Have I done something offensive???

Spook · 2006-01-16T05:44:10+00:00

I bought myself a T3 bus on Thursday. After sorting a few minor details, I take it for a run Sunday. 3 bay kombis, 2 beetles, a beach buggy & even another t3 I passed. Waved to all of them, not a single response. It appears all the long lost relatives I found while driving my bay or beetle don't appreciate my latest aquisition. :repuke

Mad Manx KombiKroozin

456 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 19 Jan 2006, 11:14 am

#448595

Hell I wave at every one driving or walking just cause I love to see the "Do I know him look" on their faces, but I reserve the "V" wave for dubbers, and most (who are backpackers) do wave back.

- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05😢 ) - '65 manx (smick) -'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable)

bugeyedbabe Wheres her VW heart on her sleeve

3,945 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 19 Jan 2006, 11:25 am

#448601

i get heaps of waves...my kids love it...

people see the car laugh and beep....and not just vws either. the other day we had a big 4wd with lder teenage males going off their head beeping and laughing and pointing. One guy yelled out 'love ur car!'

And the school kids...I love watching the punch buggies in the rear view...best thing is when I take my kids to a park/pool etc, the kids that stop and stare and try to work out what color it is...

punch buggy green..whack
no its white..take the punch back...whack!
no..its green..look at the wheels!..whack!
its not...whack!
third joins in...its a rainbow...whack whack!

Cracks me up every time i hear the argument😂

I was told once that with my car I can expect to hear lots of stories too...and they were right. every petrol trip I have to put in approx an extra 10 minutes listening to people tell me their vw stories, or how they love my car...even the hitler turning in his grave thing.

Every journey I do, I get at least one wave and a full on stare at the car...but we always get big smiles in the end.

And yes, I think its more because their grateful THEIR not driving it...:lol

So for the moment...i'm not having the same problem right now. I have the opposite. my hands spend more time returning waves then they do on the wheel it self.

dubless. 🥲
🥷 And who the helled parked the Mitsubishi "Prancer" under my house??? 🥷

jonjon86 Commited Dubber

50 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 19 Jan 2006, 8:04 pm

#448769

I drive a T3 wagon, (Bright yellow so its impossible for people not to see me) and i wave to every person driving air cooled VW.

Unfortunately, it seems that in my area no one knows that my car is a type of VW.

No one ever waves back to me unless i know them personally.

I put it down to the fact that people who are buying the older VWs now days dont understand the history behind them and fail to even agnowlege my car as a genuine VW.

It gets annoying but ill continue to keep waving till eventually they wave back.:P

Who says persistence dosent pay

jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 19 Jan 2006, 8:37 pm

#448779

How do you think i feel??

I drive a notchback.. an even lesser-known VW... i very rarely get waves back 🙁

However theres a squareback getting around here thats the same colour... i always get a wave from them 🙂

buzzbox Seriously Crusin Dubber

149 posts · joined Dec 2005 · 20 Jan 2006, 9:05 pm

#449138

How do you think i feel??

BOOYAH!
First I ever heard of type 3's was when I did a 'buy it now' on ebay, crazy from a month of overtime..on the strength of one blurry picture..
love at first sight, and never looked back:P
Been seeing them on the road ever since.
Wierd..never noticed them before!
First wave I got from another type 3 owner, months later..:thumb:thumb:thumb was a coool thing.

bog'n'grumble

netvampire Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 21 Jan 2006, 1:21 pm

#449312

:cry i dont understand myself, normaly people usualy give me the thumb up or a smile when i pull up next to em(then i can reply in a friendly manner🙄 mainly from holdens or fords etc.etc. but today i was out shopping and stopped next to a beetle intentionaly. anyway come out from the shops the couple that owned the car was walking around mine looking at it. so as hoped i could have a little chat, looked at the guy said hello waiting for a response, looked at me got in his car and drove off... i mean how rude is that.