No ones been waving or flashing back recently, instead return a confused expression, and once "evils". Just double checking that waving and flashing is still going on, and that i wont be carted off for doing it.
Bit Worried.
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Nick '91
, Jul 23 2010 11:00 PM
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:03 PM
Only had 1 person who hasn't waved, that was because the genuinely didn't see me. Always wave 
keep getting beeped by I'm guessing mini drivers in other cars. Does get a little worrying sometime! 
keep getting beeped by I'm guessing mini drivers in other cars. Does get a little worrying sometime!
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:05 PM
You'll get a wave and/or a flash of the lights from me.
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:06 PM
I always wave at other Mini owners but sometimes I don't get a wave back. Some people aren't Mini enthusiasts they just see it as another car to run about in so might not know about waving at other owners.
Edited by Jet_black, 23 July 2010 - 11:06 PM.
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:12 PM
I'll always wave even if the other people dont , im too happy not too haha 
, im too happy not too haha
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:22 PM
I wave when I see another mini. Although normally by the time I'v spotted it thought oooo theirs a mini I gotta wave its normally gone past and is 100 yards behind me. Dam being slow.
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Posted 23 July 2010 - 11:58 PM
No ones been waving or flashing back recently, instead return a confused expression, and once "evils". Just double checking that waving and flashing is still going on, and that i wont be carted off for doing it.
Come to Oz. Minis are so rare here, now, that we almost throw a party when we see another one on the road!
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 12:12 AM
Just double checking that waving and flashing is still going on, and that i wont be carted off for doing it.
Just checked on google and yes people are still waving
Most wait to be waved at first, so just keep waving like a nutter!
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 01:53 AM
I've had a few non-wavers, the drivers looked like they were driving a Mini against their will 
I saw one a while ago, the guy driving was in a suit and he looked downright depressed. I suppose only the enthusiasts wave back.
I saw one a while ago, the guy driving was in a suit and he looked downright depressed. I suppose only the enthusiasts wave back.
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 05:10 AM
i wave at every mini i see, but lately the mini owners i see every day dont wave back, and the 1s i dont see everyday i rarely get anyone waving or flashing! i think its a dying thing, which is a shame! everyone i see seems to look depressed!
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 06:42 AM
I wave, but get funny looks as I'm in a transit !
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 07:12 AM
il wave flash or if its too latr give a toot on the horn
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 07:13 AM
I sometimes forget im in the golf and flash at minis. bet they think i'm just being a prat.
stroker and i were having a sunday drive last weekend and we saw a MINT white mini coming towards us so we were flashing and waving, turned out to be some granny easily 90 years old who didn't appear to be even holding the wheel. proper time warp mini. she didn't even blink.
about 30 seconds later a two tone black and red mini came along and flashed us, so you've just gonna play the odds and watch out for the old people!
stroker and i were having a sunday drive last weekend and we saw a MINT white mini coming towards us so we were flashing and waving, turned out to be some granny easily 90 years old who didn't appear to be even holding the wheel. proper time warp mini. she didn't even blink.
about 30 seconds later a two tone black and red mini came along and flashed us, so you've just gonna play the odds and watch out for the old people!
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Posted 24 July 2010 - 08:42 AM
WHat?! The waving and smiling and flashing of lights (if safe to do so, obviously!!) when mini drivers pass/spot each other is ESSENTIAL and must not stop! - I'm relieved to say that Bristol mini drivers appear to still be doing this, and long may it continue.
Perhaps we all need to increase the level of lunacy behind the wave so that if other mini drivers don't realise, they soon get the idea and DO realise.
No one who is grumpy should be driving a mini, and it's in the contract that you must acknowledge other mini drivers! It's a big part of the fun
Perhaps we all need to increase the level of lunacy behind the wave so that if other mini drivers don't realise, they soon get the idea and DO realise.
No one who is grumpy should be driving a mini, and it's in the contract that you must acknowledge other mini drivers! It's a big part of the fun
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