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MyLittleBlackBird Aug 21, 2006 05:20 PM

If you were closer to Muscatine you could park it at my place. It won't be covered, but it'll be out of your way.

Shadow Aug 21, 2006 05:34 PM

Are Neons that good on gas? I know ALL the automatic equiped cars dont have overdrive just reg 3 speed.

ga93sle Aug 21, 2006 07:55 PM


Originally Posted by Shadow
Are Neons that good on gas? I know ALL the automatic equiped cars dont have overdrive just reg 3 speed.

My uncle's got about 30 on the interstate hauling 5 people and a trunk full of luggage.

wjcollier07 Aug 21, 2006 08:17 PM

yeah i know they get usually like 35 for an auto...i was driving one...and i got about 44 mpg highway with the manual

BonnieBrougham Aug 22, 2006 08:19 AM


Originally Posted by ga93sle

Originally Posted by Shadow
Are Neons that good on gas? I know ALL the automatic equiped cars dont have overdrive just reg 3 speed.

My uncle's got about 30 on the interstate hauling 5 people and a trunk full of luggage.

I get about 30mpg as a daily driver, this includes city and highway. Straight highway, I get around 33. Mine's a 3-speed automatic DOHC. Before you comment about that not being so great, keep in mind that the Silverado and the K1500 get 8mpg and 13mpg, respectively.

Shadow Aug 22, 2006 11:59 AM


Originally Posted by BonnieBrougham

Originally Posted by ga93sle

Originally Posted by Shadow
Are Neons that good on gas? I know ALL the automatic equiped cars dont have overdrive just reg 3 speed.

My uncle's got about 30 on the interstate hauling 5 people and a trunk full of luggage.

I get about 30mpg as a daily driver, this includes city and highway. Straight highway, I get around 33. Mine's a 3-speed automatic DOHC. Before you comment about that not being so great, keep in mind that the Silverado and the K1500 get 8mpg and 13mpg, respectively.

I drove neons as rentals and they did not seem that great on gas too me. 30 mpg is pretty good specially for the dohc version.

BonnieBrougham Aug 22, 2006 12:05 PM


Originally Posted by Shadow

Originally Posted by BonnieBrougham

Originally Posted by ga93sle

Originally Posted by Shadow
Are Neons that good on gas? I know ALL the automatic equiped cars dont have overdrive just reg 3 speed.

My uncle's got about 30 on the interstate hauling 5 people and a trunk full of luggage.

I get about 30mpg as a daily driver, this includes city and highway. Straight highway, I get around 33. Mine's a 3-speed automatic DOHC. Before you comment about that not being so great, keep in mind that the Silverado and the K1500 get 8mpg and 13mpg, respectively.

I drove neons as rentals and they did not seem that great on gas too me. 30 mpg is pretty good specially for the dohc version.

Mine's a particularly well-cared for one, and I'm careful to take care of regular maintenance. It's relatively babied, since it's an older car (161,000 miles as of this morning) and we'd like it to last as long as possible. I'm able to get the MPG of an SOHC, without the additional power loss. I realize that "power" and "Neon" don't belong in the same sentence, but there's a major, noticeable difference between DOHC and SOHC.


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