On The Road Again (Well, Nearly)

**Scrag Meister** · 29 December 2010, 11:20

Nice one Nick, hope you continue to be well.

My brother had a seizure (fit) on Christmas day similar to one he had about 10 years ago, no reason was determined then and he was off the road for 12 months and he is really naffed off cos he is now going to be off the road for another 12 months, he commutes about 50 miles a day to work.

**NickFitz** · 29 December 2010, 11:31

Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post

Nice one Nick, hope you continue to be well.

My brother had a seizure (fit) on Christmas day similar to one he had about 10 years ago, no reason was determined then and he was off the road for 12 months and he is really naffed off cos he is now going to be off the road for another 12 months, he commutes about 50 miles a day to work.

Thanks

Sorry to hear about your brother

You never know, they might have made some medical advance that allows them to determine what the problem is and keep it under control, meaning he can get back on the move sooner. Fingers crossed.

**xoggoth** · 29 December 2010, 11:50

My sister was off road for about 5 months. Big problem when you live in the country. There was a possibility she would not be allowed to drive but fortunately it was not as bad as they first thought.

**MarillionFan** · 29 December 2010, 12:25

Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

My 28 days of not being allowed to drive after my little trip to hospital came to an end yesterday

Unfortunately, the car's MoT expired while I was off the road, and it's been sat in the open being alternately frozen and thawed and generally gathering damp

I fired it up earlier and it took quite a bit of starting, but eventually I got it going. I ran it for about ten minutes in the hope that would help dry the engine out a bit, then set off down the road.

Of course, I managed to stall it at the first set of lights, and it was a real struggle to get it to fire up again

I managed to make it the mile up the road to the garage, and am now waiting for them to phone and tell me what it's failed on this year. However, I suspect that they might be delayed in actually doing the test by having to strip bits of the engine down to dry them out so they can get it to start...

What! Surely the chauffeur should have sorted this out for you!

Tell the butler to sack the man & get the maid to readvertise the position. He was clearly an idiot.

**AtW** · 29 December 2010, 13:08

Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post

What! Surely the chauffeur should have sorted this out for you!

Tell the butler to sack the man & get the maid to readvertise the position. He was clearly an idiot.

WMFS

And get Majordomo to handle such issues!

**Sysman** · 29 December 2010, 13:20

Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

I fired it up earlier and it took quite a bit of starting, but eventually I got it going. I ran it for about ten minutes in the hope that would help dry the engine out a bit, then set off down the road.

Of course, I managed to stall it at the first set of lights, and it was a real struggle to get it to fire up again

I managed to make it the mile up the road to the garage, and am now waiting for them to phone and tell me what it's failed on this year. However, I suspect that they might be delayed in actually doing the test by having to strip bits of the engine down to dry them out so they can get it to start...

That sounds way too stressful for a first venture out. Take it easy Nick.

**Wilmslow** · 30 December 2010, 09:04

Not being able to drive would really knacker my life come to think of it.

I have been thinking about something like this for a while.... The £125 per year option seems too good a deal to not bother with.....

Motoring continuity insurance application form - DriverPlan

**NickFitz** · 12 January 2011, 15:19

Finally got the car back this afternoon, all welded up and MoTed and ready to begin it's twenty-third great year

On The Road Again (Well, Nearly)