Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:04 pm
Got my first wave off another e30 driver today. Do many people do this.
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Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:13 pm
Yes
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:19 pm
I got flashed today on my way home from work. It does make me chuckle.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:43 pm
Yeah I do it... 
E30's used to be a very common sight on the road. Notso nowadays. I'm always chuffed to see another...
E30's used to be a very common sight on the road. Notso nowadays. I'm always chuffed to see another...
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:49 pm
I give a nod n a light flash
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:50 pm
I always do.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:55 pm
always
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:00 pm
Theres a fella I see in a white '84 518 every now and then, always lets on. Turns out he was the fella that did the logo for my company.. small world.!
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:01 pm
..not E30, but saw a white 246 Dino and an Austin Cambridge exchange a bib yesterday, seems like any car over 25 years is worth a bib these days 
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:05 pm
no, do you wave at people on other buses if your getting public transport into work?
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:09 pm
I know what rh306 means, I always exhange nods with mk1 golfs, beetles ect... anything old and not common place.!
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:10 pm
Why would you get on a bus if you had an E30 to drive?
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:14 pm
Because you let someone bodge a ponced up ford pinto into it and its broke?kitch wrote:Why would you get on a bus if you had an E30 to drive?
Anything over 25 years and in good condition deserves a thumbs up IMO
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:14 pm
Yeah I always do
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:17 pm
Yes & I lick the windowsfuzzy wrote:no, do you wave at people on other buses if your getting public transport into work?
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:20 pm
ALWAYS... 
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:32 pm
I was waved at by a driver of a silver sport in Lowestoft over the weekend, only polite to wave back.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:36 pm
i wave even tho am not driving e30 at the minute
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:38 pm
to commute into work? its more reliable? its less rusty and polluting? its less embarrasing than driving a 20 year old basic entry level car whilst smugly thinking your driving a classic?kitch wrote:Why would you get on a bus if you had an E30 to drive?
need i go on?
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 11:27 pm
well at least my entry level iS has a driving god behind the wheel. any e30 I see locally, I have to flash 1/2 a mile away, otherwise they don't react in time..
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:07 am
some are just too up themselves and pretend that they didnt even acknowledge me
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:29 am
fuzzy wrote:to commute into work? its more reliable? its less rusty and polluting? its less embarrasing than driving a 20 year old basic entry level car whilst smugly thinking your driving a classic?kitch wrote:Why would you get on a bus if you had an E30 to drive?
need i go on?
Hey man, it's all about the hydrocarbons !
Jeez Fuzzy, you've lost the plot, next thing you will be cycling to work !
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:57 am
Wherever possible
Occasionally you find a lay person/non enthusiast in an E30 who has probably had it for the last 20 years and doesn't care. You'll be flashing/waving away and they'll look back at you as though you have some kind of learning difficulty.
Occasionally you find a lay person/non enthusiast in an E30 who has probably had it for the last 20 years and doesn't care. You'll be flashing/waving away and they'll look back at you as though you have some kind of learning difficulty.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:17 pm
Check it out - she's the 1622 Big Block Bad Boy!rh306 wrote:
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:38 pm
Ah, fond memories of the Riley 4/72 jack / sill / door debacleAndyboy wrote:Check it out - she's the 1622 Big Block Bad Boy!rh306 wrote:
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:53 pm
I had a similar debacle when I jacked up my first E30!
The E30 jack seems to be artfully designed to press itself into the door panel as you jack up the car, leaving a dent.
The E30 jack seems to be artfully designed to press itself into the door panel as you jack up the car, leaving a dent.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:59 pm
Speedtouch wrote:I had a similar debacle when I jacked up my first E30!
The E30 jack seems to be artfully designed to press itself into the door panel as you jack up the car, leaving a dent.
The jack shaped dent in the door was the least of the Riley owners problems !
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:25 pm
I wave. My first car and it's nice to think you're part of something. Most E30 drivers probably don't care but wave back to be polite.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:30 pm
yes i to am a waver
had a nice run in on the petrol forecourt yesterday with a motorsport convertible, the paint job was slightly odd (metallic pearl flip thing) originally paris blue i think from the engine bay, but looked a nice one
had a nice run in on the petrol forecourt yesterday with a motorsport convertible, the paint job was slightly odd (metallic pearl flip thing) originally paris blue i think from the engine bay, but looked a nice one
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:38 pm
Care to expand on this? It certainly sounds like an amusing debacle...pacerpete wrote:Speedtouch wrote:I had a similar debacle when I jacked up my first E30!
The E30 jack seems to be artfully designed to press itself into the door panel as you jack up the car, leaving a dent.
The jack shaped dent in the door was the least of the Riley owners problems !
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:45 pm
I wave at A60, Oxford, 4/72 and Magnette pilots. Wolseley 16/60 pilots can get fucked though - wood trim but a single SU? All fur coat and no knickers imo.
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:51 pm
I've flashed and waves whilst driving a Clio, and a E46. Without thinking, I spot an E30 and flash
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:53 pm
lol i did that the other week Jim, flashed an e30 but forgot i was driving a hire car the guy looked at me like i had i had issues 
Re: Waving at e30 drivers
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:55 pm
You see them kinda panic thinking there is an issue with their car 
There usual is
