And the three speed automatic at that!
2000 Plymouth Neon with 6 original miles!
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It's so strange seeing one of those that isn't clapped out, I thought they left the lot looking beat up. It's kind of a neat time capsule, but it will also fold like a taco if you hit a squirrel.
I see the Petersen Auto Museum, Los Angeles is the seller, they recently auctioned off a few cool cars.
Would have been cool retrofitting the Corbin with a Lion battery pack. Also, the Spark looks spunky
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Would have been cool retrofitting the Corbin with a Lion battery pack. Also, the Spark looks spunky
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it's been owned /in the collection of the Petersen museum since new... they only Titled it a few months ago...
kept in climate controlled storage, with Fuel Stabilizer, getting it ready for this sale they did change all the Fluids, but the Rubber bits ( esp like wipers and tires) are the originals. ( and besides being 23 years old, those tires were kinda garbage from the get go..)
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Give me cloth seats any day. It's a pity we have to seek out base models or stripped-down models to get it in a lot of cars now.
I miss cheap cars like this. Yes, I understand the need for safety in modern vehicles, but I loved the days where you could walk into just about any showroom and find a basic enconobox that would get you to/from work reliably for 10+ years before you handed it down to one of your kids to take to college and not worry about. No frills, just a tape deck for entertainment, and a stick shift.
My sister's '91 Plymouth Sundance and other sister's '92 Mitsubishi-made Dodge Colt were exactly this, and I think they were like $9k brand new. They were basically rolling appliances designed for moving up to four people from points A to B... and that's it. And they did it perfectly. Same with mini pickups.
*Yells at cloud*
My sister's '91 Plymouth Sundance and other sister's '92 Mitsubishi-made Dodge Colt were exactly this, and I think they were like $9k brand new. They were basically rolling appliances designed for moving up to four people from points A to B... and that's it. And they did it perfectly. Same with mini pickups.
*Yells at cloud*
The track neons were the R/T wasn't there ine even higher up?
I like the old Naugatuck Madrid-Grain Vinyl and miss it in cars - I eat in my car and it's easy to wipe up spills. Last forever and a day.
A bit chilly in the winter though
I think there was a SRT version.
Too bad this thing isn't a Shelby Charger to a GLH or something...
Too bad this thing isn't a Shelby Charger to a GLH or something...
Think so, real race-ready nsl car. Hard to recall not having owned one.
The stock suspension was just fair to O.K. and the car was not too crash worthy.
Those were better cars I had a torquey Black GLH turbo. Not reliable at all, but good and comfortable drivers. Liked it better than the VW Rabbit
With less than 2 hours left to bid, the current bid is $7600. Personally, that's about $6000 more than it's worth.
After sitting in a museum for the last 23+ years, with no maintenance done, except dusting it off, I suspect it is going to take a lot of work to drive it. We all know how cars that are not driven and maintained regularly, tend to deteriorate. With a date code of 2100, the tires are shot. I suspect all the rubber is in need of replacement. I suspect, after sitting in one position for years at a time, all the seals are deformed, and will start leaking as the car starts getting driven.
I guess if someone is looking for a car that has nostalgia for them, that they can take to car shows, it would be kind of cool.
After sitting in a museum for the last 23+ years, with no maintenance done, except dusting it off, I suspect it is going to take a lot of work to drive it. We all know how cars that are not driven and maintained regularly, tend to deteriorate. With a date code of 2100, the tires are shot. I suspect all the rubber is in need of replacement. I suspect, after sitting in one position for years at a time, all the seals are deformed, and will start leaking as the car starts getting driven.
I guess if someone is looking for a car that has nostalgia for them, that they can take to car shows, it would be kind of cool.
Isn't anything that runs and drives worth at least $3500 today?
I'd pick the Neon over this vehicle:
2021 Yukon with 332,000 miles
The ultimate vehicle to put so many miles on. Was reading a member on here yesterday with a Tacoma with over 300K and I just couldn't do it. Not comfortable enough. But a Suburban. No problem! As long as I'm not paying for the gas haha.
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That would be the SRT-4. It came complete with the big wing (as was popular at the time, what with all those Fast&Furious movies and all).
If I were going to bid on one, that would be it!
If there was an SRT4 with only 6 miles out there that would be such awesome find.
So they parked it after the head gasket blew in only six miles? 
There was a fella on the west coast who had a very low mileage one (well under 50k miles).
I recall seeing his Craigslist Ad up for quite a while as he struggled to sell it (the price was reasonable too, at about 15-20k CAD).
1995-1999
Standard: 2.0 SOHC 132hp
R/T: 2.0 DOHC 150hp with more final gear in the transmission
ACR: Basically an R/T with a better suspension
2000-2005
Standard 2.0 SOHC 132hp
R/T: 2.0 SOHC 150hp with more final gear in the transmission
ACR: R/T with a better suspension
SRT: 215hp (2003) 230hp (2004/5)
SRT ACR: 2005 MY only and was a SRT with a better suspension
Yes, I know too much about neons.
Standard: 2.0 SOHC 132hp
R/T: 2.0 DOHC 150hp with more final gear in the transmission
ACR: Basically an R/T with a better suspension
2000-2005
Standard 2.0 SOHC 132hp
R/T: 2.0 SOHC 150hp with more final gear in the transmission
ACR: R/T with a better suspension
SRT: 215hp (2003) 230hp (2004/5)
SRT ACR: 2005 MY only and was a SRT with a better suspension
Yes, I know too much about neons.
