Davie's french attraction.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Couple of 205Gti's at Mathewsons auction this Friday/Saturday

1990 PEUGEOT 205 GTI (1905cc) Estimate £3,000 to £3,400
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/19 ... k-and-mak/

1985 PEUGEOT 205 GTI (1580cc) Estimate £4,000 to £4,500
https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/product/19 ... enquiries/


REgards Neil

[daviemck2006]

Those estimates look low if they are tidy runners with a decent length of MOT. I am now out of commission for at least 6 weeks. It's not easy having g my right hand in plaster following an operation.

[Dormouse]

get well soon. Listen to the physios if they tell you anything

[white exec]

I ended up with something similar on my right wrist, having opened up a large hole in a 9" wall with a chisel and club hammer. Chipped a small bone in the wrist. Tooks weeks of physio, and immersion in hot wax, to get it mobile again.

Yep - take all the advice, and get well again.
Best wishes,
C.

[lexi]

Those estimates look low if they are tidy runners with a decent length of MOT. I am now out of commission for at least 6 weeks. It's not easy having g my right hand in plaster following an operation.

What was the procedure Davie?

[daviemck2006]

Removal of the trapezoid bone at the base of the thumb. It was worn out and was causing great pain and my thumb was not much use. Now my thumb is not connected with bone to my wrist. Tha surgeon said it was really bad. Over time the gap left by its removal will fill with gristle, and I will regain the use of my thumb. This will take up to 4 to 5 months. The cast has to stay for 6 weeks. I'm utterly fed up of it already after 4 days! The welding on the 205 should be finished tomorrow and I will not be able to do the undersealing and painting it requires then putting it back together. Oh well it was missing for 6 years plus so what's a few weeks?

[Dormouse]

All the best. Stick at it.

[Dormouse]

The LOML is an orthopaedic nurse. She worked in a unit specializing in just such issues as your's. Follow your home care instructions and your pain and function will improve a lot. Having both done is very common. It is a bit of a slog to get there but your outcome should be pretty successful. Take care.

[daviemck2006]

The LOML is an orthopaedic nurse. She worked in a unit specializing in just such issues as your's. Follow your home care instructions and your pain and function will improve a lot. Having both done is very common. It is a bit of a slog to get there but your outcome should be pretty successful. Take care.

I am expecting it to take time to sort itself out. It doesn't help that because I am diabetic I am prone to infections, and an infection I have. It's as sore as a thing I have felt at times but seems to be settling down now the antibiotics are taking control. If this does work as it should its worth a few weeks of discomfort now to have better use of my hand and hopefully pain free in the future. They did the worst one first, and wont do the left one until the right one is healed. I'm maybe struggling a bit with the right hand out of commission but at least I do have a working hand. I'm going to be suffering withdrawal symptoms from driving by the time the cast comes off though! I would easily manage as both cars are auto, but, if I were to lose control and cause an accident I would rightly get the book thrown at me and it's likely my insurance would be void. So I have to rely on son or daughter to run me about. Is that not what family is supposed to do lol

[mickthemaverick]

So I have to rely on son or daughter to run me about. Is that not what family is supposed to do lol

I'm with you there Davie, back in the 90's I was unable to drive for 14 days due to a disagreement between me and the Suffolk constabulary, over a road works speed limit, and my daughter dutifully transported me to and from the office, which she thoroughly enjoyed. She was still living at home and I had a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo at the time, so I had to put her on the policy which cost me almost double the original premium for 1 month's cover!! Fortunately she went off to Uni just after that so I was able to keep the car which I feared she had taken a liking to!!

[white exec]

Look after it/them, Davie. Not a lot of fun, but it will sort itself out.

[Dormouse]

LOML, the Tazie Devil, confirms you, as a diabetic, are more liable to such procedures in the first place. If generally you are more prone to infections she also urges caution over being too optimistic in using your hand until a good clean healing scar is well established. Infections will only slow the whole process down - so take it slow and steady is her advice. Very frustrating she agrees but stick with the programme!

[daviemck2006]

And the 205 is totally welded. It has red oxide primer brushed over the welds with no other prep. It will now sit u til my hand is working before anything else gets done. On the to do list is undersealing the underside, painting the floor inside, rustproofing the front panel and painting it, painting the sill, new brake pipes and flexi pipes all round, refit petrol tank, new fuel pipes, new tyres, possibly new discs, drums pads and shoes, at least one new wheel bearing, new bottom wishbones, new battery, refit interior then hope that will at mot standard, insure, tax, ENJOY!

My own health is priority though, after a week of antibiotics I think the infection is gone, that will be revealed tomorrow morning, when I have to go to the hospital, get the cast removed and get x-rayed to see how the healing is going. My hand is itchy under the cast now which I am taking as a good sign. There is now vastly less pain too. It is not easy being right handed with the right hand out of commission! Even very simple things become challenging! Try, for example, spreading a slice of toast. I also dropped my dinner on the floor one day taking it out of the oven left handed. Not the end of the world but annoying nevertheless

[bxzx16v]

Here's hoping for a speedy recovery Davie for you and the little Pug .

Mark

[daviemck2006]

You can see by my signature that my hilux has left my ownership. Much as I loved it and loved driving it it wasnt very practical for me to keep it. Too big to fit in carparks going shopping, everything I put in the back ended up fight against the front of the bed needing me climbing in to retrieve the bag of shopping, and 25mpg with no difference in how it was driven, and difficult and expensive parts all went against it. I was also wanting something I could sleep in, the bed of the hilux was not long enough for that. So away it went.

So me being me that to go to replace it. I decided on a smallish van to convert into a mini camper for one. I was sure this was going to find me with a citroen dispatch or its pug or fiat sisters. So what turned up at a reasonable price, not the highly inflated prices that decent condition Van's are just now? I just had the money the hilux made to use. I'm afraid to say it's not French. It's a vw caddy maxi, 2014 in the year and in remarkably good condition for a car that age, yet alone a van. With a full vw service history to boot. It's up on miles a bit, but for the last 4 years has ran from Elgin to Aberdeen daily with a light box of tools. It's a 1.6tdi 102bhp done 120000 miles.sold to me with a new mot but due a service. It will convert nicely into a day van/camper for me and should be significantly cheaper to run than a hilux. I filled it when I got it, no fuel shortages here, have done over 300 miles in it and it's still over 1/2 tank left. Now I will no mention it again, I stay here for the pug 205!