Thread: Where's the Defender wave gone?

...no such thing as mandatory in friendship.

Its actually fairly basic psychology, identifying as a group. Defender drivers aren't the only automotive group who wave at each other
Don't worry, I won't try and be friendly to any more defender drivers from now on, I'll leave you to your non mandatory ritual

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Just as well I'm moving back to a Disco Mr Muppet,,, I'm expecting you'll be waving at D4's

Supprisingly, the Disco's I wave to from my Defender seem rather intrigued when they see me do it,, although rarely do I get a return, and considering they seem to be looking hard at the car, you'd think they'd be ready for it,,, and don't get all that many return waves from Defender drivers here in Melb.

Sometimes a wave is just a wave.

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Ah, so a wave that offers hollow friendship, expects the same in return.

The Defender wave is certainly a complex and intriguing cultural phenomenon; the intuitive intricacies of which are perhaps more revealing of motive than at first glance.

Are you for real?

Originally Posted by carlschmid2002

Are you for real?

Yes mate. And tired of the alpha attitude. It's the antithesis of the Defender wave IMHO.

I wave. A lot. But it's not mandatory and I don't hold it against anyone who doesn't. It's just a wave.

Cheers

I have driven defenders and series landrovers for more than 40 years and have always waved, maybe some sense of a common love/appreciation for them. In the early days I learnt to drive in a 1955 MGTF and then MGB's. The MG community in those days always waved (probably still does) or if you had a rare enough model would stop on the side of the road and have a chat.

I shall continue to wave and hope most of you do so too. The wave is usually accompanied by a BIG smile, and that is a great feeling as someone pointed out earlier in this thread :-)


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In fact just got a wave and big smile from a silver puma shorty west bound by the RAAF base in Richmond


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