Thread: Land Rover Wave ...Live experiment

Originally Posted by adm333

Early next week I am driving from Brisbane to Sydney.

If I give the "wave" to every Land Rover vehicle I Pass along the 900km journey, what percentage return do you think I will get ?

And which Landy type will have the highest return rate ?

Keep in mind I am in a P38 - the least waved at Landy on offer.

I'll give it a go and post my findings.

Dave

Don't like your chances
I've been driving around Queensland waving at every Land Rover on the road. I rarely get a wave back, more like a look that says, "Who is that idiot?"

Cheers,
Ron

I got a wave from a Defender coming home from Easter, spun me out as I rarely get waves from Disco's (what I drive) so to have the Defender initiate the wave was different.

Good luck, but I'm sure it won't be over 25%

The results will be interesting...I reckon 10%.

I'll be driving from Sydney to Smoky Cape this Saturday and will try like wise. I'll have a car full of potential Land Rover spotters on board so that I don't miss any. It's embarrassing when you get caught out: I was spotted and waved at by Lucy (one of the AULRO mob) when I was down in Nowra and I missed seeing him .

I reckon you'll get a lot more if you're the one initiating than if you wait for people to wave at you.


Around Brisbane, I reckon in my series III i get a wave from 95% of other series owners, 80% of Defender owners, maybe 40% of Disco drivers, 5% drunken buggers in the city on a night out, and bugger all else from anyone - although i did get my first wave from a freelander the other day

If you get a 5% response I think you will be doing VERY well and they will mostly be older Landies.

Best of luck.

I try this going from mountains to Sydney on regular occasions and find it's a pretty poor response. I get maybe up to 2 discos every trip and about half of the defenders but that's it.

Mind you a guy in an old rangie has not started waving to me and I see him regularly so that's a start.

I don't think you will exceed 10% either. And when I drove up to grafton just before xmas I didn't see one deefer once out of sydney.

Xav

Originally Posted by adm333

... Keep in mind I am in a P38 - the least waved at Landy on offer.

I'll give it a go and post my findings.

Dave

Dave

I think that the least waved at/by Land Rover without a doubt will be the RR Sport.

But you are right it is closely followed by the P38a and the current Vogue (what ever that is called), Disco owners (particularly D3) rarely if ever wave even though I drive a RRclassic and I think that Defender owners are so shocked to get a wave they are stunned to immobility.

Perhaps you should have an escort vehicle with a big sign "Land Rover Wave Following".

Then by the time you arrive the LR drivers will be primed.

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Perhaps you should have an escort vehicle with a big sign "Land Rover Wave Following".

Then by the time you arrive the LR drivers will be primed.

Diana

Diana,

I think that might just do it
In fact I think you would get everyone waving

Cheers,
Ron