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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 04:50 PM
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What happened to the days (about 5 years ago) when you waved or flashed a fellow scooby owner, you got one back?

I flashed a guy in lincoln the other day, you know what I got back? The V's!!! Charming!!!

I know there's some scooby owners who aren't on these forums and never will be, but surely if enough people beep, wave or flash, they'll get the idea in the end rather than telling us all to eff off!

So, if you live in the Lincs, Lincoln area.... big beeps, flashes or waves, hell, even a blip of the throttle would be nice!

Bing.
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 05:28 PM
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how rude of him! round here in Nott's i get a lot of toots, waves & flashes (wished they were ladies;-) but none of them seem to be on this site! D'oH!
i like seeing other Subaru owners on the road - usually i think that person has good taste but if they swear back then i guess they don't
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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Scooby wave is alive and kicking up this end of the uk
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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I always wave and flash not all flash back
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 12:16 PM
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i wave
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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I always wave or thumbs up
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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I always flash or wave - get quite a few back too!! Must be a friendly lot up here.....
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 03:07 PM
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if i se a scoob i will wave of flash or both, as there's loads round harrogate and leeds.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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It's makes me really sad when i don't get an acknowledgement back from a fellow scooby driver. But it does makes me chuckle to myself when i do get one. Stoke area are pretty good for them generally.
Keep it up everyone!
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Waves seem to alive and well here in South-east Wales. Spotted and waved to three cars today to the south and west of Abergavenny on my travels.

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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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i didn't wave at 1st, but thats because i didn't know anything about it lol but after joining this site i wave at every1 in a scooby, 9 out of 10 wave back aswell !
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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i have a scoob now for around 7 years and waves are certainly a dying habit round my way

tends to be "elder" drivers who dont wave back round my way as well!!!
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by spally
i have a scoob now for around 7 years and waves are certainly a dying habit round my way

tends to be "elder" drivers who dont wave back round my way as well!!!
Yep, i definitely agree with the above. The older gent this morning on the A127 in his silver classic was a grumpy bugger! I waved as i overtook him and gave him a flash of my hazard lights once i was in front of him and still no response!
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 06:49 PM
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In Nottm some wave, some don't and some even look away!
Exactly! They can f##k right off!
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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I use to put my hand up to say hello but have stopped now as 90% of scooby owners round here look at me like I'm some sort of a idiot lol...Stuck up Toffs pfft
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Old Apr 17, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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I always wave and/or flash if I see another scoob(even Sports, Forresters and Legacys).

The other day I got in trouble with the missus cos we were going through town when I saw another scoob....flashed and waved and got flash and wave back....BUT.....an old dear waiting to come out of Waitrose on my left thought I was flashing her and came out. I was still waving at the scoob and only just slammed on the anchors in time!!!! LOL!

PHEW!!!!
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Old Apr 18, 2009 | 12:24 PM
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Alive and kicking where I am too in Warwickshire. When my grandad bought his Subaru in 1981 he was getting flashes then.

I think it's great we all still wave and flash each other after all this time.
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by scoobyfirst
It's makes me really sad when i don't get an acknowledgement back from a fellow scooby driver. But it does makes me chuckle to myself when i do get one.
yer ditto
Its a new thing for me as I've notlong had mine, But it does feel good when some1 waves ... ESP when they not driving a scooby haha

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....BUT.....an old dear waiting to come out of Waitrose on my left thought I was flashing her and came out
That happ 2 me the other day , So its a case of a wave, nod, or a honk hehe
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 07:34 AM
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I hate chav's waving at me, that's on reason why I sold my STi...... some ned in a complete shed waving all excitedly and "blipping" his accelerator when he sees another brand of car the same as his is, well.... let's just say "rather sad".

I've still got a Subaru, albeit not of the "ned wave magnet" variety. You only have to look at the slow introduction of text speak into SNet to understand why you wouldn't want to be associated with the "wavers".
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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dont usually get waves round hudds but had more than a few in last week or so.. i try not to wave at chavved up cars tho as i feel embarassed by them... i like an unadulterated scoob not a barrys boys siht wagon..
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
I hate chav's waving at me, that's on reason why I sold my STi...... some ned in a complete shed waving all excitedly and "blipping" his accelerator when he sees another brand of car the same as his is, well.... let's just say "rather sad".

I've still got a Subaru, albeit not of the "ned wave magnet" variety. You only have to look at the slow introduction of text speak into SNet to understand why you wouldn't want to be associated with the "wavers".
well i wave not sure if i would wave at a shed but if they are like me with a tidy looking subaru then why not
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Old Apr 20, 2009 | 11:59 PM
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Two waves today, one from a more mature driver driving out of what looked like a farm field (having fun were we?), another from a fellow STi driver at a roundabout. Neither seemed like chavs to me.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 10:33 PM
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I wave and flash sometimes and 805 of time time get it back

I even pulled along ide a fellow scooby owner and had a chat in traffic
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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When I got my first scoob 5 years ago, always got waves etc from fellow owners, and even Evo owners showing mutual respect with a wave!

When I'm in my works truck, I only wave to Scooby owners I know now as it seems to be a dying trait now
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 06:40 AM
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I went to wave at a White blobeye coming round a corner in Chailey then realized he was half on my side of the road so my wave turned into a waved fist because I had to swerve to save me my gf my 8 month old son and sisters life.... idiots like that I can quite happily not wave to!
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Old May 1, 2009 | 06:49 PM
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I wave but more often than not get totally ignored, especially by classic owners for some reason! my fellow new age lot seem to be the most friendly round my area (Holbeach and surrounding area's including P'Boro) even sport owners get a wave and seem more than happy to throw one back
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Old May 3, 2009 | 11:37 PM
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ok lads and girls i own up im a shed driver lol (barra boys car )lol or whatever u want to call it but can i just state most neds (barra boys lol) cant afford the ins on a scooby, a wave is a wave from a shed car or a 15 k car its the badge on the front that counts most on here are starting to forget this not if its a 1.6 or 20 or 2.5 saloon or wagon or jeep,its all about subaru ownership
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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I live in Lincoln and always get a wave from fellow scooby drivers, you must have caught him on a bad day !! Anyway i'll be in a blue 55 plate WRX with Ninja 2 system bolted on so if you see or hear me don't forget to wave !
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Old May 4, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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Up in the North of Scotland its alive and well. Never had a scoob fail to wave or flash back.
I love the ones that go a little extra, with their whole arm out waving like a nutter.
I can say I also get a lot of thumbs up from evo owners, mutual respect to each other I would say.
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