Discovery drivers don't wave.

[Milton477]

Just done trips between Brisbane & Gladstone on the Bruce Highway towing the van. Even when towing a caravan they don't wave at other like driven caravanners. I even tried waving at a few solo discos with the same result. Snooty buggers whoever you are.

[DiscoMick]

Get a Defender and you will get many waves.

[Milton477]

I have to say that I do sometimes get a wave from a Defender. Probably think I am strange though.

[Slunnie]

We flip the birdie! :lol2:

[V8Ian]

Just done a trip to Sydney and back, I saw at least a couple of dozen various models of Land Rover and waved at every one of them. I got one wave from a Disco 2 and shook hands with a Defender driver. :banana:

[cuppabillytea]

And I shook hands with a Disco 2 Driver. :banana:I have to say that I get quite a few waves from Discos. Generally the older and or more kitted out, the greater the success.

[V8Ian]

In heavy traffic north of Nerang, on the way back, I spotted a white Defender towing a white camper. It had AULRO stickers and wheel cover. I managed to catch it up and sounded the horn, but had to concentrate on the traffic. TMFPP wound down the window and waved. She described the driver as 'a fellow with a beard', 'that narrows it down' I thought, 'it's not Jerry.' [biggrin]

[Tins]

If I take the Series out, I get waves from Deefer's and Series, but not Discos usually, although I agree with Cuppa about how kitted up they are. D3s and 4s never wave where I am.

But hey, I used to drive around in an MG. They all used to wave, but it dropped off. Probably they don't recognise the other car, or the phone is more important.

[loanrangie]

And I shook hands with a Disco 2 Driver. :banana:I have to say that I get quite a few waves from Discos. Generally the older and or more kitted out, the greater the success.
I wave to kitted out disco's but rarely get a wave back.

[cuppabillytea]

I wave to kitted out disco's but rarely get a wave back.

Ah that would be because everyone's busy waving at the one you're not in.[bigsmile]

[cripesamighty]

I have a D1 and wave to most Landies. Don't get many waves back though!

[DiscoMick]

In heavy traffic north of Nerang, on the way back, I spotted a white Defender towing a white camper. It had AULRO stickers and wheel cover. I managed to catch it up and sounded the horn, but had to concentrate on the traffic. TMFPP wound down the window and waved. She described the driver as 'a fellow with a beard', 'that narrows it down' I thought, 'it's not Jerry.' [biggrin]
That was us. Thanks for the greeting. I'm not used to Discos waving so sorry I was a bit slow returning the wave. Thanks again.

[Lemo]

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[Saitch]

I have a D1 and wave to most Landies. Don't get many waves back though!

x2. Even with my Aulro tyre cover & stickers.
Lots of strange looks but then, I'm used to that!

Steve

[Chops]

Yes I do [biggrin]

[cuppabillytea]

Yes I do [biggrin]

You're a Novice Disco Driver, with a shocking Defender hangover, and I'm told you were expelled from Snob School for smoking behind the bike shed.[wink11]

[Chops]

You're a Novice Disco Driver, with a shocking Defender hangover, and I'm told you were expelled from Snob School for smoking behind the bike shed.[wink11]

Hahaha closer than you think 😏 Back in those days they handed out real punishments, like "6 of the best",,, and it was suggested to my parents that I should probably be better off at another school,,, hahaha

[trout1105]

Here in Geraldton I have noticed that many landy owners wave back [thumbsupbig]

[Tombie]

I do... [biggrin]

[V8Ian]

Hahaha closer than you think 😏 Back in those days they handed out real punishments, like "6 of the best",,, and it was suggested to my parents that I should probably be better off at another school,,, hahaha
Yeah, reform school. :bat: [wink11]

[Chops]

Yeah, reform school. :bat: [wink11]


I thought being at a grammar school, I was already in reform school [bigwhistle]

[cuppabillytea]

Yeah, reform school. :bat: [wink11]

He was already at Reform School.[emoji56]

[bob10]

Watch the hands on the steering wheel. If one finger moves ever so slightly, that constitutes a wave, out west. If the whole hand comes off, and moves around in a waving motion, that is actually shouting at you, and a waste of energy. Or, they could be chasing flies.

[Tim_AM]

Ive given up waving at D3s / D4s around Sydney they tend to be 'soccer moms'

[jazzopuk]

[emoji112][emoji592]disco

[yogi_dog]

So lonely these days driving a disco. years and years of driving series landy and defender with heaps of acknowledgement. Started out with the disco waving to my peers only to be rejected. The final straw came when i realised i was out of the landy club when defenders didnt give me a way like im a SUV driver. Shattered

[trout1105]

So lonely these days driving a disco. years and years of driving series landy and defender with heaps of acknowledgement. Started out with the disco waving to my peers only to be rejected. The final straw came when i realised i was out of the landy club when defenders didnt give me a way like im a SUV driver. Shattered https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/misc/progress.gif



Defener drivers are far too busy using both hands to control their trucks to wave at us disco drivers [bigwhistle]

[V8Ian]

Defener drivers are far too busy using both hands to control their trucks to wave at us disco drivers [bigwhistle]
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/403.jpg

This is a truck.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/403.jpg

Using the term loosely, this is also a truck. [wink11]


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/404.jpg

This is a car or station wagon, no matter how loosely you use the term 'truck', this cannot be described as such.

[Spartacus]

i have had many waves from D1 drivers, never in Melbourne, but plenty between Shepparton and Melbourne when going the back way. I think someone earlier said something about D3 and D4 drivers being Soccer Mums which makes sense. D2 drivers seem to be somewhere in the middle. But its a bit like motorcycles. You would always get a wave and now its very rare, I think it could also be a generational thing.

[trout1105]

I was just taking the P***, Here in Geraldton the majority of Landrover drivers return a wave [thumbsupbig]


This is a truck.
Funnily enough most of the operators of these generally wave back on the open road as well [biggrin]

[Ancient Mariner]

A truck can also sit at the top of a sailboats mast used for halyards guide[bigwhistle]

[trout1105]

It wasn't that long ago that these were the Pride of the Fleet :)


124297

[V8Ian]

It wasn't that long ago that these were the Pride of the Fleet :)


124297
Before my time, that's a pre-WWII design.

[Chops]

It wasn't that long ago that these were the Pride of the Fleet :)


124297

Hummm,,, nooice :wub:

Where's this little baby at?

[V8Ian]

A truck can also sit at the top of a sailboats mast used for halyards guide[bigwhistle]I have no truck with that. [biggrin]

[cuppabillytea]

A truck can also sit at the top of a sailboats mast used for halyards guide[bigwhistle]

It's also the term used for a Vessels Air Draught.

[cuppabillytea]

https://www.carrentalbuddy.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/quad-road-train1.jpg

This is a truck.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/403.jpg

Using the term loosely, this is also a truck. [wink11]


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2017/06/404.jpg

This is a car or station wagon, no matter how loosely you use the term 'truck', this cannot be described as such.

I would go further and say Limousine.

[cuppabillytea]

Here are some of my Poppy's Motor Lorrys.
He used to claim that he was the first beer carter in Sydney to use a Motor Lorry.

[Tins]

Here are some of my Poppy's Motor Lorrys.
He used to claim that he was the first beer carter in Sydney to use a Motor Lorry.

Love to see the face on the RMS blokes at Marulan if he pulled in with those barrels today.

[cuppabillytea]

Love to see the face on the RMS blokes at Marulan if he pulled in with those barrels today.

Not to mention the schooner for the road and one at each pub :beer:

[fitzy]

My wife drives a disco

[Don 130]

Here are some of my Poppy's Motor Lorrys.
He used to claim that he was the first beer carter in Sydney to use a Motor Lorry.

The first one I would pick to be a T model ford
Don

[cuppabillytea]

The first one I would pick to be a T model ford
Don
And you would have picked it in one.

[trout1105]

Back in the day those old T models went to places that would make a Defender Blush [thumbsupbig]

[V8Ian]

Back in the day those old T models went to places that would make a Defender Blush [thumbsupbig]But they had to reverse up steep hills, to get round the gravity feed fuel system.

[trout1105]

But they had to reverse up steep hills, to get round the gravity feed fuel system.

The drivers back then were a tougher breed and that would have been all in a day work back then :)

[V8Ian]

The drivers back then were a tougher breed and that would have been all in a day work back then :)
Too right, they also tied logs to the back, so they didn't pick-up to momentum on the way back down the aforementioned hills. [bigsad]

[V8Ian]

My wife drives a discoThat's 'cruel and unusual punishment'. [wink11]

[trog]

That's 'cruel and unusual punishment'. [wink11]

I thought that was the Kia I drive now. I certainly don't get a wave from any Land Rover

[AndyG]

My wife drives a disco
What did she do to deserve that [emoji14] forgive her and get one of Mrs h's 101's for her.[emoji12]

[V8Ian]

I thought that was the Kia I drive now. I certainly don't get a wave from any Land Rover
You'd want the windows heavily tinted, in case you passed someone who knew you. :tease:

[trog]

You would look down ?

[V8Ian]

You would look down ?I don't have much choice.

[cuppabillytea]

I don't have much choice.

The mind boggles at what you might have seen in all your years of looking down.
Nice boys look at the view ahead.

[V8Ian]

Nice boys look at the view ahead.
And miss all the fun.

[trog]

I did see an amazing sight once looking down through the sunroof of a limo ! Not to be described in polite company !

[V8Ian]

I did see an amazing sight once looking down through the sunroof of a limo ! Not to be described in polite company !
We're not polite company, spill ya guts, did he spill the Champagne?

[Tins]

We're not polite company, spill ya guts, did he spill the Champagne?

Yep. Well.

[trog]

Involved was a lithe blonde wearing not much more than lipstick , a mirror with a few grams of coke and some dude with a big grin looking to the sky . The driver through another sunroof seemed more interested in communing with his Jamaican cigar . Would have been nice to share I thought.