Ok, stuff the lot of you, don't wave to the Defender!

[dmdigital]

Thought I'd put a nice eye catching title in;)

You wouldn't believe how many people won't wave at us on the open road!!!!

To top it all off we've passed:
1 Defender - waved (L plates too)
2 D1's - no waves
1 D3 - no wave
2 Rangies - no waves
1 Freelander - no wave

Hoping now we're out of Toyota territory we might see a few more friendly drivers on the road. I would say only 30% of those we pass wave back. What's happening to this country!

[spudboy]

Well, you've got 100% hit rate from the defender drivers :D

[Iain_B]

Not sure I would wave, but I'll be certain to look down on you from my Unimog :)

[Bundalene]

Hi to you both, glad to hear you're travelling safely.

Probably is the tinted windows as it's difficult to see the driver sometimes. Just roll down your window and give a BIG wave. Sadly most Disco drivers don't wave at Defenders (so we have found anyhow).

Mind you, when you get into Western Qld. EVERYONE seems to wave.

Keep on waving....:spudnikwaving::spudnikwaving:

...and enjoy your holiday.

[Grover-98]

Not sure I would wave, but I'll be certain to look down on you from my Unimog :)

Got any pics of this unimog? :)

And i drive a D1 and wave to EVERY land rover! :) I find having p plates on my car makes a lot of you older folk look down on me and not wave :(

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Not sure I would wave, but I'll be certain to look down on you from my Unimog :)With that sort of attitude you'd be right at home on a Toyota Land-Cruiser forum. :D ;)

We Land Rover drivers may not be as high and mighty as UniMog drivers, but we get there faster and a whole lot cheaper.

dm td5 - I wave at any (and as much as possible all) Defender, Disco, Rangie or Series in whichever Rangie or Series I'm driving at the time. So I'll give you 3 proxy waves just so you're not too demoralised.

Diana

[Rangier Rover]

Funny thing is I get heaps of waves from Toyatas and Nissans now my 120 has 35's, Bull bar and snorkel. The Rangies and Discos just seem to wonder what I'm waving at:confused: Some Land Rover owners just dont get it at all:(

[Captain_Rightfoot]

To be honest I don't even bother unless it's a defender. I get pretty much 100% success in the fender too. :)

Every now an again I'll try some of the old classic stuff and get results :)

[dmdigital]

Oh almost forgot to mention the tossers from a 4WD group (displayed proudly across their windscreens). Driving offensively, Chattering obnoxiously and... well you get the message. Generally the type that gives 4wd's a bad name:(

[weeds]

yep gave up on the shopping trollies a long time ago, always wave at defenders and series rigs

[justinc]

Derek, I wave at ANY green oval vehicle, (Well, except freeloaders...) and I agree, not much in return I am sorry to say.

JC

[Matman]

Dad gets upset as he drives a Nissan,he waves at fellow nissan drivers and gets nothing.I generally get waves from disco's series 1&2 but definately not from series 3,they get all snobby,jealous i reckon when i have my 33's on lol.

[justinc]

Hmmm, I was at eye level with a RRS at the intersection the other morning, NOT EVEN a HINT of recognition!:mad: Don't they care that the classic RR is the first of their breed????
Snob!!:mad:
JC

[long stroke]

Dad gets upset as he drives a Nissan,he waves at fellow nissan drivers and gets nothing.I generally get waves from disco's series 1&2 but definately not from series 3,they get all snobby,jealous i reckon when i have my 33's on lol.

No, because you are in a nice modern discovery they think your a snob:p

Without a doubt when driving the county we get waves from defer's series landy's and sometimes disco's and rangies;)

[Matman]

No, because you are in a nice modern discovery they think your a snob:p

Without a doubt when driving the county we get waves from defer's series landy's and sometimes disco's and rangies;)

County's and D1's are now on my list lol.

[Newbs-IIA]

I ALWAYS wave to any rovers - even when I'm not driving my Series IIA :D

I get some funny looks from Disco drivers as a P-Plater driving a HZ Kingswood waves at them hahahah

When in the IIA I get the whole arm going out the window as it is open topped :p

(that's when in a straight line, need two hand to go round corners :D)

[BigJon]

Hmmm, I was at eye level with a RRS at the intersection the other morning, NOT EVEN a HINT of recognition!:mad: Don't they care that the classic RR is the first of their breed????
Snob!!:mad:
JC


Probably not!

Don't worry JC, if I ever get a RRS I will come to Tassie and wave to you! :D

[Koukandowie Brangus]

Out here i get 100% waves from defender drivers, locals and tourists, but the disco's i'm flat out getting 1 in 10 to wave, i understand that sometimes its the missus picking up the kids and don't understand the finer points of owning a lr, but you would be surprised how many ladies out here wave to you when they are also driving a defender:D:D.

[Rosco]

To be honest I don't even bother unless it's a defender. I get pretty much 100% success in the fender too. :)

Every now an again I'll try some of the old classic stuff and get results :)

x2 :D

[Rosco]

yep gave up on the shopping trollies a long time ago, always wave at defenders and series rigs

x3 :p

[Disco_owner]

Oh almost forgot to mention the tossers from a 4WD group (displayed proudly across their windscreens). Driving offensively, Chattering obnoxiously and... well you get the message. Generally the type that gives 4wd's a bad name:(

Derek , I'm afraid I fit into this catagory.:p -minus- the chattering

May be I should take the 4wd banner off the front of windscreen.:p

seriously I waved to a County owner while I was on foot the other day and he waved back.:cool:

[dmdigital]

Well got a wave from a surprised D1 driver today, passed 2 other d1's and a D2 without even the raising of a finger tip. Don't think they know what a Defender is:(

Still most people don't wave at all.

[Chucaro]

I got a reply today from a white Defe 110 on the old Bundy bridge :o
The local farmers on a Defe do not bother to wave back here :(

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Well got a wave from a surprised D1 driver today, passed 2 other d1's and a D2 without even the raising of a finger tip. Don't think they know what a Defender is:(

Still most people don't wave at all.

Try doing the wave with the single front of the finger. You might find it works better than the back of the finger :eek: :D :wasntme: :lol2: :BigThumb:

[dmdigital]

Well it still continues. Passed 2 Defenders today and one yesterday along with a D1 and a 2 door RR. Did any of them wave? Of course NOT!!! :(


THE LANDY WAVE IS A MYTH!!!!!!!:o
I'm now convinced of it.

As to the rest of the common motorists. I'm finding about 10% of them can manage to raise a few fingers off the wheel.