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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Airlines we have been on SO FAR

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Over breakfast today, Angie and I worked out a list of the different airlines we have flown on (that we remember). Some of these airlines are old and long out of buiness, bought-out or done the commercial shuffle. And some are/were very small regional airlines in distant lands. In no order:

  • Malaysia Airlines
  • United
  • American
  • Korean Air
  • Emirates
  • Air Asia
  • MEA (Middle East Airlines)
  • Delta
  • USAIR
  • Copa
  • Aeroflot
  • Ural Airlines
  • UTAir
  • Air Berlin
  • Germanwings
  • Lufthansa
  • Swiss Air
  • Alitalia
  • Iberia
  • PAN AM
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Hawaian
  • Hainan Airlines
  • Air China
  • Norwegian
  • Asiana
  • IcelandAir
  • LAN
  • Argentina Airlines
  • LATAM
  • TAM
  • OceanAir / Avianca Brasil
  • Allegiant Air
  • Avianca
  • Turkish Airlines
  • Buta Airways
  • Azerbaijan Airlines
  • Peoples Express
  • Georgian Air
  • ANA (All Nippon Airlines)
  • JAL (Japan Airlines)
  • Vladivostok Air
  • FinnAir
  • Jet Blue
  • CP Air (Canadian Pacific Air)
  • Dalian Airlines
  • Philippine Airlines
  • Air France
  • KLM
  • SAS
  • South African
  • Qatar Airways
  • Airlink
  • GOL
  • Azul
  • Royal Air Moroc
  • Saudia
  • Royal Jordanian
  • Thai Airlines
  • Passaredo Linhas Aéreas
  • Royal Brunei Airlines
  • British Air
  • Tarom
  • Eastern
  • Air Serbia
  • VietJet
  • Lao Air
  • Quantas
  • Air New Zealand
  • Vietnam Airlines
  • AirTran
  • RyanAir
  • Mohawk / Allegany
  • EasyJet
  • Continental
  • S7
  • Air Europe
  • Air China
  • Volaris
  • Northwest
  • Virgin Atlantic

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