Another Car Dealership Horror Story...this time someone almost dies

[Pfunk]

Goes out for a test drive, salesman flips the car.

The pic links do have some fairly graphic images...basically the guys face sewn up.



http://www.neons.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=146066

[gofaster]

The Neon rolled 4 times down an embankment and a fencepost went through the windshield and peeled his face back from his nose to his right ear!  

Cabin looked intact, which is a tribute to the car's designed-in safety cage.  He probably would've walked away with a few scrapes and bruises had it not been for foreign object damage.

I didn't know they still made Neons.  I thought Daimler Chrysler had killed it off in favor of the PT Cruiser.

[LePaul]

Holy Lawsuit, Batman

[FUNKED1]

Those turbo Neons have become the laughing stock of the sport compact community.  Every week there is a new pic of one wrecked and they seem to fold up like a rusty beer can compared to the more robust cars in that class.

[Chairboy]

I thought Daimler Chrysler had killed it off in favor of the PT Cruiser.

Actually. the PT Cruiser is built on the Neon frame/powertrain.

[Nakhui]

Now that's a high pressure salesman!

[gofaster]

Originally posted by Chairboy
Actually. the PT Cruiser is built on the Neon frame/powertrain.

Yeah, that's why I thought they'd killed off the Neon body but had used the parts for the PT Cruiser instead.  I guess DaimlerChrysler found it profitable to build both.

[Saurdaukar]

Originally posted by FUNKED1
compared to the more robust cars in that class.

...such as?

[FUNKED1]

You know which one.  

[AdmRose]

Neons suck - My Plymouth has the same engine as the Neon since Plymouth = Chrysler. 36,000 miles on it and it blew a head gasket followed by the transmission two months later. Would cost $3,000 to repair it all, so we sold it to a guy who works at the transmission station where we had it looked at for $400. Fine end to a 5 year old car that we paid $18,000 for, and the last time I will EVER buy a Chrysler/Plymouth/Any other car made by them.

[Scootter]

Soooooo.... other then that how do you like the car?



can I get you one in blue?

I can give up a bit of my commision to make the deal





farging car sales holes

[texace]

My brother owns a Neon. Sturdiest and best car I've ridden and driven. Well worth the money. No major issues with it and the engine is smooth as glass.

[moose]

umm post doesnt exist?

[Pfunk]

Originally posted by moose
umm post doesnt exist?

I guess they changed the
forum, in order to see it you now have to register

[Lazerus]

Originally posted by Scootter
Soooooo.... other then that how do you like the car?
can I get you one in blue?I can give up a bit of my commision to make the deal
farging car sales holes

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