Any NEON owners out there?
My parents had a '97 Neon that I drove for a bit. Interior was a bit cheap, but other than that we didn't have too many problems with it outside of normal maintenance. It needed the head gasket changed immediately after the factory warranty expired, but the dealership took care of it as if it was still under warranty. I think at one point it got CV joints, but my parents live 2.5 miles down on a gravel road, so all of their vehicles chew up suspension. We had over 170k miles on it when it was traded in.
I had a '04 SRT4 for 40k miles as well. Other than the engine/trans, it was pretty much all Neon. Same deal there, interior was pretty cheap, but hey, Neons are cheap cars. Engine is a whole different story from a neon, that 2.4 turbo was pretty spectacular. Other than a CV joint on that, I had an o2 sensor and catalytic convertor changed under warranty. Probably both because of the Stage 1 ECU and bigger throttle body I put on it. Never even changed the brakes, and I drove the living hell out of that car. Sold it with 40k miles on it to get my Challenger.