mavin is very right. being a neon owner myself, I saw some go away to the yard early from the headgasket issues. The ones that survived are still running today. There are some buttugly first gens out there, some completely paintless. That stuff chips off in chunks. I see the same paint problem with chevy trucks. It also depends on the consumer, some people see a headgasket as the kiss of death, I see it as an excuse to modify
