I am gutted!

[Mr Tank]

Hi

Well today I had a bit of worrying news!

I have been having phsyo on my foot sinces it came out of plaster a month ago!
I was at the phsyo today and she declared that my foot has not improved as much as she hoped!
To the point she says that driving a manual car is not helping! So I have been told that in the short time I must refrain from a driving a car with a clutch for a while!
If I don't then I might end up with not being able to drive a manual car at all.

Well that's as you can imagine has left me completly gutted!

I could also end up having to change jobs and selling some of my TVR's.

This will mean that my 280i auto will have to be sorted sooner than later!

Well that's Sundays tunnel run out, to start with!


A rather pissed Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Friday 30th September 20:52

[Chimpafrolic]

Mr Tank said:

Hi

Well today I had a bit of worrying news!

I have been having phsyo on my foot sinces it came out of plaster a month ago!
I was at the phsyo today and she declared that my foot has not improved as much as she hoped!
To the point she says that driving a manual car is not helping! So I have been told that in the short time I must refrain from a driving a car with a clutch for a while!
If I don't then I might end up with not being able to drive a manual car at all.

Well that's as you can imagine has left me completly gutted!

I could also end up having to change jobs and selling some of my TVR's.

This will mean that my 280i auto will have to be sorted sooner than later!

Well that's Sundays tunnel run out, to start with!


A rather pissed Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Friday 30th September 20:52

Sorry to hear that Andy, rest the foot for a while and you will be back on the clutch before long.

Dave.

[v8 racing]

you could allways convert the clutch to be operated by hand on the steering wheel?

[Chimpafrolic]

Or this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiXnVl_KZ70

[combine]

Mr Tank said:

Hi

Well today I had a bit of worrying news!

I have been having phsyo on my foot sinces it came out of plaster a month ago!
I was at the phsyo today and she declared that my foot has not improved as much as she hoped!
To the point she says that driving a manual car is not helping! So I have been told that in the short time I must refrain from a driving a car with a clutch for a while!
If I don't then I might end up with not being able to drive a manual car at all.

Well that's as you can imagine has left me completly gutted!

I could also end up having to change jobs and selling some of my TVR's. :weep

This will mean that my 280i auto will have to be sorted sooner than later!

Well that's Sundays tunnel run out, to start with!


A rather pissed Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Friday 30th September 20:52

Heavy clutch on seac can't help !

Edited by combine on Saturday 1st October 07:54

[Campbell]

Thats not nice news to hear MR T, I hope the foot sorts its self out for you.
The older you get the longer it takes too heel...

I do like the electro switch cluch leaver on the gear stick, a bit like Audi created on one of there Quatrro 80"s rally cars.
I wonder what it would cost to fit...

[KelWedge]

Bad Luck Andy, Hope things improve,

I am feeling a bit pissed off to as I am out as well. the car is not 100% I missed titt 6 as a week before had a crash not my fault, but thats also now raised a health problem again.

Lets both hope Next Year.

Kelvin

[mrzigazaga]

Sorry to hear that mate..Get the right physio and you should be back where you want to be...Ziga

[adam quantrill]

Andy I will help you engineer a hand operated clutch if that's what it takes!

Bummer but it can be sorted in the long run.

[Mr Tank]

Hi

Thank you all for your good wishes

Now how do I sort out getting three TVR's, clutchless?

Andy

[adam quantrill]

Just thinking out of the box but what if you use the clutch pedal with your heel instead of the ball of your foot? Might need to change the pedal shape to prevent you slipping back to the old way but it would be much easier to engineer and might feel more natural after a week or two.

[jeff m2]

Swap go pedal and clutch pedal, it'll never be stolen.

option 2 Button on top of gear stick that ops a hydraulic solonoid. It would require a small pump, but quite doable.

option 3 Corvette with paddle shift. You would have to burn some exhaust note CDs to play while driving as you would miss the sound.

Best option though.....foot recovers.

[Lean Machine]

Sorry to hear about your foot. Give it time, think positive and it will heal.

[Solitude]

Thank god you live up north (near newcastle) Tank where the sun don't shine !!

If you lived daarn saaaaaarf you would be double gutted cos its blistering this week!!

Three cars, sunshine and a moody peg = Sell and Buy an auto chimp !!!

Then you and Dave can start your own forum.....a marriage made in heaven (bagsy the ref !!)

Get well soon

[tempus]

A friend with similar problem was told to stop taking Ibuprofen as it slows down the healing process,hope all goes well and your worst case scenario goes away.

[JMF894]

Get well soon Andy. Best to bite the bullet in the short term rather than risk long term trouble.

Jimbo