Redjake

Update: It was another plug and wire. It turns out, all of the plugs and wires needed replacing. Now that it's done, the car has turned out to be quite nice. I've driven it almost 4,000 miles in two months (business and girlfriend) and it has held up quite nicely. It feels damn good to kill Camaros and Mustangs off the starting line with a Neon. The look on their faces is pretty damn funny. I've even tore up some Porsche Caymans. The Boxsters don't stand a chance, either. It's not royalty, but for the price, this thing is great. Now that it's stable (ha) and not acting weird, it's a fun car. I won't keep it forever. It's not much of a family mobile. For that, it's Chrysler SRT-8.

And you can't forget people calling it the "pocket rocket" and "death sled" and shit. I took a guy to work one day (his Honda broke down!!!! owned!!!!) and he said "that fucking thing is UNSAFE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want one......."

Good horsepower/torque to dollar ratio.

Downsides, now that I've had it for a while:

The bucket seats are too extreme for road trips for business and stuff. I'm thinking about taking them out and putting in the Neon R/T or Neon SXE seats. They fit right in.

Gas mileage is shit. SHIT. Probably 20 MPG city/25 MPG highway. The cost of having fun I guess. If you drive it like a grandma, 25 MPG city/30 MPG highway.

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Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.