in three years the neon will be worth 5k wile the rsx will still be worth 10+kfor example the 05 neon is only three years old and it lost allmost 1/2 its valuewile the rsx is 5 years old and its only lost about 33%ok now lets talk about when you hit 100k milesthe rsx will still have the 200hp that it came with wile the neon you would have gone thru a new turbo maybe even a blow head gasket or even motor.there are soooo many aftermarket parts for the acura and everyone knows that american cars are not what they used to be!