The Nissan Leaf Gets a New Rear Axle

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Well, I finally have a salvage title for the 2013 Nissan LEAF (Actually I dont have the title yet, but I think they mail it to me. We are far from settled with the insurance company for sure. It has been six months since Angie was rear ended. The following chart shows a very sad and disturbing trend. Insurance companies aren't paying out. It should be criminal. I went shopping for a new rear axle so I can get the car driving again. The rear ended axle was so bent, the car couldn't move. The new one with no connecting bits was over a thousand dollars. The cheapest used ones I could find on ebay were over 500 dollars. I finally scored at a local used parts place for 95 dollars (removed) and with associated bits such as bearings, bushings, parts of the brakes. It took me a concentrated day with cancelled and moved meetings to get the axle replaced and the car running again. The accomplishment felt good. I am now configuring the car with tractor tires and other modifications t...
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The Internet is a fad; I told you.

It was nice weather today. My homework took less time than usual. It still took hours. I don't know what I would do without my new calculator and my Barron's Dictionary of Financial and Investment Terms.

I started all the machines today. I can see spring is coming. We had a lot of melt-off today. Despite the mud out there, the drainage system I put in last year seems to be handling the water quite well. I have a lot more of that kind of work to do. The latest plan calls for a well, spring, alcove kind-of-thing that you see in Europe everywhere. Originally, I was going to put in a hand pump, but now I am considering a gravity, always-running feature next to the future garage. I am looking forward to working on the brick or stone work.


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