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Remember your first VW Camper wave?

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The best weekend for us for flashes, toots n waves was when we all convoyed over to Burnby Hall from Trevland - the amount of people waving etc was unbelieveable!

We stopped in a layby near the Humber Bridge, a little lad stopped with his parents, he loved Philmore from Cars & looked round all our vans, it really did make his day!!
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MorkC68, Sep 25, 2012

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Pod

Me and mrs pod hired a van before we bought ours to make sure we were doing the right thing, less than half a mile outside our village a late bay came down the hill flashing lights and waving like crazy. Think we were both convinced at that exact point and we got our van within a month.

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Pod, Sep 25, 2012

#22
Hector-The-Bay

i got my first wave as a bus owner about 20 minutes into my inugrual journey up to the lakes , a guy came past beeping and showing his young son how to do the VW wave .. it wasnt long after that the engine blew !! nobody seemed to wave that for much the rest of the day
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Hector-The-Bay, Sep 25, 2012

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PeterW3035

Me and mrs pod hired a van before we bought ours to make sure we were doing the right thing, less than half a mile outside our village a late bay came down the hill flashing lights and waving like crazy. Think we were both convinced at that exact point and we got our van within a month.

Now that's just want I want to hear , we have a weekend hire booked in a few weeks so watch out for us in Devon & Cornwall.

Should give us a good taster and get a relaxing break in before the weather really breaks. hahaha ;D
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PeterW3035, Sep 25, 2012

#24
jonbott

Me and mrs pod hired a van before we bought ours to make sure we were doing the right thing, less than half a mile outside our village a late bay came down the hill flashing lights and waving like crazy. Think we were both convinced at that exact point and we got our van within a month.

Now that's just want I want to hear , we have a weekend hire booked in a few weeks so watch out for us in Devon & Cornwall.

Should give us a good taster and get a relaxing break in before the weather really breaks. hahaha ;D
cool we`ll give you a wave

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jonbott, Sep 25, 2012

#25
Lord Congi

Hope the weather dosent put you off Peter ,good luck
Just make sure you get a campsite with hook up near a village

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Lord Congi, Sep 25, 2012

#26
jonbott

Hope the weather dosent put you off Peter ,good luck
Just make sure you get a campsite with hook up near a village
its ok cos its always sunny in cornwall 8)
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jonbott, Sep 25, 2012

#27
Lord Congi

Wierd :headscratch2:

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Lord Congi, Sep 25, 2012

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jonbott

Wierd :headscratch2:

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jonbott, Sep 25, 2012

#29
Baydreams

Remember your first VW Camper wave?

Er, no I don't, actually. It's not as if it's as easy to remember as the first girl that you, er, kissed is it? I've had hundreds of waves. Thousands, maybe, in the first bus I owned 12 years ago.

Baydreams, Sep 25, 2012

#30
bootsam

Mine was from a little girl of about 8, sat in the passenger seat of a T4 that over took me on the M4. She had the biggest grin on her face, It made me smile all the way to Torquay.

Thats the best bit. I often get smiles and waves from kids. Kids love them.
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bootsam, Sep 25, 2012

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PeterW3035

Hope the weather dosent put you off Peter ,good luck
Just make sure you get a campsite with hook up near a village
its ok cos its always sunny in cornwall 8)

Plans are in progress, any recommendations for campsites open at that time of year that would be near to Heligan and the Eden Project?
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PeterW3035, Sep 25, 2012

#32
Terrordales Nightshift

I don't remember the first wave but I guess it would have been back in about 1972
Probably someone warning me that something was about to fall off my 1954 splitty ^-^

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Terrordales, Sep 26, 2012

#33
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Like terrordales i can't remember it must have been late 70s when i was messing about with vws with me mates-- deffo 78 when we got our first bay -

yes the wave goes that far back ! someone told me it began in the uk when anyone who had a car waved at another car ; when campers became commonplace and cars were two a penny camper drivers waved at each other these days people only wave at campers of the same marque -- shame really .

can you remeber your first lorry drivers salute ?.

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Poptop2, Sep 26, 2012

#34
fearny

Hope the weather dosent put you off Peter ,good luck
Just make sure you get a campsite with hook up near a village
its ok cos its always sunny in cornwall 8)

It's true! :-X )
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fearny, Sep 26, 2012

#35
fearny

can you remeber your first lorry drivers salute ?.

Nope, but then I don't drive a lorry, BUT, I do remember as a kid sitting in my mums Mini, others in Mini's waving when we saw them, used to love it as a kid as I love it now!
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fearny, Sep 26, 2012

#36
fearny

whizzing to and from work in the Focus. I ALWAYS flash and wave but it's quite rare to get one back
I've found, maybe people are surprised/confused?
I've had people in cars flash/toot/wave and TBH the reason I don't wave back is that by the time I've worked out they're doing it to me, I've missed them. It's easier to wave to other buses/beetles because I'm actually looking out for them in the first place...does that make sense?

Yes, definitely, after all, there's always so many other damn cars around. Maybe I should a big neon sign on my roof with a VW Bay pic or something hehe!
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fearny, Sep 26, 2012

#37
Sydney1

My first encounter was with a Brazilian - I waved and they blanked me

I wish my first encounter had been with a Brazilian
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Sydney1, Sep 26, 2012

#38
PeterW3035

yes the wave goes that far back ! someone told me it began in the uk when anyone who had a car waved at another car ;
and the AA patrol men saluted members who had their AA badge on display
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PeterW3035, Sep 26, 2012

#39
Paley

Oooh they are good aren't they. Our first one was in a hired camper on the way to our wedding. Our second was in our own camper and turned out to be Bumpnudger and Crazylady from here....crazylady had the most enthusiastic wave I have EVER seen, still brings a smile to my face now ^-^

Our waving back was even more enthusiastic - although that might have been the wasp which had come into the cab.
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Paley, Sep 26, 2012

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