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D@mn, between this and BBT I might have to start liking Wil Wheaton!

 

I would say it's not a guy thing at all. But then the MINI chicks I hang out with "get it". They do talk allot of trash when the other females dont wave. ESPECIALLY when they are on the phone.. "of course they didnt wave! Too busy blathering away talking to bff jill not paying attention to driving" etc. LOL

I think it's more like MINIs in general are getting populated with "appliance" car owners. Not Enthusiasts. It's sad. But true. Depending on where you are it is significantly worse. Especially in "trendy" places like L.A. it's bad out there. Sure there are allot of people who love them. But for ever one who waves 50 dont. It's sad.

 

Same way in metro Atlanta, unfortunately.

I just wave and smile and say "Screw em!" if they are too cool for it.

I started to say most of them probably look the other way when they see a MINI, but then realized that a good 85%-90% of the driving population are total obliviots.

An obliviot is someone who would be too stupid for a driver's license if there were a real requirement for obtaining one... Texting, eating, blabbing, computing -- I even saw one woman folding her laundry while sitting in rush hour traffic one day -- but they all do the same thing: anything and everything EXCEPT drive well and pay attention to the road and what is going on around them.

So, they are not actively ignoring us in the vast majority of cases. They are simply too dumb and too numb to have any fun with it.

Pretty pathetic. :frown2:

 

I have found that a headlight flash followed by a wave gets the most return waves.

Dave

 

I wave a lot--with few returns. Got a wave today though and it is such a neat thing! It was a girl too! I will continue to wave even in the face of discouraging disinterest!:idea:

I will continue to wave I will continue to wave I will continue to wave I will continue to wave I will continue to wave I will continue to wave I will continue to wave................

 

Good story, but I don' think the MINI wave is a guy only thing, I get plenty of wave-backs from MINIs driven by girls, I'm not sure they'd initiate a wave as readily as a guy maybe but if they really get it, they'll wave back.

 

That is great and so true!

Gotta motor!

 

Maybe it's a St. Louie thing but hardtop gal owners are about 70/30 no-wavers/wavers

Gals with Cabrio's are completely oblivious........too much airflow?

Side note-Met Wil Wheaton indulging my wife at a Star Trek convention a couple years back. Certainly not the twerp I grew to loathe on the Next Gen series. Pretty cool guy

 

So it isn't just here....:frown2:

 

The other day I'm passing another MINI in traffic and I gave him a wave (kind of a peace sign wave) and the guy blows his horn at me. Naturally I think he is responding to my wave. When we get to the next traffic light he pulls up beside me and motions for me to roll down my window. I do and he proceeds to scream at me for giving him the finger.:incazzato: He obviously didn't get it.ut: BTW, I rolled my window up and kept motoring...the world's full of them :crazy:

 

Just gotta say, I'm a chick and I STILL wave at ALL MINI's that I come into contact with even tho I drive an Acura now. (Don't ask)

:cornut:

 

As silly as the wave is it is disappointing when you don't get one back.

 

Since I do most of my driving on a divided 4 lane hiway, I don't really expect them to wave at me, but I do it anyway.....it's actually pretty hard to tell if they wave or not with dark tinted windows and such....

Anybody catch WW's 2 appearances on Big Bang Theory? They let him play a "bad" guy to Sheldon's "good"......pretty funny stuff. So far it's WW 2, SC 0!

 

Still? Last I talked to you you had settled with the insurance co and were actively looking for a replacement?

 

Yeah.....
Kinda like asking a cute girl out on a date.... And she says..... with you, are you kidding me?:incazzato:

 

A guy driving a Honda Civic waved at me this morning. He must've been a MINI driver being punished. :rolleyes5:

 

My winter ride is a 2002 Jeep Wrangler (the third one in 25 years) and they also have a "waving" fraternity..although it is a bit more subtle, just a kind of finger wagging off the steering wheel, with no noticeable smile!

Not too many other car makes and models have the "wave"...tell me if you know of others...I just have to remember which car I am driving so I don't look like an idiot in a Jeep waving at a mini! lol

packimocity

 

I had a new "69" manual, Maroon BMW Tii. Sweet little car. Remember waving at, and getting waved at by other 2002 drivers, 41 years ago.

Now that was some time before the current crowd of BMW drivers got all snippy and started wearing silk cravats and square toed shoes. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

 

Going back even further, in the late 50's and early 60's it was very common amongst British sports car drivers of pretty much any brand - I guess we were happy just to be motoring!