Thread: Disco Wave

I've only known it to be a Defender wave. It's not just a wave but you look into each others minds & think;

How's your wife enjoying getting her knees frozen complaining about the A/C making her legs cold?

Or, enjoying that trickle of water that spills on your feet when you drive away after its rained?

Or, don't you just LOVE Lucas electrics..

Or, got that oil in injector harness problem yet? How's your driveline backlash going? Had the doors pop open on the highway?

It's so more than a wave, you're a owner & mechanic, its a unique driving experience & a pleasure to work on.

As nice as my D4 is I'd take back my 110 any day. I know if I was in my Defender on the side of the HWY, even if only making a phone call, there wouldn't be a defender driver that wouldn't stop to assist.

Originally Posted by garrycol

If it was a Series 2A in front, followed by a 101, followed by a near new high spec Puma 90 - then yes it was me

That was it - damn fine looking convoy!

Originally Posted by Robocop

I've only known it to be a Defender wave.

I remember when it was just a Land Rover wave!

Originally Posted by Robocop

As nice as my D4 is I'd take back my 110 any day. I know if I was in my Defender on the side of the HWY, even if only making a phone call, there wouldn't be a defender driver that wouldn't stop to assist.

I'd stop! In fact I spent a few hours on my xmas trip digging a lone Defender out of the mud near Dogman's Hut, who had been stranded for some time because no Toyota's would stop to help.

Cheers,
Jon

I dare say pretty much everyone on this site would stop Jon.

Originally Posted by jon3950

I'd stop! In fact I spent a few hours on my xmas trip digging a lone Defender out of the mud near Dogman's Hut, who had been stranded for some time because no Toyota's would stop to help.

When we were there we decided not to fight the mud and turned around. A couple of cars were nearby and it took them a while to get out of it in another area.

On driving back to Tom Groggin some 4wds had just pulled some sort of japper with a camper who had crossed straight across into the deep water and got drowned. The group rushed down to the river to watch us get drowned but were surprised that we only went axle deep .

It is a great area and we waved to quite a few landies.

Garry

Garry

I don't think I'll be waving at RRS, L322 and D4 around here, none of them would know what I was on about and may take it the wrong way. Never fear the classics, Defenders and Series will always get the wave if I can.

In fact a 107/109 on West Botany Street last night got the double headlamp flash as I turned up Wickham St, dont know if he was expecting it either.

My DH waves to just about every Land Rover or Range Rover he sees, and I'll have to practice my wave now because he's bought himself a Defender110, and the Sport is now mine.

I do get a few funny looks doing the school run with the winch, spotties, mud tyres, snorkel, missing trim, and pinstriping, not to mention it's custom 'mud-that-won't-wash-off-anymore' paint job

Like RoverLander,

I live in the South of Sydney and wave at pretty much anything with an LR badge. My wife and kids think I am mad, but I wave anyway.

Mostly I get ignored, sadly because older model LR's and Discos are probably so surprised to see a D3 wave at them they can not react in time. I do not wave at RRS with 20in rims as there is 100% fail rate and I fell no affiliation with these owners, but everyone else I throw a hand at.

Now (thanks to SBD4) I have read the correct waving etiquette and technique I feel much more empowered to be part of those few drops that hopefully will make a river.

My main problem is that when I commute by car to work I drive a mini so every now and then I want to wave at Land Rovers but that would simply confuse things !!

I wave to other mini drivers which is mostly fine as about 30% are generally attractive women, 30% are probably gay men and the other 30% are people like me who bought a mini for their wives and are now forced to drive that (no great chore) because it is now too cramped for the kids.

Yours in waving,

George