Well it's been a very long time since I've posted anything. I've been having some problems with my foot. It seems that I had developed a blister on the left side of my left foot. It was a very big blister and rather painful. I was rather downhearted because my doctor asked me what I had done to do this and I said I haven't changed anything in my lifestyle that would create this blister. I have to be very careful because if it gets infected I could lose my left foot since I'm diabetic. So I was a little bit downhearted because I thought is this what getting old is gonna be all of the sudden you develop sores somewhere and you have no reason why they're there. So I've been taking care of it and it is healing up. In the mean time I had to use my 2000 BMW M as a daily driver because one of my regular cars was being repaired. I use the car for about two to three weeks on a daily basis. Many of you might remember I had a lot of problems driving this car because of the foot rest blocking my clutch usage. I would come to a stop and almost be unable to disengage the transmission because I couldn't get the clutch pedal pushed in all the way because my foot would be hitting the foot rest. It finally turned out that I was scared to death to drive the car because of this. So I decided to sell the car if I'm not happy or having fun driving it. I sold the car yesterday. I was lying in bed thinking well at least I won't be in a sweat every time I take the car out no matter how beautiful it is and how much it is otherwise fun to drive. And then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was trying to figure out what caused the blister on my foot and now I realized it was trying to get that clutch pedal in past that parking or I should say foot rest and I kept rubbing my foot up against that foot rest and caused this blister. I don't know why it never occurred to me before. After the blister developed and I would wrap it in a bandage I kept driving the car because I had to and I kept beating up my foot without realizing it. When my other car was fixed, my wound began to heal. And I didn't add the two things up together that I was no longer driving the BMW and my foot was healing. Now I no longer have a BMW Z3. I thought about this forum and I thought about the fun I had with the car however that wasn't the most fun I had. The most fun I had what's the fun I had with all the members of the forum that I had met and gone over to the UK to enjoy their company. What a great bunch of guys and girls. What a great memory it is to have being part of this forum. It's been so long since I've posted or read anything on the forum I know there are many members who don't even know who I am anymore. But I think of the good times I had and the people I've met such as Hugh Humphrys and bad boy and Tony and bm babe and Rev and so many others that I met and treated me with such kindness and friendliness. I keep thinking of you Humphreys flying over here to help me drive the car back from California. Where do you find people like that? I feel so sad then I'm no longer into the group because I no longer have the car. But perhaps that's not the way i should be thinking about it. I remember driving around with Gary and joking with him. well it's possible that i might buy a Z3 or Z4 in the future that's automatic. so in retrospect, the most enjoyable of owning this car was not really the car but the group of people i met in this group. Farewell for now...... Frankie from Egg Harbor Township.
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