Unless are really into drag racing (which you may be.. if so more power to you) then they aren't very fun cars at all. They will suck when it's wet/snowing (IMO) especially if your audi was AWD, and i know that experiments have proven otherwise, but i couldnt bring myself to trust a neon's reliability... and finally. build quality apparently sucks. But i have no firsthand experiance, so go for it if you really want it.
*shrug* definetly will get you going the fastest in a straight line for the cheapest though no doubt about that.
Well they are FWD, so they're still better in the wet/snow than a powerful RWD. Of course your WRX handles a lot better (yay awd), and yeah it's still a Neon.
I'm not advising on purchasing one. I'm just saying it's not pure crap.