A girl in a mini waved to me today and naturally i waved back!
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, Jul 23 2010 11:00 PM
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Posted 28 July 2010 - 05:57 PM
Saw LESTAMINI today. We live in the same village, but we waved nonetheless!
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 01:40 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.
Put your spec's on MJ.I SAID,PUT YOUR SPEC'S ON!
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 02:04 PM
Whilst driving JB along the A449 in a northerly direction,at about 7.30am,then again at about 9am I spied Mini's.Twice I waved,twice I was ignored.Whats the Mini World coming to,mind you I'm a confirmed waver.I wave or flash at any classic cars,from A30s up.
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 02:12 PM
I flash / wave 
had one not to along ago heading out of rugby that flashed me
Every time you wave/flash to L343 OAH (Blue sprite) you will get a flash back or a wave
had one not to along ago heading out of rugby that flashed me Every time you wave/flash to L343 OAH (Blue sprite) you will get a flash back or a wave
Edited by nick217, 30 July 2010 - 02:13 PM.
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 09:25 PM
Haha, I haven't got a mini on the road but I still give a thumbs up out of the window every time I see one, I've yet to have a wave back 
I wave at all classics though, Get the occasional wave back but mostly just weird looks. I am driving an old triumph though! (I wave to MG drivers but they all scowl at me
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I wave at all classics though, Get the occasional wave back but mostly just weird looks. I am driving an old triumph though! (I wave to MG drivers but they all scowl at me
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 09:31 PM
i give em a flash. most people look horrified, suppose they want me to pull my kegs back up...
Edited by rick.spi, 30 July 2010 - 09:31 PM.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 10:04 AM
I always wave and flash, I love it as it sets us apart from other drivers! I wonder how it started...
Coming home from work yesterday, saw two minis, the first being driven by an attractive young girl who looked as excited as I do!
Which, by the way, if that was you, in Northampton, think you were in a red mini can't quite remember, and you passed a blue/grey mini with bonnet straps with a guy in the driver's seat and a girl in the passenger seat... she was just my sister, it's cool.
Coming home from work yesterday, saw two minis, the first being driven by an attractive young girl who looked as excited as I do!
Which, by the way, if that was you, in Northampton, think you were in a red mini can't quite remember, and you passed a blue/grey mini with bonnet straps with a guy in the driver's seat and a girl in the passenger seat... she was just my sister, it's cool.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 03:38 PM
dont worry this isnt a bash!
i had a new flash at me today, i see about 20 a day and never even get a reaction, but today i got a flash, i said to my misses was that for me?
we both looked around for anything that would warrent a flash and concluded it was indeed for me, i kinda feel bad for not giving him a response but he was going the other way and caught me by suprise.
i had a new flash at me today, i see about 20 a day and never even get a reaction, but today i got a flash, i said to my misses was that for me?
we both looked around for anything that would warrent a flash and concluded it was indeed for me, i kinda feel bad for not giving him a response but he was going the other way and caught me by suprise.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:23 PM
i give em a flash. most people look horrified, suppose they want me to pull my kegs back up...
beat me to it!!!
I wave at all classics and currently have a triumph toledo wave at me on a daily basis
. Some mini owners dont wave and some jump up and down with excitement. I will always wave at minis (some dont wave back cause its a ce so maybe they dont know its a mini)
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 06:25 PM
Some mini owners will wave and some will not.
I look at it like this:
When I first began driving my mini, I had just passed my test after driving in my instructor's Citroen C2, so stepping into the mini was a bit of a culture shock!
The first few times I took the mini out and about to boost my confidence I saw plenty of other mini drivers out and about, some flashing at me but I was concentrating on what I was doing rather than fumbling around for a switch. (apologies to those who failed to recieve a wave from a suited driver of a white mini in Preston)
Now when I wave, I'd say there's about a 50/50 chance of getting a wave back. Some people look at me as if i'm from another planet as if to say "Do I know him?" whilst others, such as a girl in a Taihiti blue mini, waved frantically - especially funny seeing as we came across each other twice on the same evening - weren't following me were you?
I wouldn't take it to heart if someone doesn't wave back, they're either in their own little mini world, concentrating where they're going or wondering what's for dinner.
Personallly, i'll flash any mini I come across (but please don't read into that
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Spread the joy folks!
I look at it like this:
When I first began driving my mini, I had just passed my test after driving in my instructor's Citroen C2, so stepping into the mini was a bit of a culture shock!
The first few times I took the mini out and about to boost my confidence I saw plenty of other mini drivers out and about, some flashing at me but I was concentrating on what I was doing rather than fumbling around for a switch. (apologies to those who failed to recieve a wave from a suited driver of a white mini in Preston)
Now when I wave, I'd say there's about a 50/50 chance of getting a wave back. Some people look at me as if i'm from another planet as if to say "Do I know him?" whilst others, such as a girl in a Taihiti blue mini, waved frantically - especially funny seeing as we came across each other twice on the same evening - weren't following me were you?
I wouldn't take it to heart if someone doesn't wave back, they're either in their own little mini world, concentrating where they're going or wondering what's for dinner.
Personallly, i'll flash any mini I come across (but please don't read into that
)Spread the joy folks!
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:43 PM
I make a big point of waving to get other owners' attention, and sometimes i beep too. I try and do it so obviously that it's almost impossible to ignore, even if it's sticking my hand and arm fully out of the window.
ive been driving round Chippenham a lot recently and seen at least 10 more Minis than I knew to be in the town, it's great.
This one time recently, there was a woman in the garden with a Mini as I approached a junction opposite, I gave a little beep and waved - pointing at her Mini and then mine - but she just rolled her eyes and carried on - haha, I guess it wasnt her Mini then and is probably fed up of people like me waving to them all the time! haha - it's funny i think.
My wife think's I'm nuts, but the other day she even waved to a girl in a Cabrio, so I must be wearing her down!! haha.
ive been driving round Chippenham a lot recently and seen at least 10 more Minis than I knew to be in the town, it's great.
This one time recently, there was a woman in the garden with a Mini as I approached a junction opposite, I gave a little beep and waved - pointing at her Mini and then mine - but she just rolled her eyes and carried on - haha, I guess it wasnt her Mini then and is probably fed up of people like me waving to them all the time! haha - it's funny i think.
My wife think's I'm nuts, but the other day she even waved to a girl in a Cabrio, so I must be wearing her down!! haha.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:49 PM
I make a big point of waving to get other owners' attention, and sometimes i beep too. I try and do it so obviously that it's almost impossible to ignore, even if it's sticking my hand and arm fully out of the window.
ive been driving round Chippenham a lot recently and seen at least 10 more Minis than I knew to be in the town, it's great.
This one time recently, there was a woman in the garden with a Mini as I approached a junction opposite, I gave a little beep and waved - pointing at her Mini and then mine - but she just rolled her eyes and carried on - haha, I guess it wasnt her Mini then and is probably fed up of people like me waving to them all the time! haha - it's funny i think.
My wife think's I'm nuts, but the other day she even waved to a girl in a Cabrio, so I must be wearing her down!! haha.
Or your wife likes girls????
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:49 PM
When I drive other peoples cars, I flash, wave and beep random pedestrians, get some right confused looks, alot of people wave back. Seen alot of minis recently, today I was in the kitchen and heard a dixie horn outside, I asumed it was a mini lol Saw a really nice mini go up raleigh road in Walsall
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 07:50 PM
When i get a flash from a non mini , i always feel the need to pul over and check that nothing is hanging of the car!!
haha glad im not the only one who feels like that!
I always wave or flash at other minis when i see them, its one of the best things about having a mini.... but i admit sometimes i dont see them until too late so if i dont wave or flash im not being rude im just being slow!
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