Water pumper observation...they appear snobby when it comes to \"the wave\"....

Schmoburger · 2006-03-19T15:51:22+00:00

We are all familiar with the VW wave I'm sure... however I have observed that when it comes to watercooled dubbers.... they just don't do it... snobs! Today I was driving into nowra in the kombi, and a Golf appeared behind me.... tafter tailgating for about 5 minutes, they just shot passt without so much as a glance upwards... like some disgruntled Kia driver! 🙁 After that... not too long after... I passed a T4 van.... I kind of expected an EV driver might carry on the tradition most commonly excercised by Kombi drivers... but now... total ignorance again. :cry: 30 min later.. on the way back out of Nowra, I passed blue NB on the highway... again no wave... this time i figured i'd give a wave... and the driver semed to deliberately avert her eyes!!! Agh!!! :jesus I did however pass a an orange bay on the highway... in Fallsy... and got a very hearty wave out the winda from quite a distance... which I returned as heartily as is possible with closed widows. 😂 Dunno if it's just the waterpumpers that i come across that are snobs or a if it is some kind of pumper-wide cliqueiness...or an anti-air conspiracy! :P 🥷 Whatever the case... Im yet to be snobbed by an aircooled dubber! 🙂 EDIT: grrrr...damn ninja smiley. :vader [ Edited on 19-3-2006 by Schmoburger ]

PrettyBlueBug Almost over it...

2,032 posts · joined May 2005 · 21 Mar 2006, 11:35 am

#466440

Fekkinell, I think I've seen your Bus a few times, but always from a distance and then you turn off... atleast I think it's your Bus, Canterbury road usually about 5:30pm or so? 🙂

[ Edited on 21/3/2006 by Pretty_Blue_Bug ]

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 21 Mar 2006, 1:05 pm

#466471

twoguns wrote:not selling out to the plastic comfort!!! and thinking that you still are part of history.:P

selling out???? really?? part of history??? noooo... just the future of VW. :thumb

see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

twoguns simply aircooled

4,275 posts · joined Nov 2002 · 21 Mar 2006, 1:15 pm

#466474

hahaha. but its not about the future, its about preserving and enjoying the history.

it is easy to go buya new car for its comfort and safety and reliability and so forth.

but the wave is the acknowledgment of the story, the pain. teh wonder if i will make the eight hour jorney to xyz, sweating on a 37 degree summers day wondering if your mtoor is coping, playing guess that smell. and then of course teh people you meet with their own stories of driving an opd veedub!!!

Simply Cruzin'...

fekkinell Wolfsburg Wizard

655 posts · joined Jun 2005 · 21 Mar 2006, 1:56 pm

#466490

PBB.... could be me... i study in hawthorn and usually cross canterbury road coming home 🙂

"Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is? Why don't you tell it like it REALLY is?" - stereophonics

PrettyBlueBug Almost over it...

2,032 posts · joined May 2005 · 21 Mar 2006, 2:11 pm

#466497

YAY!! Then I've seen you and your lovely orange Bus. Can't wait to be able to give you a wave one day in my PBB!! :P

buzzbug Praise the lowered

1,992 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 21 Mar 2006, 2:29 pm

#466501

Hehe...glad you like the old girl buzzbug...hehe... If I see a low bug scraping up Kinghorne St any time I'll be certain to wave also! :P 👍 'Onya!

Is your bug a creamy color mate?... I saw a pretty low cream bug at the lights near Machonnachies a while back... :bounce

Nah mate mine is almost the same colour as yours. Number plates are LON510. I usually have a wooden roof rack on but not at the moment.

Lee.

some people are like slinky's
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 21 Mar 2006, 3:15 pm

#466517

twoguns wrote:hahaha. but its not about the future, its about preserving and enjoying the history.

it is easy to go buya new car for its comfort and safety and reliability and so forth.

but the wave is the acknowledgment of the story, the pain. teh wonder if i will make the eight hour jorney to xyz, sweating on a 37 degree summers day wondering if your mtoor is coping, playing guess that smell. and then of course teh people you meet with their own stories of driving an opd veedub!!!

well cool... thanks for pointing out the story of the wave. :thumb
I'll just not participate when in our NB

see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

PrettyBlueBug Almost over it...

2,032 posts · joined May 2005 · 21 Mar 2006, 3:28 pm

#466518

blutopless2 wrote:
twoguns wrote:hahaha. but its not about the future, its about preserving and enjoying the history.

it is easy to go buya new car for its comfort and safety and reliability and so forth.

but the wave is the acknowledgment of the story, the pain. teh wonder if i will make the eight hour jorney to xyz, sweating on a 37 degree summers day wondering if your mtoor is coping, playing guess that smell. and then of course teh people you meet with their own stories of driving an old veedub!!!
well cool... thanks for pointing out the story of the wave. :thumb
I'll just not participate when in our NB

Maybe NB drivers have stories to share also?? I'll still wave if I see you!! :P

blutopless2 DAMSLO

2,457 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 21 Mar 2006, 3:32 pm

#466519

Pretty_Blue_Bug wrote:I'll still wave if I see you!! :P

right back at ya!...
others may just cop a different sort of wave! LOL :P

see.... air and water do mix 😉

1974 1300
1997 MK3 Golf GL
2003 NB Cabrio
2012 Golf VI GTI
2014 Audi A4 Quattro

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 21 Mar 2006, 3:33 pm

#466521

Wes - it doesn't make someone less of an enthusiast just because they drive a NB. The wave is more than the pain of having something old, it's an acknowledgement that we're both driving the same marque. If some NB and water pumpers don't wave - fine - but don't crucify those that do wave. And when I had my FTO, I would have waved at you in your Skyline. LOL.

fekkinell Wolfsburg Wizard

655 posts · joined Jun 2005 · 21 Mar 2006, 4:07 pm

#466527

Pretty_Blue_Bug wrote:YAY!! Then I've seen you and your lovely orange Bus. Can't wait to be able to give you a wave one day in my PBB!! :P

Hehe.. I'll definitely keep an eye out for ya... Im notorious for not seeing other people i know on the road... if i dont see you, just abuse me til i look around hehe 😵‍💫

"Mr Writer, why don't you tell it like it is? Why don't you tell it like it REALLY is?" - stereophonics