Thread: Where's the Defender wave gone?

Just wondering how you will wave to the new won't be retro defender

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Just wondering how you will wave to the new won't be retro defender

I will probably treat them as I do newer Disco’s unless they wave first of course !

Nice Perentie at Kingsgrove Bunnings.

Bad pic sorry but nice rig.

Perentie Kingsgrove.jpg

There was a post some years ago, possibly way back in this thread, about the appropriate level of recognition given to different models of Land Rover.

It started with a single finger raised for such things as Range Rovers or later Discoveries, graduating to a full hand lifted from the steering wheel and waved for Series II and III.

On my recent 10,500 km trip from Tuross head to Perth and back, there were very few Defenders on the road. Between Ceduna and Perth we saw just two on the way over and four on the way back.

The encounters were so rare that most of us were so excited that we cast convention aside and gave each other the full Series I wave.

Headlights were flashed and both driver and passenger waved enthusiastically with both hands.

Picked up my 2013 Defender 90 last week in Melbourne, and drove it back to QLD.
The previous owner did mention the phenomenon to me (which I already knew about, long time LR fan boy) but it was nice that he thought it necessary to pass on the tradition to me.

Total Defenders passed: 4

Total Defender waves received and returned: 4

First one was out near Bonnie Doon and I saw him coming a mile off, I was wondering if it would happen like I'd heard about, and there it was, big wave from a farmer in his twin cab 130. Made my week. As I got more comfortable in the car through the trip I was initiating the wave myself and they were always returned or we waved at the same time.

Been pottering around Brisbane over the weekend and probably passed another 3 or 4 Defenders including a great looking Perentie and all waved or waved back.
So... I think the wave is alive and well.

The Cook insists on waving to all Defenders from the navigators seat in the D4. I tell her to stop it but there is the occasional wave back. Luckily Defender drivers
are more aware of other model LRs than either Rangie or Disco drivers.
Long may the wave continue.
AlanH.

We always wave to all defenders, series and occasionally Disco’s & CRR’s but very rarely would notice the the navigator in a newer Disco so she is doing well to get returned waves!

waved to 3 or 4 defenders yesterday on the way to maleny and wootha and got 2 waves back...

waved to a few assorted discos and only got one wave back from a D3 i think it was...