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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I am traveling 5 out the next 5 weeks. Fortunately some of that travel includes travel to and from Berkshire, NY. I fly into NY from Wichita and out to Munich. I definitely have a lot of plates spinning. I have a few more to get spinning before the tight rope walk and the encore. Overall, it is a joy.

DJ was down this past weekend. It was great having her here and having someone around to do stuff with. We went to the Shabu Shabu restaurant, the world of Coca-Cola and the Atlanta Aquarium. Not to mention a swim in the pool, the Waffle House and the Kroger.

The Shabu Shabu restaurant was excellent. The service really sucked though. They seemed to really be put off by having two round-eyes as customers. Too bad. I am sure we will go back unless we find another Shabu Shabu restaurant where the service is better. The Asian population in some of the areas North of Atlanta exceeds 60%.

The world of Coca-Cola was fun. They had a great 4-D movie about coke. Interestingly, I ccaanntt seem to drink anything but coke after the experience. They have a tasting room of Coke products from all over the world. It was worth going.

The Atlanta Aquarium really was quite good. It holds stature as the biggest or best of a lot of aquariums. We pet some sharks. I didn't take many photos. There were a lot of folks taking pictures. I suspect it is all pretty well documented.

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