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ParticipantThe other driver was insured by Wawanesa, but it was not him driving the car, it was his partner. So, Wawanesa is claiming that their driver breached his contract, so she has to pay her $500 deductible and wants to give her $800 to fix the car and salvage the title.
Weak argument by Wawanesa. If there is one driver for two cars.. you still have to pay for two cars even though only one will be in operation at a time.
I got the same claim from Wawanesa when some impatient idiot tried to squeeze by me as I was backing into a parking spot. The idiot was insured by Wawanesa. Fortunately for me, I was driving my 4×4 truck with heavy steel bumpers. I did not have any damage but the other guy had a deep crease down the side of their vehicle.
The $500 deductible is a real hardship for her, and chances of her finding a car for $1300 in such good shape is unlikely. Wawanesa keeps putting pressure on her to sign off on some papers.
Don’t sign, first start looking for an attorney. Before you sign with an attorney, warn Wawanesa that this will likely go to attornys if not settled properly and that you know they primarily insure the car (see the quote I mentioned above.. you might want to even ask them about how they charge if the same driver drives two different cars). Because she is elderly, she may be able to get pro-bono. Some attorneys take cases on contingent (pay a % if awarded money). If using one of those, you need to keep a log of everything to show that you tried to settle before going to attorneys and got stonewalled. Then go for attorney costs as well as recovery of damages.
It also sounds like her own insurance company may be stonewalling as well. She needs to have documentation of the condition of the car.
ParticipantThe other driver was insured by Wawanesa, but it was not him driving the car, it was his partner. So, Wawanesa is claiming that their driver breached his contract, so she has to pay her $500 deductible and wants to give her $800 to fix the car and salvage the title.
Weak argument by Wawanesa. If there is one driver for two cars.. you still have to pay for two cars even though only one will be in operation at a time.
I got the same claim from Wawanesa when some impatient idiot tried to squeeze by me as I was backing into a parking spot. The idiot was insured by Wawanesa. Fortunately for me, I was driving my 4×4 truck with heavy steel bumpers. I did not have any damage but the other guy had a deep crease down the side of their vehicle.
The $500 deductible is a real hardship for her, and chances of her finding a car for $1300 in such good shape is unlikely. Wawanesa keeps putting pressure on her to sign off on some papers.
Don’t sign, first start looking for an attorney. Before you sign with an attorney, warn Wawanesa that this will likely go to attornys if not settled properly and that you know they primarily insure the car (see the quote I mentioned above.. you might want to even ask them about how they charge if the same driver drives two different cars). Because she is elderly, she may be able to get pro-bono. Some attorneys take cases on contingent (pay a % if awarded money). If using one of those, you need to keep a log of everything to show that you tried to settle before going to attorneys and got stonewalled. Then go for attorney costs as well as recovery of damages.
It also sounds like her own insurance company may be stonewalling as well. She needs to have documentation of the condition of the car.
ParticipantThat is one swanky built in cappuccino machine.
At the same time, it seems to clash with the ‘rustic pine’ style cabinets.. Then there is this ‘combo’.. of what I suspect is the sink in a washroom on top of a oak barrel?
I think this is the pizza oven..
The style seems to be a mish-mash at times, with ‘rustic’ combined with ‘ultra-modern’ in ways that don’t always work together.
ParticipantThat is one swanky built in cappuccino machine.
At the same time, it seems to clash with the ‘rustic pine’ style cabinets.. Then there is this ‘combo’.. of what I suspect is the sink in a washroom on top of a oak barrel?
I think this is the pizza oven..
The style seems to be a mish-mash at times, with ‘rustic’ combined with ‘ultra-modern’ in ways that don’t always work together.
ParticipantThat is one swanky built in cappuccino machine.
At the same time, it seems to clash with the ‘rustic pine’ style cabinets.. Then there is this ‘combo’.. of what I suspect is the sink in a washroom on top of a oak barrel?
I think this is the pizza oven..
The style seems to be a mish-mash at times, with ‘rustic’ combined with ‘ultra-modern’ in ways that don’t always work together.
ParticipantThat is one swanky built in cappuccino machine.
At the same time, it seems to clash with the ‘rustic pine’ style cabinets.. Then there is this ‘combo’.. of what I suspect is the sink in a washroom on top of a oak barrel?
I think this is the pizza oven..
The style seems to be a mish-mash at times, with ‘rustic’ combined with ‘ultra-modern’ in ways that don’t always work together.
ParticipantThat is one swanky built in cappuccino machine.
At the same time, it seems to clash with the ‘rustic pine’ style cabinets.. Then there is this ‘combo’.. of what I suspect is the sink in a washroom on top of a oak barrel?
I think this is the pizza oven..
The style seems to be a mish-mash at times, with ‘rustic’ combined with ‘ultra-modern’ in ways that don’t always work together.
ParticipantAfter reading the article I noticed it is over 2 years old. Asked one of the drivers for Jeep at the auto show if Jeep was considering coming out with a decent diesel engine, you know around 4 litre or so, he said no, how unfortunate.
Actually the Jeep Liberty has a diesel engine option.. just can’t get in California because of emissions (NOx)..
http://www.edmunds.com/jeep/liberty/review.html
Third paragraph.. also lower down:Of special note is that Jeep offered a diesel engine option for 2005 and ’06. This 2.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel provided 160 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque.
But considering that Chrysler never got the engine into the Wranger, etc.. it is no wonder the company is where it ended up. Many off-roaders were/are clamoring for a diesel in a Wrangler, particularly the Rubicon. It looks like Fiat may have woken Chrysler up though..
Another interesting take on the diesel wrangler/ semi custom..
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/great_drives/0912_jeep_aev_j8_milspec/index.htmlParticipantAfter reading the article I noticed it is over 2 years old. Asked one of the drivers for Jeep at the auto show if Jeep was considering coming out with a decent diesel engine, you know around 4 litre or so, he said no, how unfortunate.
Actually the Jeep Liberty has a diesel engine option.. just can’t get in California because of emissions (NOx)..
http://www.edmunds.com/jeep/liberty/review.html
Third paragraph.. also lower down:Of special note is that Jeep offered a diesel engine option for 2005 and ’06. This 2.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel provided 160 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque.
But considering that Chrysler never got the engine into the Wranger, etc.. it is no wonder the company is where it ended up. Many off-roaders were/are clamoring for a diesel in a Wrangler, particularly the Rubicon. It looks like Fiat may have woken Chrysler up though..
Another interesting take on the diesel wrangler/ semi custom..
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/great_drives/0912_jeep_aev_j8_milspec/index.htmlParticipantAfter reading the article I noticed it is over 2 years old. Asked one of the drivers for Jeep at the auto show if Jeep was considering coming out with a decent diesel engine, you know around 4 litre or so, he said no, how unfortunate.
Actually the Jeep Liberty has a diesel engine option.. just can’t get in California because of emissions (NOx)..
http://www.edmunds.com/jeep/liberty/review.html
Third paragraph.. also lower down:Of special note is that Jeep offered a diesel engine option for 2005 and ’06. This 2.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel provided 160 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque.
But considering that Chrysler never got the engine into the Wranger, etc.. it is no wonder the company is where it ended up. Many off-roaders were/are clamoring for a diesel in a Wrangler, particularly the Rubicon. It looks like Fiat may have woken Chrysler up though..
Another interesting take on the diesel wrangler/ semi custom..
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/great_drives/0912_jeep_aev_j8_milspec/index.htmlParticipantAfter reading the article I noticed it is over 2 years old. Asked one of the drivers for Jeep at the auto show if Jeep was considering coming out with a decent diesel engine, you know around 4 litre or so, he said no, how unfortunate.
Actually the Jeep Liberty has a diesel engine option.. just can’t get in California because of emissions (NOx)..
http://www.edmunds.com/jeep/liberty/review.html
Third paragraph.. also lower down:Of special note is that Jeep offered a diesel engine option for 2005 and ’06. This 2.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel provided 160 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque.
But considering that Chrysler never got the engine into the Wranger, etc.. it is no wonder the company is where it ended up. Many off-roaders were/are clamoring for a diesel in a Wrangler, particularly the Rubicon. It looks like Fiat may have woken Chrysler up though..
Another interesting take on the diesel wrangler/ semi custom..
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/great_drives/0912_jeep_aev_j8_milspec/index.htmlParticipantAfter reading the article I noticed it is over 2 years old. Asked one of the drivers for Jeep at the auto show if Jeep was considering coming out with a decent diesel engine, you know around 4 litre or so, he said no, how unfortunate.
Actually the Jeep Liberty has a diesel engine option.. just can’t get in California because of emissions (NOx)..
http://www.edmunds.com/jeep/liberty/review.html
Third paragraph.. also lower down:Of special note is that Jeep offered a diesel engine option for 2005 and ’06. This 2.8-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel provided 160 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque.
But considering that Chrysler never got the engine into the Wranger, etc.. it is no wonder the company is where it ended up. Many off-roaders were/are clamoring for a diesel in a Wrangler, particularly the Rubicon. It looks like Fiat may have woken Chrysler up though..
Another interesting take on the diesel wrangler/ semi custom..
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/great_drives/0912_jeep_aev_j8_milspec/index.htmlParticipantThis article seems to claim that you can mix these two fuels and surpass the second law of thermodynamics.
I’ve noticed stuff like that.. or poor attention to detail all through the article. Another example:
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It announced the same year that, beginning in 2008, it would convert its gasoline Hummers to run on ethanol; by 2010, it said, Hummers would be biodiesel-compatible.
The military ‘H1’ Hummers are already biodiesel compatible.. all you have to be is ‘diesel’ to get that. The reason why the military Hummers are pokey is because they have to run on all types of fuel, not just diesel. It also affects their efficiency and mileage.
The show chose a ’65 Chevy Impala, and when the conversion was done, he’d doubled its mileage to 25 mpg and increased its pull from 250 to 800 horsepower.
Several people have beat him to this.. most of them diesel tuners.. and they are racing full-sized trucks against sports and performance cars, including Vipers. The Chevy LBZ diesel and Cummings are favorite starting points. The Ford Navistar less so.
Whenever the truck’s juice runs low, the turbine will roar into action for a few seconds, powering a generator with such gusto that it’ll recharge a set of “supercapacitor” batteries in seconds.
Umm, slight problem. “Supercapacitor”s do not hold much current compared to a battery. The higher the current, the more likely you are to heat up any wiring and the greater the resulting resistance in the wiring. Turbines are most efficient when they have been operating continuously and are up to temperature. They don’t do on and off well, nor do they like to change speed (high thermal mass and high rotational inertia).
This is more than a mere American Chopper–style makeover. Goodwin’s experiments point to a radically cleaner and cheaper future for the American car. The numbers are simple: With a $5,000 bolt-on kit he co-engineered–the poor man’s version of a Goodwin conversion–he can immediately transform any diesel vehicle to burn 50% less fuel and produce 80% fewer emissions.
There is a reason why diesel automobiles are hard to buy in California.. they are not legal because of emissions (NOx). You have to buy one from someone who brings the vehicles into California and has held on to the vehicle for at least a year. There is only one diesel passenger car that has made it past California’s auto emissions standards(that I know of), the Volkswagen TDI. Mercedes’ BlueTec may also pass CA passenger car emissions. Yes, emissions from a current diesel are lower than a 1960 Lincoln or probably a 1987 Wagoneer, but not current passenger cars..
Putting a diesel engine in the Hummer, however, required Goodwin to crack GM’s antitheft system, which makes it a pain to swap out the engine….
This is very true.. and annoying to anyone wanting to use these diesel engines in a ‘project’. The engine he is talking about here is the LBZ variant Duramax.
PS: Instead of trying to worry about getting Hydrogen fuel for the diesel combo engine.. use Propane (8 hydrogens to 3 carbons) or Methane (4 hydrogens to 1 carbon). You should get almost the same effect. NOTE: Natural gas is largely Methane. A lot more plentiful and cheaper to get than raw H2 (Hydrogen).
ParticipantThis article seems to claim that you can mix these two fuels and surpass the second law of thermodynamics.
I’ve noticed stuff like that.. or poor attention to detail all through the article. Another example:
quoted:
It announced the same year that, beginning in 2008, it would convert its gasoline Hummers to run on ethanol; by 2010, it said, Hummers would be biodiesel-compatible.
The military ‘H1’ Hummers are already biodiesel compatible.. all you have to be is ‘diesel’ to get that. The reason why the military Hummers are pokey is because they have to run on all types of fuel, not just diesel. It also affects their efficiency and mileage.
The show chose a ’65 Chevy Impala, and when the conversion was done, he’d doubled its mileage to 25 mpg and increased its pull from 250 to 800 horsepower.
Several people have beat him to this.. most of them diesel tuners.. and they are racing full-sized trucks against sports and performance cars, including Vipers. The Chevy LBZ diesel and Cummings are favorite starting points. The Ford Navistar less so.
Whenever the truck’s juice runs low, the turbine will roar into action for a few seconds, powering a generator with such gusto that it’ll recharge a set of “supercapacitor” batteries in seconds.
Umm, slight problem. “Supercapacitor”s do not hold much current compared to a battery. The higher the current, the more likely you are to heat up any wiring and the greater the resulting resistance in the wiring. Turbines are most efficient when they have been operating continuously and are up to temperature. They don’t do on and off well, nor do they like to change speed (high thermal mass and high rotational inertia).
This is more than a mere American Chopper–style makeover. Goodwin’s experiments point to a radically cleaner and cheaper future for the American car. The numbers are simple: With a $5,000 bolt-on kit he co-engineered–the poor man’s version of a Goodwin conversion–he can immediately transform any diesel vehicle to burn 50% less fuel and produce 80% fewer emissions.
There is a reason why diesel automobiles are hard to buy in California.. they are not legal because of emissions (NOx). You have to buy one from someone who brings the vehicles into California and has held on to the vehicle for at least a year. There is only one diesel passenger car that has made it past California’s auto emissions standards(that I know of), the Volkswagen TDI. Mercedes’ BlueTec may also pass CA passenger car emissions. Yes, emissions from a current diesel are lower than a 1960 Lincoln or probably a 1987 Wagoneer, but not current passenger cars..
Putting a diesel engine in the Hummer, however, required Goodwin to crack GM’s antitheft system, which makes it a pain to swap out the engine….
This is very true.. and annoying to anyone wanting to use these diesel engines in a ‘project’. The engine he is talking about here is the LBZ variant Duramax.
PS: Instead of trying to worry about getting Hydrogen fuel for the diesel combo engine.. use Propane (8 hydrogens to 3 carbons) or Methane (4 hydrogens to 1 carbon). You should get almost the same effect. NOTE: Natural gas is largely Methane. A lot more plentiful and cheaper to get than raw H2 (Hydrogen).
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