Minor set back last night with getting the Civic on the road. I went for a quick spin and the speedo wasn't working. Came back and found I hadn't plugged in the speed sensor on the transmission. Easy enough fix. Then I went to air up the tires and the rear passenger tire started hissing more and more as I filled it. I found the hissing and found a plug. I'm guessing this will need to be replaced as its right on the corner of the tire tread. Now I'm debating 4 new tires vs 1 craigslisted tire... The tires on the car are probably 50-60% worn, still at least a summers worth of tread, possibly two. Not sure I'd want to go through winter after a good summer of driving on them... even though I just did it in the Insight last year and it was fine. Eh, decisions...
While I was at it, I decided to go after the rust by the rear tail light. Upon further inspection, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. Here was a picture I shot when I got the car.
Here is a picture I shot yesterday after going at it with some rubbing compound. I also put some rust converter over it. I'm still debating shooting a little paint on it or not.
After reinstalling the light, its almost unnoticeable. This may not seem bad to most, but for a 13 year old Wisconsin car, its pretty amazing for this to be the only real visible rust spot.
