WOT, no "MG" wave?

Pistol968 · Post by **Pistol968** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 12:48

Took the Z out for a spin on Sunday with the roof down as the sun was shining. Did 30 or so miles along country roads (and to Halfords) and on my travels encountered at least 4 other Zeds.

Having been both a motorcyclist of the nodding helmet persuasion and an MG owner in the past I gave each one a nice little wave as a fellow member of the Z owning community.

Not one response. I felt a right twit.....shan't be doing any of that again.(':oops:')

Ian_C · Post by **Ian_C** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 13:16

Don't give up. Real enthusiasts do wave

Wolverine_1999 · Post by **Wolverine_1999** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 13:57

I actually got "pulled over" by another enthusiast over here

He liked my angel eyes so much he had to know how I installed them

But you do get not noticed by a lot of them.. probably because they are oblivious that whatever else is happening on the road as well.

pingu · Post by **pingu** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 14:33

You'll get used to being the only wally who waves until suddenly another wally waves back. It makes it all worthwhile

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I wave to anyone with the top down

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Mike Fishwick · Post by **Mike Fishwick** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 17:59

Z3 owners are in general a miserable crowd, though perhaps they drive so seldom that they are terrified by the other traffic, suffer from tunnel vision, or feel that to wave back would ruin their carefully-cultivated 'cool' image!

I have often waved at an aproaching Z3 - and in spite of being the only car around, on a mountain pass, for example, generally receive the cold shoulder.

Mazda MX-5 owners, on the other hand, have far better manners, and one sees far more of them in remote places that all the Z3s put together - which tells you something.

orange · Post by **orange** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 19:04

I've had my Z3 for a couple of weeks now and I've yet to see another on the road. Seen a couple whilst driving the works van around Cambridge - both the same colour as mine. As yet I can't work out which model/engine the others had and was a tad concerned mine had been nicked!
In the past when I've bought a car I'd see loads of the same model straight away. No one waved at me then in a Toyota Carina diesel or Vauxhall Meriva - hardly surprising.
Did get a wave from a chap in a red Z4 at the weekend

pingu · Post by **pingu** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 19:09

I was waved at by a policeman the other day

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EnthuZiaZT · Post by **EnthuZiaZT** » Tue 28 Feb, 2012 21:18

orange wrote:I've had my Z3 for a couple of weeks now and I've yet to see another on the road. Seen a couple whilst driving the works van around Cambridge - both the same colour as mine. As yet I can't work out which model/engine the others had and was a tad concerned mine had been nicked!
In the past when I've bought a car I'd see loads of the same model straight away. No one waved at me then in a Toyota Carina diesel or Vauxhall Meriva - hardly surprising.
Did get a wave from a chap in a red Z4 at the weekend

We'll keep our eye out for you, being only just down the road in Sutton, Nr Ely, we often pop to the flicks or the Garden Centre and mostly see at least 2 other Zeddars

orange · Post by **orange** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 09:06

EnthuZiaZT wrote:
orange wrote:I've had my Z3 for a couple of weeks now and I've yet to see another on the road. Seen a couple whilst driving the works van around Cambridge - both the same colour as mine. As yet I can't work out which model/engine the others had and was a tad concerned mine had been nicked!
In the past when I've bought a car I'd see loads of the same model straight away. No one waved at me then in a Toyota Carina diesel or Vauxhall Meriva - hardly surprising.
Did get a wave from a chap in a red Z4 at the weekend
We'll keep our eye out for you, being only just down the road in Sutton, Nr Ely, we often pop to the flicks or the Garden Centre and mostly see at least 2 other Zeddars

Ok...will do too!

I went to look at an orange Z3 for sale in Sutton. Dunno if orange is the correct colour for it. As per most adverts on Auto Trader the car looked alot better in the pics than in the metal. It had a cracked rear window and a peculiarly portable gear knob! It drove well...I didn't buy it even though it was a nice colour.

Your Zed is a nice colour too

Pistol968 · Post by **Pistol968** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 09:32

I've decided to keep waving but to be prepared to do an "Adele" at the last second if I don't get a wave back!

peteslag · Post by **peteslag** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 13:57

Pistol968 wrote:I've decided to keep waving but to be prepared to do an "Adele" at the last second if I don't get a wave back!

Now I've got a mental image of Adele shoe-horning her substantial ginger frame into Zed. Not good

Gazza · Post by **Gazza** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 14:34

I just Flash 'em and if that don't work I flash my headlights

whiteminks · Post by **whiteminks** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 19:37

G, you tart

I just give them the royal wave.

Zed Carer · Post by **Zed Carer** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 19:59

Wolverine_1999 wrote:But you do get not noticed by a lot of them.. probably because they are oblivious that whatever else is happening on the road as well.

Having spent the last 6 days in Kerry I agree that 99.9% of drivers appear not to have a clue what is actually going on around them - it also appears that indicators are an optional extra on every car and not just BMW's

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OldskoolRS · Post by **OldskoolRS** » Wed 29 Feb, 2012 20:36

I'd probably start waving at Zeds, then realise that I'm in my work car.

This has happened with RS2000s and I've been given rude hand gestures in return (as I was driving my old Audi A4, which seemed to provoke hand gestures anyway

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I think I'll wear out my arm though as since I started looking into Z3s I seem to spot at least 2 or 3 a day in my travels, not counting the ones I'd gone to look at.

Devon Z · Post by **Devon Z** » Fri 02 Mar, 2012 09:01

Then there's the Z4 down the nose look

motco · Post by **motco** » Sat 03 Mar, 2012 07:25

I have given up on this. I get a lot of waving from other Westfield drivers when I'm out in mine - from Caterham drivers too, as I used to with my MG MIdget, but the Z seems to invoke plain ignorance from other owners.

Ci · Post by Ci » Sat 03 Mar, 2012 10:06

No one waves in a Z3 - unfriendly lot! I don't wave at them any more.
In my MGB, owned for 20 years lots of waves. Ci (waving)

pingu · Post by **pingu** » Sat 03 Mar, 2012 15:15

There are 20,000 Z3s and we are struggling to get a few hundred to go to Silverstone. I think that tells you who is in the minority.

There are a few hundred enthusiasts and many thousands of ordinary drivers.

BTW

EnthuZiaZT · Post by **EnthuZiaZT** » Sat 03 Mar, 2012 22:08

Gazza wrote:I just Flash 'em and if that don't work I flash my headlights

So it was you!!!!!!!

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