The Great '07 Schizm?... and oblivious MINI owners
I'm just imagining Kimberely driving along, waving like the queen in a parade.. 
I still wave when I can (traffic situations permitting), and get a lot of waves back. Have to wave in a manly way, though, none of this arm-flapping-around-like-a-fish stuff.
I still wave when I can (traffic situations permitting), and get a lot of waves back. Have to wave in a manly way, though, none of this arm-flapping-around-like-a-fish stuff.
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Here in AZ, since most everyone has darkly tinted windows and they're rolled up with the A/C going full blast, a lot of waves are just plain missed... Last spring, before temperatures got so hellish, I was giving and getting waves with much more regularity.
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Joined: Jul 2006
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From: East Central Indiana
I live in a small town in the midwest, and I know of only about three or four other MINIs in this area. We all wave if we see each other.
When I go to Indy is about the only time I'm apt to see several others. Sometimes we wave and sometimes were watching other traffic! (usually at 25-35 MPH over the posted limit!
) I think I want to motor safely more than I want to wave and be waved upon!
When I go to Indy is about the only time I'm apt to see several others. Sometimes we wave and sometimes were watching other traffic! (usually at 25-35 MPH over the posted limit!) I think I want to motor safely more than I want to wave and be waved upon!
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Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Queen Creek, AZ
"Hellish"? It was mild this year.
I do agree with several posts above where peeps are just plain old ign'ant about their surroundings. They just look at the brake lights ahead and not everything else.
I'm used to scanning and being very aware of my surroundings, therefore, look around me everyplace and now have a special eye for MINIs!
I do agree with several posts above where peeps are just plain old ign'ant about their surroundings. They just look at the brake lights ahead and not everything else.
I'm used to scanning and being very aware of my surroundings, therefore, look around me everyplace and now have a special eye for MINIs!
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From: Florida
It's a Left Coast Thing....
OK,
has anyone else noticed this:
The last couple times my wife has let me drive Gromit, I've seen a couple '07s drving around. When I give them a hearty MINI wave, no reaction, nothing, completely oblivious to their fellow MINI owners. I've also noticed several pre-07 owners around Monterey who are ignorant of their fellow MINIs as well.
What gives?!?
I can understand this behavior to some extent when I'm driving my Element (I started a similar thread on www.elementownersclub.com) but not when I'm driving my MINI, which is purple and silver and really hard to miss
has anyone else noticed this:
The last couple times my wife has let me drive Gromit, I've seen a couple '07s drving around. When I give them a hearty MINI wave, no reaction, nothing, completely oblivious to their fellow MINI owners. I've also noticed several pre-07 owners around Monterey who are ignorant of their fellow MINIs as well.
What gives?!?
I can understand this behavior to some extent when I'm driving my Element (I started a similar thread on www.elementownersclub.com) but not when I'm driving my MINI, which is purple and silver and really hard to miss
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