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Someone might do a one-off for themselves, but with only 9,000 4Cs produced worldwide it seems unlikely it would be developed to be sold. Really a shame Alfa didn't offer at least a six-speed with the existing engine. Thanks for watching.

My pleasure, glad you found it helpful. Those are all the typical emotions. Let me know how you fare when you're on the other side of surgery.

@@Life411 Certainly will do. Part of what has going through my head are the comments from folks who know folks who have had the surgery... ie. "My grandma had her hip replaced and she gets back and forth to the bathroom pretty easily now" and stuff like that... Just getting back and forth to the bathroom is NOT the life I am looking for. Know what I mean?

why not???

So you're comparing the sound of a 5.5L N/A flatplane crank V8 vs a supercharged Toyota Camry engine??? It's like you compared a lightweight vs a heavyweight here XD... OFC the V8 sounds better captain obvious

Before you say "supercharger whine sound" then just pit Shelby GT 500 to this Corvette to have a more balanced opinions and choices or pit Lotus Emira's sound ahainsg other V6, not on V8 hayst

I enjoy comparing lots of things. What's the fun in comparing a Corvette C8 stock exhaust against a Corvette C8 stock exhaust with one screw removed? Sometimes comparing two very different cars highlights some really important attributes of one or the other car.

@@Life411 ehhh V6 vs V8 is unfair cuz in modern day V6 will never sound as good as crossplane or flatplane crankshaft V8

Congratulations, sounds like your surgery went well. I'm sure you're right that all that prehab work will help your recovery. Don't worry too much about not walking enough...even that can be overdone and cause a setback. If you haven't already, check out some of my other videos and you'll see what I mean. Happy healing!

No, the Emira and Evora are similar in size and they are also similar in size to a Porsche Cayman for example. The Elise/Exige is slightly smaller than the 4C, but even more raw and bare bones. All great cars! Hope this helps and thanks for watching!

@ you’re right. I kind of remember now reading about their similarities. I wanted something size wise in the middle of those two. Thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Valid points. It depends on priorities. For the owner of these cars, I believe performance is a bigger consideration than aesthetics. You might enjoy some of my videos comparing the 4C with the Lotus Elise...one video on aesthetics, one on sound, etc.

My pleasure and thanks for the confirmation. Wish you a successful surgery and smooth recovery! 😺

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Glad you found it helpful and that it helped alleviate your stress mate! Hope you find my other hip vlogs equally helpful throughout your hip journey. Stay tuned because we're moving to a dedicated YT channel and setting up a companion web site with additional resources

Sorry you're in so much pain. Usually things start to get significantly better during the second week post-op, so let me know how you're feeling next week. You're welcome for the encouragement! Glad you found my video comforting...hope you find some other hip vlogs helpful in your recovery.

@@Life411 Thanks so much , I was not expecting a response. but yes I know I will look back at this as a distant memory later this year BIGGEST BIGGEST HOPE IS TO GET BACK ON THE GOLF COURSE and start travelling pain free again . Have a great week 🙏

Hi thanks for your comment but do you mean you had a posterior approach or a lateral incision...really need to know. THANKS!

@@mickkollins Yes not anterior but LATERAL

Glad watching this video helped you not to worry as much. Cute cat in your profile pic! Check out some of my shorts...there are a bunch featuring Mike that are super cute!

Thanks for watching and hopefully this little early setback helps you avoid more major setbacks throughout your recovery. As an aside, love NZ! We've been twice, twenty years apart, and did the Milford Track both times as part of those trips. Happy Healing! 😺

@Life411 your a champion, thrilled you enjoyed my homeland, and thanks again for your clip, sitting here now legs up, cheer's mate

Great observations...thanks for sharing and for watching! I don't tend to upgrade my cars very much, but now that I've held onto my Lotus Elise for 10 years, I'm thinking it might be fun to make some upgrades.

😂 Thanks for watching...I guess😉

@@jasondoe5741 hey thanks for watching. That's one of the reasons I like doing these videos and talking to different people, you never know what might come up

Mine was a flavor of anterior called ABMS, why?

Haha, yeah, those tiny trunks are not meant for anything except a weekend getaway, maybe! 😎

@@beemer1111 thanks for watching. That's a cool story and sounds like a great outcome for you. Do you mind telling me a little bit about why you chose to have the surgery done in Mexico etc? I always find that interesting

Thanks for watching. I'm sorry watching my day of surgery raised some concerns. Not everybody's experience is the same, but many of us have similar experiences the day of surgery and the first week post-op. So I guess I'm glad that this provided information that nobody else had. Thankfully, even though that first week can be rough, things improve rapidly after that. If you watch a few more of my Hip Vlogs, I bet that will do a lot to alleviate your concerns. I wish you all the best!

Thank you very much for your quick reply. I did enjoy your videos and I learned a lot even though some things raised concerns, but could you still let me know if you had an anterior or posterior operation? Thanks.

You're welcome. Sorry, I forgot to answer about approach. Mine was a flavor of Anterior called Anterior Based Muscle Sparing (ABMS), but there are many, many variations to all the approaches and, as long as your surgeon is employing modern, muscle-sparing techniques, the outcomes are all similarly good from what I understand. Happy Healing!

I had posterior as well and my pain levels were much like this video. This has been spot on so far. I had pain, fever, delirium, nausea etc. be prepared and it may not be as bad.

You are very welcome. I am so glad that you found it helpful. Hopefully you will find many of my other hip vlogs helful as well. Happy Healing! 😺

So sorry you suffered through that. Hope you are doing well now. Thanks for watching.

I’m sorry you had that experience, I had spinal for both hips and could move by the time I was in recovery. Spinal is safer compared to GA especially for older people.

That is my understanding as well.

Yeah, I'm guessing a lot of what he said was scripted for comedic purposes. It was entertaining and a good opty to discuss some aspects of THR. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching and for sharing. What public health system are you under if I may ask? Very glad to hear you are doing so well and back to the things you love.

@Life411 I live in Australia. At the time we were in Queensland.

Wow, sorry you had such a bad experience. How long ago was that? Did you just end up with a really bad surgeon, or? What will you do differently with your left hip?

@@Life411 The surgeon was extremely arrogant and refused to discuss my surgery or the reason he cut me where he did. Because I cannot afford to have surgery privately ( 40K plus) I had surgery on the Public Health system and cannot choose who does my next hip. I may have to move to another region to get a different surgeon but the hip is still bearable at this stage.

Sorry to hear, hope all goes well with the surgery, insurance and recovery. Thanks for watching!

Ugh, sorry it was so rough for you. Hopefully things are better now.

Thanks for watching and for sharing. It's always interesting to hear how things differ in other countries. Curious, are the crutches the traditional armpit crutches, or forearm crutches? Hope all continues to progress well and good luck with your second THR in a few months. I'll be curious if that experience is different as I often hear.

@@Life411 armpit cruches is something I have never seen or used here. Always the other kind.

Thanks for watching. Were you on during the Instant Premiere? Also, thanks for sharing that about bone-on-bone...confirms what I've been told by my surgeon and others.

Spinal Block with Propofol. This short video goes into more detail if you're interested. th-cam.com/video/rSbJjmaSSzo/w-d-xo.html

Sadly we can't get the A110 in North America 😭 But I'd love to at least test drive one next time I'm in Europe.

Btw, what are you driving these days? Have an A110 by any chance (he asks hopefully)? 😉

Yes,i got an a110 premiere edition 252cv in blue Alpine​@@Life411

You are so welcome! From what I've heard, hip replacement is an easier recovery than knee replacement, so hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised. I'm doing great now at two years post-op, thanks. Wish you all the best in your hip journey!

I'm 62, just had right side thr on Jan 10th, 2025. Posterior. For me at 10 days after, the next day was the worse one, but nothing really bad tbh. Off all pain meds after a few days. I either had a great surgeon or I got lucky lol... Hopefully you'll be pleasantly surprised. Just follow the PT and that really helps. Good luck to you.

Thanks for the sub! Really excited about building more content like this.

@@yomama5785 thanks for watching

Just like us hippies, medical professionals are unique individuals, so you're right, we need to be our own best advocates. Sometimes you get lucky and get a surgeon whose philosophy matches your unique situation and sometimes it requires persistence, second opinions, etc. My surgeon wasn't convinced by the xrays, but when he saw the MRI he agreed with me that I needed a THR. Glad things are progressing nicely in your recovery.

sounds like you're trying to decide whether it's time for surgery. Did this help in sorting it out?

@@paulab5127you are very welcome. Hope your surgery goes smoothly next week 😸

@paulab5127, make sure you take all meds they send you. Put a pillow between legs at any point, getting in and out of bed and to sleep. Use the walker (very important). I know many people say no recliner, but it's helped me so much. I get up every hour, walk around, and take my meds every 3 hours.

Thanks for sharing. Our journeys are all going to be different and I'm sure the things you mention are factors. Re: the groin pain, if that remains for more than 10 days, you might want to talk to your surgeon about a prescription NSAID like Meloxicam because sometimes that's referred pain from an inflamed nerve. That was what my groin pain was and I resumed Meloxicam for two weeks post-op and then it went away for good. Best wishes in your recovery and look forward to further updates.

@Life411 thanks for that. I'm day 6, and the groin hurt long before the op. I'm sure you're right about inflamed nerves.

Sorry you're having trouble sleeping. I don't know if this will help, but these are some sleeping tips I used both pre- and post-op my THR. SLEEPING TIPS AND STRATEGIES (PRE- or POST-OP) 1) Avoid or minimize pain meds during the day so they are more effective at night 2) Plan activities that may cause pain for the early part of the day. Start preparing for a good night’s sleep in the late afternoon by discontinuing activities that might make it worse. And begin taking pain meds to reduce pain before bedtime. 3) Take an Over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aid (with ingredients like Diphenhydramine or Doxylamine Succinate). Magnesium, Melatonin and similar things did not help me sleep. 4)Have a second dose of pain killers and sleep aids and water at your bedside. 5) This video talks through how I managed pain in order to get enough sleep to function pre-op, but I did essentially the same post-op. th-cam.com/video/x7PMDbppJHE/w-d-xo.html

Aloha Joe! Thanks for checking in. Sounds like things are progressing well. If you found my videos helpful, I hope you will share them with others. It might surprise you to learn that over 1,000 hip replacements are performed every day in the U.S. alone and I'd like to reach and help as many of these folks as possible. Happy healing! Aloha, Pete

Glad it was helpful!

@@Rex_Racer interesting. Hard to know. These cars are hand built despite all the marketing. I had some body fit panel issues when I took delivery. I checked four other cars on the lot and it was a complete mishmash. Some had the same problem, some the opposite problem, some no problem at all. So I guess it's possible One car may experience tram lining while another doesn't. Or perhaps it's partially the difference between sport and Turing suspension.... Mine is sport and absolutely no tram lining that I can detect.

My pleasure! Did you know over 1,000 hip replacements are performed in the U.S. every single day? Thanks in advance for your help spreading the word...I hope to help as many of them as possible! Pete

Hi Doug, Thanks for the update...glad you are doing well. I think my incision is of similar length...about 5 inches or more if I remember correctly. I think we all handle pain differently and bad hips can cause all sorts of different pain. Hard to compare, but I think I can tolerate a lot of pain and discomfort during the day so long as I can manage it well enough to get enough sleep at night to function the next day. So once I knew I was getting a replacement, that's how I managed it. Hope you have a great New Year too! Pete

How far apart will you get your hip replacements?