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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: mongchops on 23 January 2008, 19:46

Title: Why?
Post by: mongchops on 23 January 2008, 19:46
Why don't we wave to each other?  I have owned a Mini 1275GT and a 1600E and when ever I saw another car the same I always waved and got a response. There are a few mk2 owners around where I lived but not once has any of them returned my hail.  Shame eh!
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: vwdanny001 on 23 January 2008, 19:52
must be your location mate. the dubbers in cheshire always wave. even to some one in a b5 passat with nothing but black badges and a genuine boot spoiler to destiguish it as a dubbers car. just keep waving till they get the hint  :grin: :evil: :grin:
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Dec on 23 January 2008, 19:55
A guy from another forum in a mk4 nodded at me once and i nodded back but around here its mostly old people (aka 70 ye olds) driving older golfs and estate agents driving mk3 gti's
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Post by: bigman_10 on 23 January 2008, 20:09
oh big post! i have this exact same problem i drive a white 1.3 golf with a blue bonnet and a gti grill! i never ever get a wave or a hoot! if anyone on here sees me in the nottingham area give me wave a peep a flash anything to keep the spirit alive! :grin:
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Post by: bobbymk11 on 23 January 2008, 20:21
up here in scotland get waves and smiles all the time...even chat in traffic jams :grin:
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Post by: Goops on 23 January 2008, 23:54
Always get Nods from mk2 owners around west london, mk3 mk4 owners just start revving their engines  :grin:
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Post by: Mew on 24 January 2008, 00:09
People in dubs around Oxford are generally nob jockeys and either ignore or one guy in particular will look at you like you're a piece of sh!t. However, around Milton keynes and Northampton it's hard to concentrate with the amount of people waving and flashing their lights! Alright, maybe a slight exaggeration......
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Conker on 24 January 2008, 01:57
I flash!

Only other Mk2's though.
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Post by: sdall30 on 24 January 2008, 09:30
MK2 Drivers in Worcester area always wave or nod ..
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Post by: mashed on 24 January 2008, 09:36
I always NOD! or Wave, Only if someone else does it first though. I had someone chase me the other day for about 5 miles in a sprinter! (DODGY AREA)
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Post by: RKett 16v on 24 January 2008, 09:36
I took my mk2 out for the first time in ages on Sat and as i came to some lights a modded red mk2 came the other way, i waved and he just looked at me as if i had gone mad! Its a good feelin when someone flashes or waves at you from another mk2  :grin:
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Peel on 24 January 2008, 11:53
I'm another ex-Mini man. Always good fun to acknowledge others with similarly good taste.
Not much Golf waveage round my way either. I'll keep flashing/waving & see what I can do.
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: â„¢MiKeYâ„¢ on 24 January 2008, 12:00
MK2 Drivers in Worcester area always wave or nod ..

ye was about to say, I live in Malvern and whenever I see other Mrk 2's etc, we Flash 2 aknowledge each other   :tongue:
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: russ-vdub on 24 January 2008, 12:18
don't get anything down bournemouth way, everyone is pretentious, stuck up fatherless sons...i'll flash the next mk2 i come  across and see what i get, probably a middle finger haha
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: Dec on 24 January 2008, 12:37
up here in scotland get waves and smiles all the time...even chat in traffic jams :grin:
:huh: theres traffic in scotland?

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Post by: Jay on 24 January 2008, 13:30
I don't wave or flash any other MK2's but thats normally because i don't notice them until it's too late, but I do nod my head if I make eye contact. That's if I do ever see other MK2's, don't have many my way  :sad:
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: jimmy1182 on 24 January 2008, 13:35
There are quite a few people round me with some tasty Golfs, so if anyone gets a wave form a MK2 Gti in black from in the South Manchester,  around Didsbury, Withington, Fallowfield area, please wave back  :grin:

I love it when i'm in my Camper, we all wave and grin at each other
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Post by: Andy! on 24 January 2008, 13:44
I love it when i'm in my Camper, we all wave and grin at each other
Hippies :sick:
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Post by: sesterfield on 24 January 2008, 13:55
I got flashed in Guildford once  :smug:, but that's about it
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Post by: jimmy1182 on 24 January 2008, 14:42
I love it when i'm in my Camper, we all wave and grin at each other
Hippies :sick:

Well if i put the Subura engine in the van you won't be saying that  :grin:
But i haven't yet so going to shut up  :embarassed:
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: jammac on 24 January 2008, 15:36
i get flashed by speed camaras.................i dont flash back at em though



does that count?
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Post by: MAT ed30 on 24 January 2008, 15:58
 i have a beetle and we always wave at each other  :tongue:. i have had a wave from a guy in a camper when i was is the mk2 so waved back  :laugh:.
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Post by: ginga on 24 January 2008, 20:43
people r so stuck up round my way nobody nods not even other bikers when on me firestorm
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Post by: richardhammond on 24 January 2008, 21:42
There are Lots of people in Mk2 golfs is my area but i only flash if they look like they are fans! or if they are going the same way they are always up for a little "Race" Not if they are people that dont giva what they drive! What a waste of a golf!
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: mk2mark on 24 January 2008, 22:45
A lot of passengers I have are amused/confused by all the waving and flashing - it helps when your car is low and wide, it's easily spotted - but I always wave if I see them first or if it's a farmer in his jetta with no clue what's going on :laugh:
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Post by: b4rks on 25 January 2008, 08:11
I always wave too, to Mk2s, Mk1s and any funky campers I see, but as before, only if they look like they're into their cars.

Spotted a mint red mk2 northbound on the m5 the other day, so pulled in behind him and convoyed it for a bit.  Dude gave me a big thumbs up when I got bored and went past him.

Everyone should be doing the same, it's nice if you've had a crap day at work, are driving home and someone gives you a thumbs up :)

^^But then again, I suppose that's going against the general attitude of this country at the moment - eveyone's an enemy until proven otherwise....... shame.
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: dubsport on 25 January 2008, 08:16
il flash people but get strange looks in return  :tongue:
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Post by: Conker on 25 January 2008, 09:33
il flash people but get strange looks in return  :tongue:

Are you sure you're talking about the same kind of "flashing"?
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Post by: dubsport on 25 January 2008, 09:34
hmmm  :huh:

good point  :grin:
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Post by: russ-vdub on 02 February 2008, 21:23
wayhay flashed a few golfs and got waves back :D thats well cool in my opinion :D
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Post by: Uruk Hai on 02 February 2008, 22:04
The only time I've been waved, or flashed at is when I was stood on the side of the road getting a lecture for going waaaay to fast  :angry:
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: herbster on 02 February 2008, 22:14
Everything I drive is VW, thats a gti, cabrio and a LT van, I nod and smile at all other vw's, they all think I staring at them I think, only in the notts/derby area though, never had that in the nw, always got a return nod or wave!!
Title: Re: Why?
Post by: MarkS on 02 February 2008, 22:14
I gave some guy the thumbs up when I was walking down the street and he rolled up to the traffic lights in a bright orange mk1 and he nodded back.

I usually don't notice other mk2s until they've gone past  :sad:

Had some guy in a vr6 corrado grin at me as he undertook me on a dual carriage way as I was stuck in a queue of traffic behind some old woman doing 45.  :rolleyes: