I didn't wave, but I honked as I passed a PS/PS yesterday.

They did nothing but look annoyed with me.

 

Try waving & smiling after the honk. Some people only use the horn in anger, so they probably just misunderstood.


On a side-note, I just got back from the Caribbean. Drivers there use the horn a lot. They use it to say Hi twice as often as to warn and as I can tell rarely in anger. I've adopted the practice, though it's sadly lost on many. I looked all week and finally spotted a MINI. I think it must have been bought through the BMW dealer.

 

To see another MINI in my neck of the woods is a very rare thing.
I don't think they misunderstood anything at all, just a sourpuss.

 

i flash and wave... there are a bunch that wave back but... still some that like to ignore me! (mostly women) 8 out of 10!

-Josh

 

I'd have waved at you Josh.

 

I am glad some women will! I even waved to a mini on a highway as I was getting on... and he was getting off! 2 lanes each direction! so it was about a solid 200ft! going opposite directions with cars inbetween!

-Josh

 

I wave, ALWAYS. I don't care that 99% of the time people don't wave back. Where's the spirit?!

 

Every time we flash, honk or wave at another MINI the other driver is more likely to reciprocate next time. Keep it up.

 

the MINI's i usually run into are driven by older people. I'm only 20, so maybe that's why, but they never seem to wave. Is it intimidating to see a young person in a car or something or do people just not wave in general. I have yet to get a wave from someone over 30.

 

MINIs are rare in this area too. I regularly see a blue MC, we wave (actually I wave, he gives the peace sign)...a lady in a black MCS waves, but the other day I saw a teenage girl in a red MC, no response at all. It seems to be just the attitude....as if her parents just bought her this "cute little car" that she doesn't really understand...the type of young girl you usually see cruisin in her V6 Mustang.

 

In Northern VA, I wave at every MINI that I pass. Yet to be waved back to.

Once I accidentally waved at a guy on the side of the road; his car had been disabled somehow. I smiled and waved, passed him and everything, before realizing that he probably wasn't in the best of moods. D'oh!

 

I waved at 4 MINIs yesterday. They didn't wave back I don't know why they didn't see me I was TOPLESS

Lois

 

Oh I not only would have waved! maybe lunch?

-Josh

 

I'm a woman (last time I checked), and I motor in my Black/Black MC and 90% of the drivers that wave back or acknowledge you in any way are men. I was just telling my husband a few days ago that the female MINI drivers are so into what they are doing (or themselves) that they don't wave.

I wave and I'm proud! When I part company with another MINI on the road, I turn on my rear wiper to say goodbye.

Come on people... it take half a sec to give a thumbs up, peace sign...somethin'... don't leave your fellow motorers hangin'.

LOLO

 

OMG OMG break out the record books, call the news, report this to CNN! women don't pay attention to things around them while driving (minor exceptions).
I am just glad it isn't just me that recognizes this!

-Josh

 

Yes! Had my first MINI smile-and-wave-back today!

Cutie in a LY Cooper, as I was about to turn to get to my house.

THANK YOU, whoever you were!

 

I'm sorry to say that in Atlanta almost all the Minis that I wave to or flash lights at do not acknowledge.........

 

I pay attention, and wave or flash lights. I'm a female, and I drive very well! :smile: Sometimes it seems that the traffic flow isn't conducive to a close enough encounter. I think it might also be that there aren't that many in my city, or they must be havin' fun in the twisties and not in town.

 

Here in the NW I get a response more than 50% of the time. Doesn't bother me that some don't acknowledge me.

 

Not many Mini's to be seen out here in rural West Ohio... Finally passed one on the open road after 12 months of living out here With a look of surprise on both faces - we waved and motored on:smile:

 

me too. Occasionally I see a modified mini and get ready for a wave, but most of the time, I get no response

 

Aww, i was just out in NJ for a month. If i had seen you i would have definitely waved. I got more waves in NJ than i ever got in Ohio. I also drove across the entire state of PA TWICE without seeing a single mini.

 

im in west jersey and some do some dont. if i see them i look at them and if they look over i wave to um. sometimes they dont wave but stay behind or on the side for a while. just waved to some guys in a black one today with black windows and tail lights and holy black

 

I don't even have my MINI yet, and I still wave at all the MINIs I see!

If you're ever in Colorado Springs, or Denver and some dude in a green ford Taurus waves at you, you'll know it's me! Wave back, cuz I'm about 2 1/2 weeks from having my HB/W MCS!

 

I waved at a NEW JB/JB MCS today! he waved back flashed lights it was kinda cool to see a replica of my Mini and a friendly driver too! I can't wait to see if they show up at the smokey mountain mini meeting!

-Josh