The car is still pulling strong as ever. I haven’t spent a single dime on repairs since the build (except for the broken glass – damn you thief!). The CRX has proven again and again to be light years more reliable than my 2005, 60k miles, Subaru Outback. This car has left me speechless in amazement. Now with no radio, speakers or amplifiers and virtually no electronics running in the car, it now gets 40 mpg easy!

My only gripe is the car has developed series of nasty rust spots. First, by the left rear wheel well, now on the A-pillar and all over the damn sunroof…

It was only a matter of time. After all, no Honda can escape the curse of the wheel arch rust. My CRX was no exception. Despite being rust-free for the past 20 years or so in California, my CRX has finally succumbed to the infamous plague after just two years of Chicago winter.

The rust has now grown too big for me to ignore it anymore. There are few minor rust spots forming on the sunroof panel and around the windshield as well. Well, there goes my summer. Damn you rust god!