At 08:36 AM 7/28/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Fellow mog-o-philes:
>
>: I noticed something else on my test drive having to
>do with the hierarchy of waving. This is a topic that poses an seemingly
>endless number of puzzles to me. Who deigns to wave to whom? I've spoken
>at length on the wave relationship between MG, Jag, Mog, and TR owners and
>won't go into it here. I was surprised to discover motorcyclists will wave
>at Mog drivers. I've never been waved at by a motorcycle driver when in
>any other lbc, but I have *three* times now in the Mog. Once I even
>received a hearty 'thumbs up!' from a fellow on a freeway in Deeeeetroit.
>Can someone suggest why? As to that TD, what can I say? I was filled with
>generosity, what with my newly shimmyless Mog and the other fellow only has
>a TD, after all, and... well... what the heck!
>
>
Re: hierarchy of waving
Years ago I recall reading an article by, I believe, Tom McCahill (sp) in
Mechanix Illustrated or one of those publications I read with fervor as a
youth, and his observations of the tradition of waving, sports car to sports
car. Now, nearly forty (yeeks! where did the time go) years later, when I
finally get my chance to drive an LBC, do selected portions come back. =20
I was tooling along a local road a few weeks ago when an MG driver waved. I
was stunned and instantly remembered that article. Now, whenever I see a
low slung car coming down the road, I am prepared to wave =85 but=
considering
the rough ride characteristics and the wind in my watering eyes =85 I waved=
at
a Miata the other day. Not that there is anything wrong with that=85 but=
was
it proper protocol? =20
Will Z. suggests the Mog is the superior vehicle, and implies should only
"return the wave". Perhaps that right is only for the DHC "snob-mog."
Seems a bit stuffy to me. But, since I=92m so new at this, perhaps someone
with more experience in lbc manners might like to outline the tradition.
Frankly, here in Ohio, everyone is so friendly we wave a lot anyway.
Gary
Grafton, OH USA
1991 +8
=20
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