Is it a 'girl' thing - ?

[carcharodon]

Maybe some cyclists are gassing it and unfit. That's how I am on commutes anyway...too focused to smile or wave at anyone else, more trying to avoid an accident. Total pessimist.

 

[RichardB]

My old Land Rover probably spends more time being fixed and serviced than being driven and is purely a hobby thing that is my anti-dote to the modern world and the absurdity of fashion, consumerism and the relentless drive of many to own the latest technology.
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Having owned several Land Rovers since my early twenties I don't feel I am part of a club or a trend, or that I need to wave to every other Land Rover owner I encounter. Maybe I am just a miserable loner that hates the world and what it is becoming?

I could have written this myself. As older Landies are (in theory) infinitely repairable with basic tools and skills, so they are the ultimate anti-consumerism vehicle. And as an estimated 60% of the environmental cost of a car is in the manufacture and disposal, you could argue that a Series Landy is the ultimate green vehicle. Scrapping an old Land Rover and replacing it with a nice shiny new eco-box is utter madness from an environmental viewpoint.

As they say, 70% of all Land Rovers ever made are still on the road somewhere.

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[subaqua]

I could have written this myself. As older Landies are (in theory) infinitely repairable with basic tools and skills, so they are the ultimate anti-consumerism vehicle. And as an estimated 60% of the environmental cost of a car is in the manufacture and disposal, you could argue that a Series Landy is the ultimate green vehicle. Scrapping an old Land Rover and replacing it with a nice shiny new eco-box is utter madness from an environmental viewpoint.

As they say, 70% of all Land Rovers ever made are still on the road somewhere.

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(The rest made it back home.)

Infinitely repairable . Yes it is a never ending process with a series Landy . I am sure there is a old wizened engineer sat cackling as he thinks about how crap the design for this electrical system is. Lucas aaAargh

 

[nickyboy]

A modern manners dilemma.......

Go out for a ride, encounter a few cyclists going the other way. Cheery wave, "good morning". All going well. Continue. Hang on, there seems to be more cyclists than usual going the other way. I'm starting to get a bit fed up saying "good morning" all the time.

Fark me, it's a sportive. There are hundreds coming my way. But I've started acknowledging everyone and they're so close together that when I stop acknowledging, those who don't get my cheery wave will have seen my cheery wave given to those in front.

I'm torn.

 

[I like Skol]

A modern manners dilemma.......

Go out for a ride, encounter a few cyclists going the other way. Cheery wave, "good morning". All going well. Continue. Hang on, there seems to be more cyclists than usual going the other way. I'm starting to get a bit fed up saying "good morning" all the time.

Fark me, it's a sportive. There are hundreds coming my way. But I've started acknowledging everyone and they're so close together that when I stop acknowledging, those who don't get my cheery wave will have seen my cheery wave given to those in front.

I'm torn.

Your problem started with that first, mistaken cheery wave. If you had restrained yourself then you would not be in this dilemma

 

[nickyboy]

Your problem started with that first, mistaken cheery wave. If you had restrained yourself then you would not be in this dilemma

Horses for courses. If I'm cycling through A-u-L and I don't get a half brick chucked at me I count that as a bit of a result

The charming environs of Glossop....entirely different matter

 

[I like Skol]

If I'm cycling through A-u-L and I don't get a half brick chucked at me I count that as a bit of a result

That must be the days when I am at work!

 

[potsy]

My old Land Rover probably spends more time being fixed and serviced than being driven and is purely a hobby thing that is my anti-dote to the modern world and the absurdity of fashion, consumerism and the relentless drive of many to own the latest technology.

I can confirm it does look just as bad in real life

 

[classic33]

Not really, as I stated in my op, imo (in my opinion) it is just an opinion nothing more nothing less, Calling someone a nobber to their face or saying it pointedly on a forum at someone is a completely different thing and could be considered an insult.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

For a small town in County Meath(population 562) it's well known.