Thread: Where's the Defender wave gone?

Originally Posted by Landi

Good to hear you won't stop waving. I'm a new puma owner, and always wave and 99% of time receive waves back. In my experience puma owners have always waved back. I'm sure there are maybe a few new owners who are unaware, but at the same time it does seem unfair for anyone to develop a prejudice against puma drivers. I've had TD5's not wave back. Just depends on the individual. Not what engine they have under the bonnet or how shiny the paint is

I'm glad you think that way. It is a Landy thing after all. And I'm not saying all Pumas don't wave. Most do, it just seems that a lot don't compared to older Defenders. Almost all Series do in my experience which leads me to think maybe it's an age thing as well.
Now I'm just spit balling, but maybe Pumas wave at Pumas as if it's like for like and the newer owners don't see their Defenders in the same way as older Defenders.
I just think it's a Defender wave regardless.

Originally Posted by landy

I'm glad you think that way. It is a Landy thing after all. And I'm not saying all Pumas don't wave. Most do, it just seems that a lot don't compared to older Defenders. Almost all Series do in my experience which leads me to think maybe it's an age thing as well.
Now I'm just spit balling, but maybe Pumas wave at Pumas as if it's like for like and the newer owners don't see their Defenders in the same way as older Defenders.
I just think it's a Defender wave regardless.

I think there are some, certainly not all, Puma owners (mostly newish 2.2s) that wouldn't be able to tell one Defender from another. They don't wave because they aren't Land Rover people or even Defender people really, they just bought it because it's the fashionable thing to do right now.

You see them around the private schools at home time and in Adelaide they are everywhere in the upper crust burbs. You see 3 or 4 each drive through those areas at the right time of day.

They'll all be for sale in a year or two and most likely traded on the Audi that they should have been bought in the first place.

I wave at every Defender I see. Pretty good percentage of return waves from other Defenders. As I highlighted on another thread tonight the waves from other Landrovers are almost non existent.

Got a great wave tonight from a white 130 dual cab coming home!

Amusingly here in Perth there doesn't seem to be many Defenders at the private schools. I think there is one other (a 90) doing a drop off at Scotch and there is only one other (coincidently another 90) at St Hilda's. But don't worry - I have no intention of ever selling mine!

My other car is a 1971 Fiat 124 Coupe, and not only will other owners wave, they will beep their horns, point enthusiastically at the nearest petrol station and pull in for a one hour commiseration about the latest mechanical problems both parties have been having.

They also stick notes under your windscreen letting you know they've seen your car while they were going somewhere.

That kind of behavior should be encouraged.

Originally Posted by El Rey

My other car is a 1971 Fiat 124 Coupe, and not only will other owners wave, they will beep their horns, point enthusiastically at the nearest petrol station and pull in for a one hour commiseration about the latest mechanical problems both parties have been having.

They also stick notes under your windscreen letting you know they've seen your car while they were going somewhere.

That kind of behavior should be encouraged.

On other forums that would be considered stalking!

Originally Posted by El Rey

My other car is a 1971 Fiat 124 Coupe, and not only will other owners wave, they will beep their horns, point enthusiastically at the nearest petrol station and pull in for a one hour commiseration about the latest mechanical problems both parties have been having.

They also stick notes under your windscreen letting you know they've seen your car while they were going somewhere.

That kind of behavior should be encouraged.

Same here, El Rey - my other car is a 1967 Austin Healey and the wave return from other Healeys is a 100% success rate.....and I've found similar figures with other makes of classic car. It's the understanding that regardless of the type or badge, the other chap loves spending his weekends chasing electrical gremlins, cursing Lucas, tuning carbies polishing, waxing and praying for sunshine.

Defender drivers aren't too dissimilar, there's just a few who don't wave; they bought the car because it's the coolest Chelsea Tractor ever made and dominates the soccer Mum car park....they simply don't realise there's an entire community who bought it for the myriad other reasons and wave at each other like they were kids on Christmas Day out on their new bikes.

Originally Posted by kogvos

On other forums that would be considered stalking!

If it's wrong, why does it feel so right.

Originally Posted by El Rey

They also stick notes under your windscreen letting you know they've seen your car while they were going somewhere.

That kind of behavior should be encouraged.

Ha !

Had that happen with the Deefer a month back.

Just happens to be a member here too, he was searching for a Defender to buy.