 12 year old cars in? Is that
>> really what you want for your daughter? No, I have nothing to do with car
>> sales, but I do think about car safety, especially for my daughter(s).

> The condition of "most" cars of a particular age doesn't matter. The
> condition of a particular car does. I forgot to mention that my son drives
> an 11 year-old car. All of our vehicles are in good mechanical condition,
> particularly where safety issues are concerned.

Well.....OK.

> How old of a car would you consider acceptable?

I'd think maybe 5-7 years, usually. Like you said above, some cars which
have been well maintained are still good (safe) at 12 years, but many are
not.

> Please understand that my intent isn't to be confrontational, but
> conversational.

Same here. Good luck with the search.

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On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:26:29 -0400, "NapalmHeart" <olsonfam.RemoveThis@iserv.net>
wrote:

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>"Luba Papageorgio" <none.RemoveThis@none.com> wrote in message
>news:uRdXg.15648$7I1.15601@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
>> As a 95 toyota corolla wagon driver, why are you looking for a Neon?
>
>I am looking for a reasonably priced car for a 16 year-old girl. Not
>interested in anything with a Japanese nameplate.
>
Early neons had head gasket issues.
Other than that, get a reasonably low mileage one and check for rust.
Body, chassis, and tubing. Don't want brake lines and fuel lines
disintegrating. In the "rust belt" virtually all have perforation at
the leading edge of the hood.

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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:01:49 -0400, "NapalmHeart" <olsonfam RemoveThis @iserv.net>
wrote:

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>"Dan C" <youmustbejoking RemoveThis @invalid.lan> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:29:08 -0400, NapalmHeart wrote:
>>
>>>>> We're looking at a 95 Neon for our daughter. Anything in particular to
>>>>> be looking for?
>>
>>>> Yes. Something newer.
>>>> Do you really want your daughter driving around in a 12 year old car?
>>
>>> New would be nice, but not in our budget, nor does it make good economic
>>> sense. The age of a car doesn't concern me as much as the condition. I
>>> drive a 10 year-old truck, my wife drives a 7 year-old car. Are you in
>>> car
>>> sales?
>>
>> I didn't say "new", I said "newer". You didn't really answer my question,
>> either. What kind of condition are most 12 year old cars in? Is that
>> really what you want for your daughter? No, I have nothing to do with car
>> sales, but I do think about car safety, especially for my daughter(s).
>>
>> --
>> "Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
>>
>>
>
>The condition of "most" cars of a particular age doesn't matter. The
>condition of a particular car does. I forgot to mention that my son drives
>an 11 year-old car. All of our vehicles are in good mechanical condition,
>particularly where safety issues are concerned.
>
>How old of a car would you consider acceptable?
>
>Please understand that my intent isn't to be confrontational, but
>conversational.
>
>Ken
>

I have a 1994 Pontiac Trans Sport with 340,000 km. My wife has a 1996
Mystique with 135,000km, and my daughter has a '98 Neon with 135,000
km. My wife's '88 New Yorker was 18 when we sold it, and it was still
very driveable. I'd take ( or send my daughter with) any one of our 3
current vehicles anywhere in north america, any time. Other daughter
took the mystique half way across the country last summer. Yet, I see
MANY 4 year old cars I would not let my wife or daughters drive, and
which I would not pay more than a couple hundred dollars for if I'd
bother with them at all.


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