MotoringFile Polls: Do you wave?

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  1. Nathan

    Nathan Founder

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    MotoringFile reader David Bromberg sent us this question the other day. Does anyone wave anymore? When I got my R53 in early 2005, one of the great things about owning the car was the sense of community. If you saw another MINI on the road, you knew how much fun they were having and would [...]

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  2. MiniHockey

    MiniHockey New Member

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    Hell ya. We are the fun club.
     
  3. Minidave

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    I wave at every MINI I pass, although with dark tinted windows I know they mostly don't see me............but it's the thought that counts!
     
  4. BThayer23

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    I wave like I post on this forum: all the time and usually without thinking. :D
     
  5. rtharvey

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    I always wave, and really disappointed when the wave isn't returned.
    I waved at two old ladies in a countryman this morning and they probably thought I was a pervert!!
     
  6. Metalman

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    I wave..... But you can almost anticipate if you will get a return wave. Women and girls don't return my waves. Other guy's return waves (Hmmmm what's that mean?). :eek: Must be a feeling of security that perhaps plays into it.
     
  7. wmwny

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    I wave all I can, am happy when someone waves back:Thumbsup:, and disconcerted when someone doesn't:(.
     
  8. Justa Jim

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    I wave to every MINI I see and my wife waves for me if I don't see it. I even wave when I'm riding in my wife's Explorer or driving the F350. Don't get much response those times for some reason. :D

    Jim
     
  9. Mr. Jim

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    Wave, thumbs up or flash the lights!
     
  10. Minidave

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    Me too, sometimes all three! :D
     
  11. Friskie

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    There's got to be a universally recognized wave for those times when driving the old pickemup that says "I'd rather be driving my MINI". Except who looks at an old pickup driving by unless it's a '35 Terraplane?
     
  12. Rae

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    Yep, I wave obsessively, even on the interstate where I'm pretty sure they can't see me. Oh, and I wave when driving the F250 - again I don't get many responses for some reason :confused:
     
  13. Tron Chief

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    WAVE absolutely
     
  14. lotsie

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    I wave, some wave back, some don't, probably about 50/50. The ladies do wave at me:Thumbsup::devil:

    Mark
     
  15. T8rChick

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    If I see them first I do!

    I did get told the other day... "hey babe, we're in the mini-van"!
     
  16. N2MINI

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    I wave but don't always look to see if they are waving back..
    A few years ago most would always wave back, now not so much!!!
     
  17. Johngo

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    Waver here.
     
  18. Rae

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    I'm thinking we have a biased sample here. If you love your MINI enough to be on the forums, you probably wave. :Thumbsup:
     
  19. moreorless

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    Aye. Same here.

    ....Les
     
  20. Thunderball Kaboom

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    I'm a waver - but it's usually not returned :(
     

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