lol... I've had three. One new. terrible cars. uncomfortable, under powered, noisy, FWD, rattle traps. Required far too much attention to keep them running efficiently.
We purchased one for my wife when they first were introduced, with the Little "Hi" about the advertisement picture. Honestly, I couldn't get rid of that car quickly enough.
My son purchased a used on, that was honestly in pretty good shape, I got tired of working on it. When we got rid of that abortion, my neighbor, came to me for a favor. He'd lost his job, and needed to get out of the car loan on his wife's neon. I paid off the loan for him and took the car. We had it for a year. Although it handled pretty well, it was a noisy ride. It amplified every bump, every road surface joint and irregularity it ran over. Radio knobs came off, window regulators broke, A/C stopped working at 40K miles. Twice returned to the dealership for trans work, and a few other things.
The car just nickle and dimed me to death. Not to mention the inconveniences, having to spend time either fixing these "minor problems", or bringing it back to the shop and arranging a ride home and then back to the shop to pick it up when they claimed they fixed it.
Three out of three were no good experiences. I don't doubt that there are some people who have gotten good service out of them. I also don't doubt that some people perceive they gotten good service, because they don't mind the inconveniences of dealing with minor or even major issues.
One of my son's buddies from his car club had a neon that he was always wrenching back to health. On average, I'll bet he spent 3 weekends a month at our place working on that car. If you asked him about it, he always said "It's a great car"!
Well, that might be, but a car that I have to work on or spend money on, beyond scheduled maintenance, just to keep on the road, isn't "a great car", it's a lemon, in my opinion. When you have that same experience with 3 out of 3 Neons, Sorry, I'm not going for a fourth, and I'm certainly not advising anyone else to invest in one either.
Like I said, I'm going by MY experience with them, what others have experienced, is not withstanding in my recommendations, and comments.
Personally I will not even consider a Neon, nor will I recommend one to anyone. IMO, not a good car, nor a good choice.