Are 97 Dodge Neons good running cars or pieces of crap?

We called them throw away cars. They do pretty good for the first 80 to 150 thousand miles, but once things start falling apart, they really fall apart.

The Neons are a "throw-away" car - great for highschool kids or someone on a super tight budget. Other than that, they will start to nickel-and-dime you to death by year 8. If you can afford it I would get a slightly higher class of auto.

It's one saving grace is that parts are CHEAP and PLENTIFUL. It's gonna break, but the parts will be easy to get.

Do a full service, replace everything that you said dont forget the cap and rotor, timing belt, do the water pump while you there, flush the cooling system and the fuel system and the car should run like new, unless there's more problems. Then just sell the damn thing.

they arent really crap there are worse cars out there, 97 dodge neon kust doesnt look that cool and isnt that popular.

only cheap people buy them because they are piece of junk. if you have any self respect left in you...dont buy dodge neon!

They are pieces of cheap crap.

the later

i would that when they get old........the cars fall apart......i would suggest a car that will get old but still runs good.

If you like it and itsrunning good , don't listen to anyone. enjoy!!!

go to edmunds.com,should be able to tell you that years status(good or bad,recalls,etc.)