A sad day yesterday....
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World pretty much fell apart, from a driving perspective. Had a stroke a couple of months ago and lost some percentage of my field of vision (medically known as Quadranatopia) to the right periphery. Was told to stop driving. Had a field of vision test for the DVLA last friday and yesterday received notification that my licence is to be revoked until I can show that the eyesight has improved to DVLA required standards. This could take months, years or never happen. It's a bit of a blow I can tell you and I sincerely hope that this never happens to anyone here.
I have a beautiful, fully loaded 987.2 sitting outside and my question to you lot is, do I just sell now or should I wait until the spring? It's really too good to let go cheaply and it costs very little to keep. Doesn't need service until 2018 so there is even the question of whether I should sell at all. The problem is that it's there, every day and every evening, looking gorgeous and begging to be driven. My brother in law is currently enjoying the porsche experience! Have any of you had this affliction? If so, is there light at the end of the tunnel? Annual Eurohoon is obviously a goner!
Any views chaps?
I have a beautiful, fully loaded 987.2 sitting outside and my question to you lot is, do I just sell now or should I wait until the spring? It's really too good to let go cheaply and it costs very little to keep. Doesn't need service until 2018 so there is even the question of whether I should sell at all. The problem is that it's there, every day and every evening, looking gorgeous and begging to be driven. My brother in law is currently enjoying the porsche experience! Have any of you had this affliction? If so, is there light at the end of the tunnel? Annual Eurohoon is obviously a goner!
Any views chaps?
_Leg_ said:
Hi Johnnie
Sorry to hear that. I organise a few road trips each year and there will be 4-5 next year. We have anything from 3 to 12 cars on each. Cars include Ferrari, Porsche, AMG, M cars, hot hatches, Audi and all sorts of other stuff. We do them from May (Mille Miglia) throughout the year till the end of September.
You'll be welcome to a passenger seat in one of the cars on one of the trips if you want that Eurohoon experience, albeit in the passenger seat. PM me your email address if you want me to include you in the emailers that go round the lads. We're roughly between 30 and 55 years old, all sorts of backgrounds, just a bunch of blokes that enjoy cars, and a few beers.
Quite a few Yorkshiremen so I apologise for that in advance. I've taught them to use a knife and fork now but inside toilets continue to confuse the f
k out of them.
Cheers
Rich
You are most kind Rich. I have my usual Eurohoon colleagues all offering a passenger seat so no shortage of kind offers to get out there. I may yet take an offer up and despite the Yorkshire issue ( Sorry to hear that. I organise a few road trips each year and there will be 4-5 next year. We have anything from 3 to 12 cars on each. Cars include Ferrari, Porsche, AMG, M cars, hot hatches, Audi and all sorts of other stuff. We do them from May (Mille Miglia) throughout the year till the end of September.
You'll be welcome to a passenger seat in one of the cars on one of the trips if you want that Eurohoon experience, albeit in the passenger seat. PM me your email address if you want me to include you in the emailers that go round the lads. We're roughly between 30 and 55 years old, all sorts of backgrounds, just a bunch of blokes that enjoy cars, and a few beers.
Quite a few Yorkshiremen so I apologise for that in advance. I've taught them to use a knife and fork now but inside toilets continue to confuse the f
k out of them.Cheers
Rich
)yours sound very tempting. We also have a full and varied team which, this year, will include an Ultima, AMG x 2, Tuscan x 3 and a V12 Vantage AM; quite a stable there and all would be amazing rides. I am still at the 'can't abide being a passenger' stage. I have always preferred being behind the steering wheel but that may change when someone waves the offer of an Ultima ride for a week. If I get bored with that perhaps I could jump into the AM monster? It's beginning to sound quite good ain't it! ALl the best with the hoonage and thanks again. Amazing bunch here....
Edited by Johnniem on Thursday 1st December 11:12
Thanks all. I hope your Dad gets full recovery Honda! Poor fella. You are so right, just listen to your body and if someothing ain't right then get it checked. Glaucoma seems rather prevalent and if there is loss of vision then it seems right to tell the DVLA and see what happens. My view of the world is changed but my brain tells me a different story. I fully believe I can see everything (until that time when I was sitting in the passenger seat of my wifes Renault Migrane and only saw the white transit van when it was in front of me). I would have missed that van! Our brains adjust but the fact is that there is still a defect.
Take care and thanks for the kind wishes.
JM
Take care and thanks for the kind wishes.
JM
Holy thread revival Batman!!
I took Honda's advice and did not sell. Last Thursday, after jumping through many of the hoops that the DVLA put in one's path, being prodded and poked, getting this clinician's report and that Neuro Opthalmologist's report, I received a Provisional Licence!
I am, in a way, back on the road. Albeit with my wife sitting next to me, not being allowed on motorways and L plates on the porsche! That caused a ripple of excitement at Halfrauds as they had never seen such a spectacle!
Anyway, I can report that the experience is as sublime now as it was the first time I drove the CS, maybe even more so! I shall have to take an assessment in May (booked), following which I would sincerely hope that the full licence will be returned, without any exclusions. I would have to seriously mess up for that to happen!
I am so glad that I kept the car! My wife drove it to keep it going but never enough to feel the joy. She's not that bothered about cars.
Enjoy your cars and enjoy them a lot as to have that freedom taken away is a complete nightmare. If anyone else here has a similar problem then please get in touch if advice is needed. I am now a real expert at what is required by the DVLA to get your licence back as an 'exceptional case'. It can be confusing but it is mere protocol.
JM
I took Honda's advice and did not sell. Last Thursday, after jumping through many of the hoops that the DVLA put in one's path, being prodded and poked, getting this clinician's report and that Neuro Opthalmologist's report, I received a Provisional Licence!
I am, in a way, back on the road. Albeit with my wife sitting next to me, not being allowed on motorways and L plates on the porsche! That caused a ripple of excitement at Halfrauds as they had never seen such a spectacle!
Anyway, I can report that the experience is as sublime now as it was the first time I drove the CS, maybe even more so! I shall have to take an assessment in May (booked), following which I would sincerely hope that the full licence will be returned, without any exclusions. I would have to seriously mess up for that to happen!
I am so glad that I kept the car! My wife drove it to keep it going but never enough to feel the joy. She's not that bothered about cars.
Enjoy your cars and enjoy them a lot as to have that freedom taken away is a complete nightmare. If anyone else here has a similar problem then please get in touch if advice is needed. I am now a real expert at what is required by the DVLA to get your licence back as an 'exceptional case'. It can be confusing but it is mere protocol.
JM
superlightr said:
excellent news and well done for the hard work and jumping through the hoops.
When do you take your test? if you passed first time before, hopefully you will again.
Well done !
Well it's not really a test in the same sense that the learner driver takes a test, it is more an assessment based entirely around whether you are a safe driver despite the visual loss. I have an hour or so with an occupational therapist to make sure my brain is functioning properly (coordination, reaction times etc) then the OT and driving assessor take me out onto the roads to test my driving and observational skills (presumably in the area where by vision loss is - ie to my right side). There'll be no emergency stops but there may be parking or reversing around a corner by looking over my right shoulder.When do you take your test? if you passed first time before, hopefully you will again.
Well done !
Thank for the good wishes.
mabosh said:
That really is great news! Just in time for summer too.
Just chatting with a colleague here about another colleague who broke their ankle a few weeks ago and obviously can't drive for a good few weeks. That would send me insane, god knows how you coped for nearly 18 months.
It drove me mad really, especially as the car was sitting out front looking fine! My wife is a competent driver and can get from A to B but that is all she wants to do. No acceleration for the joy of it, no hanging on to the corners, no flappy paddle action, just point and shoot, in auto mode. Frustrating beyond belief! Just chatting with a colleague here about another colleague who broke their ankle a few weeks ago and obviously can't drive for a good few weeks. That would send me insane, god knows how you coped for nearly 18 months.
On the ankle front, if it is the left foot and he can control an automatic car then he has no issues once he is in a exoskeleton boot. Most insurers are quite happy for the driver to drive so long as he is able to control the car.
Cheers!
Thank you all for your good wishes. It's been a real trawl but not once did I think that it would be a forever thing. I hope to see any or all of you out there some time. I am already planning staycations and Euro trips, with or without wifey!
Have a great weekend all. I'm off to Parr Porsche tomorrow to sort out the sat nav which seems to be centred around Crawley, following a recent battery change.
Have a great weekend all. I'm off to Parr Porsche tomorrow to sort out the sat nav which seems to be centred around Crawley, following a recent battery change.
Final update on this long saga. At 4.36 (ish!) on Thursday 24th May I was called by the DVLA and told that I was going to get the full licence back, without any restrictions. Oh joy of joys! I wasn't allowed to actually drive until after midnight on Friday 25th so at 6.20 on last Saturday morning I took my first solo drive out in the Cayman for 20 months. It was sublime. I spent around an hour out and about and then returned home to take my wife's car out. It's an E Pace that I bought her in March, so hadn't driven yet. Not a patch on the Cayman but not a bad drive at all (if you like SUV's!).
If any of you, or someone you know, has a similar issue (post haemorraghic stroke) then feel free to get in touch. It takes a lot of time and you need to jump through many medical hoops, but it can be done. All that is needed is patience.
Thanks again for all your support. It has helped....a lot!
If any of you, or someone you know, has a similar issue (post haemorraghic stroke) then feel free to get in touch. It takes a lot of time and you need to jump through many medical hoops, but it can be done. All that is needed is patience.
Thanks again for all your support. It has helped....a lot!
MDT48 said:
I'll bet that first drive felt fantastic!
Great to hear that you're back behind the wheel and loving it.
Beaulieu Simply Porsche rally on Sunday?!?
Thanks MDT! It was a real blast, I can assure you! I now can confirm all the bookings I made for a driving holiday through Spain and France this Summer! Initial bookings made on a whim and a prayer!Great to hear that you're back behind the wheel and loving it.
Beaulieu Simply Porsche rally on Sunday?!?
I will consider the Beaulieu bash but 'er indoors may have other plans.
Safe driving!
JM
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