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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: C3PO on 03 August 2015, 08:25
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Firstly, apologies to all other drivers for the subject, no intention to single out :whistle:
Travelling last week up the A1 and another lapiz blue R pulls alongside, gives an approving nod, thumbs up, and then nails it up the road. :cool:
Anyone else experienced appreciation from another R driver?
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Well, (real) Beetle drivers have waved to each other since, well, the period when I owned one in the days before electricity ;-)
Bikers also nod to each other...
But I've never heard of this from any other form of motor transport but I guess unless you own one, you'd never notice.
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Yeah, happens all the time in mine. I do return the acknowledgment. It didn't happen in my GTI, I got a funny look, kinda like 'why do you have a GTI, mine it meant to be the only one around here grrrrr' sort of look lol
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Spirited A/M-road drives usually end with a thumbs up or flash of the lights goodbyes as you get off, doesnt matter what kinds of VAG car it is.
Only the last week I had a Mk4 V5 and new Polo GTI (very nice front lights btw, I am quite jel) in two separate occasions give me the thumbs up or flash.
That said, mk7 owners seem to be less inclined to have any kind of camaraderie, but I suppose its too new to be solely in the hands of people who like cars and have a sense of humour etc.
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I always have a look when I see an R, and give them a flash or a thumbs up - but unfortunately most just look at you like I'm mad :laugh: Have had a couple of thumbs up back though!
I think its a great thing to do! Alfa drivers are the best for this, doesn't matter which version you have they all appreciate each other; 9/10 times they used to respond to me or vice versa :smiley:
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Not an R:R acknowledgment as such, but I pass a white R 3-4 times a week on my way to work and we give each other a knowing glance each time. There appear to be 3 Rs in my neck of the woods and I've spoken to 2 of the owners but never the white R man.
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No such occurrence yet as it seems 'I am the only R in the village!' :laugh:
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No such occurrence yet as it seems 'I am the only R in the village!' :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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I did post about the same thing in the 'off topic' section a couple of months back but ironically got no response. :cry:
I was driving home this afternoon pulling off the M6 when I hear a toot of a horn. I look over and see a 'white van man' (no offence if you are reading this BTW) looking over and givings me the thumbs up. I reciprocate with a slightly puzzled look and a thumbs up.
Now he's either mistaken me for someone else or he's a fan of Golf gti's?
It made me smile anyway.
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I only acknowledge one on a regular basis who happens to be my wife :wink:
I only tend to acknowledge modified cars that i like
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Mazda MX5 owners generally do it, especially if roof is down.
On a blast through France a couple of years ago I spent a about an hour 'collecting' other MX5s on the autoroute.
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The Megane RS drivers used to flash me or signal me somehow and I them. It doesn't happen with the MK7 though. Since I got my MK7, I only get signaled by a focus ST which I cross path twice a day to my work commute and back home.
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The Megane RS drivers used to flash me or signal me somehow and I them. It doesn't happen with the MK7 though. Since I got my MK7, I only get signaled by a focus ST which I cross path twice a day to my work commute and back home.
Funny you should mention Focus ST drivers. There's quite few in Canterbury and they are quite amiable and give an appreciative nod now and again. Not so MK7 drivers :grin: But that's probably because they are a rarity around here.
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Yeah, was surprised myself about that as well, considering that I don't see any sign from a GTD I see almost every day and random MK7s. I have stopped signaling them as well.
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I always give a wave or nod to mk7 gti owners and usually get one back. I even had a guy in a clapped out Audi A4 chat to me in traffic tonight. Very pleased as its my first real compliment
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Passed an identical car to mine yesterday coming out of Tescos, gave him the thumbs up and he gave me a nod - all very cool :cool:
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Gave thumbs up to an RS3 earlier and he gave me the V sign. :laugh:
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Gave thumbs up to an RS3 earlier and he gave me the V sign. :laugh:
At least he indicated - very rare in an Audi driver! :grin:
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Gave thumbs up to an RS3 earlier and he gave me the V sign. :laugh:
It is a well known old Tuetonic Salute :whistle:
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Having done 250 miles yesterday along the A30 in Devon and Cornwall I came across three R's and none of them made any acknowldegement of my existence.
One Lapiz with a private plate, one 14 plate red one and a white one.
In fact if you turn left out of my road and drive the mile or so to the next village there are at least two and possibly three white R's in that village too and none of them nod or wave or even glance.
The only cars yesterday to give me a nod were a mk5 GTI and a purple/blue mk3 VR6 driver.
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Gave thumbs up to an RS3 earlier and he gave me the V sign. :laugh:
Maybe he had bought this months Top Gear magazine :cry:
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I never notice the R as too understated :whistle: :grin:
I did give the thumbs up to a stunning T5 at the weekend ... :undecided:
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Gave thumbs up to an RS3 earlier and he gave me the V sign. :laugh:
Maybe he had bought this months Top Gear magazine :cry:
Aw, pity the poor RS3 driver :laugh:
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Haven't quite got my GTi yet but will happily acknowledge fellow performance Golf drivers (even though I was an Audi driver!). Having said that, there seems to be very few round my way, saw a grey R being washed at Tesco recently and one GTi and the occasional GTD and that's it!
Some (many, very many) years back when I had a Lotus Excel, I used to exchange pleasentries with an XJS driver and I do kind of like the camaraderie. Wasn't so keen when I was driving my OH's 1972 Beetle as I didn't really like driving it...
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I think other forums put you off fratinising with fellow owners
Had plenty of random people in other marques want to chat about the R
Its won over a few where i sprint it as there are requests for a passenger ride
R ownership is a bit like Scirocco ownership in terms of great at first and then with the hundrum it attracted a broader ownership over and above those who liked the heritage
R brand should have always been GTI-R for em, i get where people come from on this totally as there is about 10 years in R form
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Finally today I got a flash from a fellow white R driver!
I see the car parked up all the time but it's the first time I've seen it on the move and hey presto! :afro:
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I acknowledged a GTI driver this morning with a w@nker wave and what a w@nker he was.
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I acknowledged a GTI driver this morning with a w@nker wave and what a w@nker he was.
:grin: :grin: Was he driving like a c0ck?!
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Sure was.
Brought the Golf fraternity into disrepute.
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Dropping my son to five a side practice the other Sunday I had not one but two mk5 Golfs do some ridiculous overtakes in 30 limits.
One on the way there and one on the way back. :rolleyes:
Maybe they were trying to impress me?
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Dropping my son to five a side practice the other Sunday I had not one but two mk5 Golfs do some ridiculous overtakes in 30 limits.
One on the way there and one on the way back. :rolleyes:
Maybe they were trying to impress me?
I have had similar things happen to me with mk5 GTIs. It's like they are trying to prove a point.
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Having run my M135i for almost a year.I was assured that other M Lite owners would flash,wave and nod at me.Well,they are VERY thin on the ground round my way.Have seen about 4 in a year.Nobody waved or anything.Even the one who refused to let me out at a petrol station.I nodded and smiled and he just looked at me like i was a fanny. :angry:
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Having run my M135i for almost a year.I was assured that other M Lite owners would flash,wave and nod at me.Well,they are VERY thin on the ground round my way.Have seen about 4 in a year.Nobody waved or anything.Even the one who refused to let me out at a petrol station.I nodded and smiled and he just looked at me like i was a fanny. :angry:
He's probably just borrowed the car to nip down to the shops!! :laugh: