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The VW wave

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/14090/the-vw-wave

fuz 路

Do you wave when people in dubs pass you?

I do and I love the sense of community (no im not a hippy im just lonely)

fuz 路

*bump* comments welcommed 馃檪

pyr0 路

i wave all the time to all the vw's dont get many waves back from the newer ones though 馃檨

BenettonVW 路

I do, but I have noticed that recent watercooled cars have no 'sense of VW community', and presume they know you..
So I, unfortunetly, tend not to wave to the 'New Generation' Volkswagens.. But the others... RELIGIOUSLY!!

65square 路

Seems to be an aircooled thing here as well. You just have to raise the hand to the other "oldies" out there! My kids do the same even if we're in the (dare I say it??) Kia!

nbturbo 路

My addiction began back in the mid '60's and I have progressed thru to a New Beetle.I have no attraction to any other water cooled VW(perhaps one day to the new generation of Kombi)and will acknowledge any one driving any model Beetle or any other air cooled VW.I have at least one air cooled VW from the 50's,60's and 70's and an '02 New Beetle and admire and respect everyone who makes an attempt to keep the air cooled ones running in whatever form that they choose.I seem to get a feeling that people who drive the newer model h2o VW's don't even want to acknowledge any one driving a New Beetle.Any way I will still keep waving.

fuz 路

personally i tend to wave to air cooled only and thats not due to preference just that the H20 pumpers dont wave back.. then again the type 2 guys very rarely do either

Robo 路

Lets face it, the new models don't have the same old style indiviuality as the old one's.
The new one's are not much different to any other modern car. To own and use a pre 80's beetle requires a lot more devotion, due to the amount of maintainence required, this usually means the owners of these cars do a lot of the work themselve's, this breeds a relationship- connection, with the car that you dont get sending it to the dealers for a service! the PPL who have the new ones, to them it's just another car, they could very well have bought a holden or a BMW.
I think this may be the reason the newer model owners don't wave, they are not really what you call " VW PPL" like us.

Rob......

[Edited on 4-10-2003 by Robo]

Stanley 路

I tend to agree anything type 1,2,3,4 will wave at watercooled however different story i don't really think that they look at their rides as vw's but just a mode of transport.

Boozer 路

I try to wave to all aircooled VW's but i can't always as i'm trying to drive. So i'll make up for it now. *wave*

Mrs M 路

Well i am a new Beetle owner and i wave at everyone i see..... but normally the older Air cooled vehicles dont wave back 馃檨 but i dont give up though.

I do get lots of people come and have a bit of a chatt in the middle of carparks and even once at an intersection on a red light....

We also own a Kombi i do have to admit we get lots more waves and hellos in the Kombi.

We have been out in the new purchase a Country Buggy we have not taken her onto the main streets but have had a lot of looks that is for sure and alot of questions wtf is that...... 馃榾 馃榾 馃榾

[Edited on 4-10-2003 by Mrs M]

Black_math 路

I just wave to all cars馃榾

splittychick 路

I'll never forget when i bought my first kombi about 8 years ago & just after i bought it i drove into Noosa & a fellow kombi driver coming the other way waved at me,i quickly returned the wave & have been doing it ever since!!!!馃榾馃榾馃榾
The worst is when your driving someone elses car(thats not a veedub)& you pass a fellow dubber & forget that your not in your vw & you wave & they look at you strangely!!They then probably spend the rest of the day trying to work out if they knew you or not!!馃榾馃榾

1303Steve 路

Hi

I wave all the time, but I have also found that the newer VWs owners just dont get it. How tied does yuor arm get when your at a VW event like Nambucca, your waving to almost every car.

1302Steve

Starbug 路

I always wave... doesnt mean that i get waved back to though.

ByronBug 路

I try to wave to all VW's dispite what kind
old or new.
But get more waves from older VW's.
Its frustrating when your a passenger of another car & you still want to wave to all VW's
Judy

fuz 路

its good to see that everyone is in aggreeance about the sense of community, almost the closeness that only a religeon can provide, minus the sad logo :jesus

starbuggy - i wave to you.. there is a royal blue and red convertible type 1 that refuse to wave.. plus most sunshine coast kombis dont wave.. i guess they must just be borrowing the car or dont understand the meaning of politeness

Shani 路

I always wave and get a bit of a buzz when someone waves back to me. Kinda makes my whole day. I don't wave to Golfs though, partly cause I don't realise what they are until they're on top of me and they are everywhere. Not much different to any other small car on the road at the moment, the personality isn't there (apologies to the golf drivers, just what I think)

Did a bit of a double take the other night when you pulled up alongside me on the highway fuz! Saw the bug then realised it had the markings along the sides! Waved like mad and had a grin on my face all night at work. 馃榾:thumb馃槈

jenz58 路

I love to wave but in the type 3 a lot of Vee Dubbers don't recognise the connection so don't wave back馃檨

You feel like you're in a non VW with some of the looks, but then when you do see a possitive repsonse you know they are a Vee Dubber who knows their Vee Dubbs:thumb

72TWINCAB 路

I find that only Kombi drivers do the VW wave. I wave to all kombi's and get quite pissed off if they don't wave back:cussing If they do wave back it really makes my day馃榾

I am not a snob to other Vee Dubs and will return a wave if they give me one. But this does not happen very often.

Starbug 路

I find that type 3's wave back to me more than type 2's do... i think thats great!!

there are 4 beetles at my work (including mine) and we all wave to eachother if we see eachother. a few weeks ago there was a strange beetle with an oldish man sitting inside of it outside my parking spot at work. I made sure i waved with great enthusiasm and that he saw me. He then proceeded to give me the dirtiest look i have had for ages! :cry I think that put me off waving for the day 馃檨

buzzbug 路

whildt driving through sydney last weekend on my way from newcastle to wollongong i waved at every air cooled VW that i spotted and only got a wave back from a notch back. was feeling rather rejected till then, i thought that they changed the waving rule and no one told me.

KOM123 路

2 recent awesome waving experiences...

(1) coming out of Canberra, a guy in a Kombi (which looked as though it had done alot of travelling 馃檪 ) going the other stuck the FULL arm out out the window to give a huuuuuge wave!!

(2) pleasantly suprised last week when driving through Kellyville when a Bug not only waved to me in a Kombi 馃榾 but PRE-EMPTED the wave by giving me a flash of his/her lights first on approach 馃檪

Hooray the wave :thumb

[Edited on 6-10-2003 by KOM123]

Starbug 路

Lights! i never thought of that!馃榾

thats it brisbane veedubbers... if you get flashed you know it means that you have to wave! :bounce

72TWINCAB 路

Oooooh. Can't wait to be flashed:P

mnsKmobi 路

I confine my waving to other kombis (T1/T2 only though). Usually get a wave back.馃榾

I've tried waving from non-VWs or the footpath - doesn't work!

[Edited on 7-10-2003 by mnsKmobi]

vw_addict 路

im a waver, and i know when i get a wave back i get agreat sense of community. myself, pyro and our mate, went down the caost recently, and he couldnt believe how many waves we got from other kombis. he suggested starting something similar with his beloved commodore. We laughed at him and said good luck!!!!!!!馃榾馃榾馃榾

vw_addict 路

i also get in trouble when i drive my dads car, cos i see a vee dub and automatically wave. they look at me like im a goose!!!!!:bounce

byronbus 路

:thumb I wave, especially to judy, Andy, and Peter...they wave back, see at least one of them everyday...
But Byron is full of Kombis...hippy homes and Euro backpackers, they very rarely wave, infact someone gave me the finger when i waved once...

byronbus 路

Also...find it harder to wave driving a beetle, dont see others as quickly and windows too bloody small, and the splitty windows...

ByronBug 路

:sandrine
As we live with a lot of tourists driving
kombis you don't get the wave often from them.
But we have a group of us VW enthusists who live around here local & always get the hand out of the window wave...
makes you feel good that others share your passion ....馃榾
Stay Happy
Judy

modulus 路

I'm selective; I wave at yellow and white 1975 T2 double cabs. So far, business is slow.

byronbus 路

I hang half my body out the window when i see other utes 馃榾

KOM123 路

h2ocool wrote:i was recently introduced to the wave at the German Autofest saturday cruise... i waved at everyone and it was really cool.... :thumb
Dang Rob, I can't believe we were both at the Autofest and didn't catch up! We've chatted on the forum and in email too!! Oh well, next event! I will have to wave if I see you on the roads 馃榾

68AutoBug 路

What about when you "beep" at all the little kids looking at the strange car...
they love it.... and besides the beetle is the most recognisable "car" in the world..
My grandsons have Kombi t shirts and pjamas and beetle tee shirts & shirts,,,
"beep" "beep"'
Good one herbie...

sooty 路

I always wave when I am driving the kombi...but I had my 1st experience driving a beetle the other day, holy crap!! how do you guys do it?

I learnt to drive in the kombi and the kombi is the only car hat i have ever driven.

I shook for like half an hour when I got out of the beetle...you sit so low how the hell can you see anything, and oh my god, the nose!! you can't even see the end of it!! tiny windows, 1st look in the side mirrors and i nearly shit myself they are small!!!!I don't know miles!!!!

I am not trying to bag your passion, but thank god for kombi's!!!!!
Although I have to admit about the fourth time I drove the beetle I was starting to relax and it was kind of cool....but if another vw had passed there was no way of releasing the steering wheel from my deathgrip!!! :o:o:o
I am still too scared to try to park it at the shopping centre...I can do the kombi without blinking, but you can't see the front of the car in the beetle!!!
phew...sorry anxiety level was raising...is there a trick to parking when you can't see where your car is?

youngone 路

pray! nah the beetles are quite smaller than kombis and sedans and the like. you can get away with being tucked into the park. Hate driving a normal car after being used to my bug- always get into trouble having the back end stick out a mile!:P

i'm a brisbane bugger, wave a bit, would probably get scared if someone flashed me. to me that means there's cops ahead and i probably should slow down!!

LittleMissHerbina 路

The guy who sold me my car told me that its only polite to wave to every vw you see.
I have alwys done this.
I hate it when i wave to people and they look at me like
'what the hell are you looking at'.

Its so rude, there needs to be more VW spirit. :bounce

ByronBug 路

:sandrine
I get the younger generation pointing & looking & playing punch buggy...
I then toot her little vw horn....& get them waving.
The older generation look at her & smile
& usually give the thumbs up...
and again I toot her little vw horn...& a get a laugh out of them.
Its all good! & fun
Judy



laugh & a smile

fuz 路

when i first started driving beetles i thought that the car was encouraging violence "PUNCH BUGGY!!" but then i figure the little losers deserve it so i go around the block HEHE .. no really..

i wave at everything.. even trees and i love it when the "cute punch buggy" blows the doors off their rice mobile

Boozer 路

I had the best wave the other day. I was hooning along in my baja and i see this pretty much white stock standard beetle coming from the other way, i gave my normal one handed wave to the young female driver???, and then i thought "screw this, I can do better." So i chucked my entire arm out the window and waved as we passed with her doing the same. It was fun as! I was smiling the whole way home... I wonder if it would be possible to do a high five? though if you're both doing 80kms in towards eachother then your hands are going to be slapping at 160kmh! that might beak a few bones...

Black_math 路

On my way hoem for LIVID i waved to all these hippes in there kombis it was soo kool and when i waved everybody on bord em waved back馃榾

Boozer 路

Kool mate! did ya have fun?馃槑馃榾:thumb

Black_math 路

THE WHITE STRIPES AND LINKIN PARK WENT OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS TEH GOD DAMIST MADDEST THING IIVE EVERE SEEEN!!!!!馃槑馃榾馃榾馃榾馃榾馃榾

helbus 路

I like waving to other Kombies when I am in the Kombi, and Beetles when in the Beetle. Although I look at all VW's whenever possible and I wave back when any one else does.

I also like to wave to little kids, because they see a Kombi and especially a Beetle as a familiar shaped car.

One kid today had his eyes popping out and mouth wide open as if he had just seen a cartoon character cruise past.

Kids seem to notice bright orange and purple things. 馃榾

jenz58 路

I'm still wavin:thumb

Noticed a lot of young guys in their old Datson/Mazda type cars cruisin up to Dr L lately and really checking him out. I give them a wave

We may get some converts馃槑

Starbug 路

While out fixing my beetle on the road today some kids punched eachother up when they walked past. I thought it only fair to give them a thumbs up:thumb

Not really wave related, but it is funny to see people inflicting hilarious punches to other people when stopped at traffic lights.馃榾

Purple Martin 路

I always wave to kombis, but beetles never seem to wave back so I sometimes don't wave to them.

I'll always return a wave from any car! Even if it's non-vw, it might be a dubber borrowing their partner's car.

kombi_76er 路

yeah the wave is definetly traditional but wer does it come from????
i luv the kombi wave my 1st eva drive in a kombi i drove past a fellow kombieer and i received a wave my old man said quik u gotta wave back n i started waving like crazy. That whole day i had the biggest grin on my face and i realised that the kombi was the best car i could of eva brought 馃榾:thumb

Black_math 路

Wat you got? as in model, and mods?