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...

I am proud of DJ. She has done well over the last few years surviving a nasty-bought with cancer, being widowed suddenly. If that wasn't enough she got laid off from the Raymond Corporation without cause or warning. In fact she commonly worked lots of extra hours for years before being stricken with cancer and had positive performance appraisals. Nice management, not. Inconsistent, yes. Maybe if she was Italian she could have held on to her job.

Now she is successfully running her start-up gluten-free bakery. She did all that in about 3 years.

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Anonymous said…
You know Charlie, the human spirit if pretty remarkable.

Mike

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