Feels good to be beind the wheel again!

[duggan]

Edited by duggan on Friday 26th April 21:30

[martin84]

duggan said:

I'm now blessed with a 10 inch scar vertically down my stomach and my back is held together with 8 titanium screws and 2 rods

Even my Rover is in better nick than you!

[GarryA]

Wow just googled 'laproscoptomy' luckily I wasn't eating.

Lovely car, make sure you do enjoy it!

[carreauchompeur]

Good lord, what an awesome looking car. I love that colour.

I think cars that probably scream "WAAAAANKEEEEER!" to the general public are my guilty secret.

What car did you crash? Sounds like a good recovery, but... ow.

[Dave Hedgehog]

stunning car, awesome colour combo

[Derp]

Give us the story about the crash OP.

[The Nur]

This may be a stupid question but;

I saw a chap driving one of these a few weeks ago (blue with red detailing) through slow traffic and he was getting bumped and jiggled all over the place, quite noticeably.

Does it not hurt your back with all that jiggling?

[zeduffman]

duggan said:

Am absolutely amazed firstly by how good the NHS is in these situations

People don't realise there's usually a wait in hospitals because there's someone else who needs treatment more urgently. It's not until you have a serious problem that you realise we are blessed with the health service we have.

[duggan]

Edited by duggan on Friday 26th April 21:31

[Debaser]

Great car, and good to hear you're not too bad after your accident.

[R300will]

Is the ride of that thing a good idea with a bad back?

[The Nur]

duggan said:

As the car has those trick damper/suspension set-ups (PASM), you can select either stiff or soft ride, so it wasn't that bad on my back. Given what I've been through, I didn't stray too far from my house and was only out for an hour or so - just had to get out in it and feel all the btter for it. Have been a passenger in the Mrs's 500 Abarth for the last week and the suspension on that really did cause me a lot of pain!

Fair play chap. Best of luck in the future

[TheLordJohn]

Your car is fking amazing.

[C2james]

i really do love the GT3RS.

[Riley Blue]

zeduffman said:

duggan said:

Am absolutely amazed firstly by how good the NHS is in these situations

People don't realise there's usually a wait in hospitals because there's someone else who needs treatment more urgently. It's not until you have a serious problem that you realise we are blessed with the health service we have.

Having watched my O/H on a ventilator in intensive care just over a week ago and now to have her sitting next to me on the sofa at home, I could not agree more.

[duggan]

Riley Blue said:

zeduffman said:

duggan said:

Am absolutely amazed firstly by how good the NHS is in these situations

People don't realise there's usually a wait in hospitals because there's someone else who needs treatment more urgently. It's not until you have a serious problem that you realise we are blessed with the health service we have.

Having watched my O/H on a ventilator in intensive care just over a week ago and now to have her sitting next to me on the sofa at home, I could not agree more.

Amen to that

I was totally humbled by the care and attention I received by both nursing staff and the surgeons who operated on me - I got the nurses a hamper full of treats and the Surgeons some aged Whiskey as some way of saying thanks - the plan is also to run my next marathon for them, although I think it'll have to be London 2014

Edited by duggan on Saturday 8th September 21:09

[JayTee94]

I love the colour combo - it suits this lovely weather brilliantly. I hope you enjoyed your drive..

Regards the crash, it sounds painfull and I am pleased that you are in the process of making a full recovery. In my opinion, you are a (very) decent bloke to even think about putting a hamper together for the staff responsible for aiding your recovery. Just a small idea but goes to show there are good people out there. Great goals too!

Top man, great car. Enjoy!

[J4CKO]

Love the car, stunning, glad you lived to fight another day !

Who was driving when you had the accident and were they "Making Progress" ?

[Watchman]

Thanks for sharing all this - my feel-good story of the day. Nice one all round for the recovery, the acknowledgement of the NHS staff, and your fabulous TANGO car. I've always wanted a car in that colour. Nice one..!!

[Snowman23]

Just wanted to say, get well soon. The accident sounds horrific, I had a (much smaller) accident about 7 years ago, and it certainly changed my outlook on things.

The car looks stunning, a 997 GT3 is my goal in life (via a Z4m Coupe, Exige and F355...), I think the colour looks great!

Do you still have the Cobra? I fell deeply in love with that car at the SS at Rolls Royce last year and desperately chasing you up to the A3.

All the best