Wave Etiquette

Bromsgrove Defender · Jun 29, 2011

Nkosi said:
sounds like the only way is up from here then no excuses just did not have enough dosh for a defender

Quit your jibber jabber

That sounds like an attempt at an excuse!

You've got a vehicle wiv a green oval on it wot ses Landrover.

Tha's good enuff fer me

Bromsgrove Defender · Jun 29, 2011

Dartmoor Discovery said:
Oh BTW got another Mercedes driver wave at me after I made him reverse 5 yards up a hill to a passing place, I would have had to reverse 200 yards and he appeared a wee bit wound up especially when i started reading my newspaper waiting for him to reverse!

errm I'm fairly sure that the vehicle coming downhill has the right of way

But seeing as it was a Merc ...... I like yer style

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 29, 2011

Bromsgrove Defender said:
errm I'm fairly sure that the vehicle coming downhill has the right of way

But seeing as it was a Merc ...... I like yer style

nope - vehicle going uphill has row - coz its easier to start again going downhill, than uphill.

Karlos28 · Jun 29, 2011

The Mad Hat Man said:
nope - vehicle going uphill has row - coz its easier to start again going downhill, than uphill.

its a shame people dont realise this.. especially when you have a loaded up trailer on the back.

shedchief · Jun 29, 2011

Karlos28 said:
its a shame people dont realise this.. especially when you have a loaded up trailer on the back.

... but when you are on a motorcycle you have to have right of way when going downhill, dontcha? :doh:

Karlos28 · Jun 29, 2011

sort of makes sense.. never been in that situation with a bike though! just bloody ****e drivers.

im sure they are getting hideously worse.. this week so far i have seen 3 people indicate the complete wrong way! some guy up my arse nearly chewed on my tow ball cos he was up my arse coming up to a junction!

on topic.. yes i wave if waved at, or if its an offroaded or looked after (looks like the driver is interested!). only fenders or series! the odd disco if they wave..

Bromsgrove Defender · Jun 30, 2011

The Mad Hat Man said:
nope - vehicle going uphill has row - coz its easier to start again going downhill, than uphill.

OOps got that one wrong

Good job I tend to give way in most circumstances, but looks like I need a refresher on me Highwaycode.

So do I have to giveway to twots coming onto a motorway?
Lorries and Tintent pullers I do try n get out of their way but I'm sure they're supposed to merge in to gaps not try and merge wiv me

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 30, 2011

usual

apply - if its biggern yu then give way, otherwise drive over the feckers

Bromsgrove Defender · Jun 30, 2011

The Mad Hat Man said:
usual apply - if its biggern yu then give way, otherwise drive over the feckers

That does tend to work well in the Landy cos of the tree sliders

How ever towin the tintent in the mondyoh can get midly terrifying

oldskool · Jun 30, 2011

I always try and wave at other green ovals, but don't get a return wave

miserable knuts,

fender drivers seem to look the other way

.

As for giving way well i do if it's me who should but if some german car driver want's to try it on im afraid biggest wins every time

Streetlander · Jun 30, 2011

oldskool said:
I always try and wave at other green ovals, but don't get a return wave miserable knuts, fender drivers seem to look the other way .

As for giving way well i do if it's me who should but if some german car driver want's to try it on im afraid biggest wins every time

I darent wave at anyone round the city, they may explode with roadrage! (i've tried waving to others in Rovers but it doesn't work in the city)
...... as for giving way, same deal, daren't giveway to anyone, or you'll be sitting in traffic for months!

Worst offenders for 'pushing in' are Taxi's (they would be on a Give Way sign but still try and push in) [I was involved in an accident with a Taxi in this situation and he got booked for failing to give way cos I ran into him when he 'rolled' thru the Give Way sign] not worth giving way to anyone these days , it's every man for himself!!!

Bromsgrove Defender · Jun 30, 2011

Streetlander said:
I darent wave at anyone round the city, they may explode with roadrage! (i've tried waving to others in Rovers but it doesn't work in the city)
...... as for giving way, same deal, daren't giveway to anyone, or you'll be sitting in traffic for months!

Worst offenders for 'pushing in' are Taxi's (they would be on a Give Way sign but still try and push in) [I was involved in an accident with a Taxi in this situation and he got booked for failing to give way cos I ran into him when he 'rolled' thru the Give Way sign] not worth giving way to anyone these days , it's every man for himself!!!

err which wave do you use though ?

The five finger shuffle and the naked sooty do tend to get folk a little irrate

Bromsgrove Defender · Jul 12, 2012

Ya coulda knocked me down wiv a feather.

Just been waved at by someone in an Evoke..............

Freelaner · Jul 12, 2012

Bromsgrove Defender said:
Ya coulda knocked me down wiv a feather.

Just been waved at by someone in an Evoke..............

i'd ave kept that to meself......and i'm in a Freelander

Bromsgrove Defender · Jul 12, 2012

Freelaner said:
Bromsgrove Defender said:

Ya coulda knocked me down wiv a feather.

Just been waved at by someone in an Evoke..............

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i'd ave kept that to meself......and i'm in a Freelander

If it had been me in the Evoke then I'd tend to agree

Freelaner · Jul 12, 2012

Bromsgrove Defender said:
If it had been me in the Evoke then I'd tend to agree

fusionfanatic · Jul 12, 2012

Used to drive a mini and same thing applies! But then I have heard that its the same for 2CV, VW camper and VW Beetle. Its a mutual respect for choosing the same type of car!

Brown · Jul 12, 2012

I've just spent the weekend in mid Wales at a friend's house. Most of the cars round there are Land Rovers, as it's a farming area with a lot of hills. They tend not to wave back. The farmer next door to my friend's house acknowledges us with a couple of fingers raised from the steering wheel when he's feeling particularly exuberant, but that's after about six years of seeing him regularly. Back home in the midlands you get a lot more mutual waving, I find.

Troy81 · Jul 13, 2012

As a disco 1 driver its (a bit rough around the edges) we like to enjoy its capabilitys and enjoy all things landy.. So when it comes to waving i think first empressions count. Series/Defenders/Discos if they look like there USED/LOVED then i look to wave or look out for a wave.. mrs calls it (LANDY LOVE)
Even when the kids are in it they look out for other landys and have made up there own list

1. Series's respected. = wave
2. Defender (clean) = wave (dirtyer the better) = wave/cheery smile
(towing) ie "working" there words = wave
3. Discos they seem to categorize them (old 1. 2. 3.) dirty/fun/pimped (they have fun in theres.. = wave
clean ones are boring but get a wave

range's get a (posh one dad!)
freelanders get a HAHAH GAYLANDER.

Bromsgrove Defender · Jul 16, 2012

Something very odd going on round here.........

Had an unprovoked wave from a bloke in a black seat first thing this morning and another from a bloke in a white van just now.....

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