I got the Alfa wave!!

I havent had one single wave since owning my 156! Whenever a fellow Alfa driver is passing I can see him looking at me and the car but no wave, i have to admit i am a bit nervous about waving first just encase they dont wave back and i look silly

I hope to experience this phenomenon soon though!

Exercised the FAE many plugs with a run to Mark Cross, East Sussex today Thumbed-up to all Alfas on the way from Camden Town and received some replies. The Red 15? on the A21 [good run down the hill past Sevenoaks?] definite wave when I pulled off at Pembury.
When you thumbs up to a line of traffic with an Alfa in it coming in the opposite direction and they all ignore you except the guy in the silver Alfa out side Frant Kent, you know you've got a wave.

Keep Waving. FAE

Got one on Saturday, travelling back from Mangoletsi from a green 156 going towards Mangos (at last )

Blanked all weekend

WTF do I bother

Originally Posted by nomad

Blanked all weekend

WTF do I bother

Well If nobody likes you here - then why expect a wave when your out and about?

A feeling we share then Chris eh

Picture the scene:

Beautiful sunny day. Blue cloudless sky.

Looooooong sweeping bend on the Worcester bypass, visibility approx half a mile in either direction.

Two cars are on the road. One is me in my just waxed Alfa Red GTV Cup roaring in one direction.

The other is a loan male driver in an Alfa Red Phase 2 Spider roaring in the opposite direction.

We soar towards each other like two fiery comets, sharing the perfect moment. As we approach each other, I stick my entire arm out of the window, grinning like an idiot as if we're doing a 140MPH high five! In return I get

Nothing.

Not a flicker of recognition, not a raised eyebrow.

What an arse

Shortly after seeing a Brera S for the first time on Saturday night (so shocked I forgot to wave) I got a wave a minute later from another red GT heading out of London on the A4. Top man

Originally Posted by Lister

Picture the scene:

Beautiful sunny day. Blue cloudless sky.

Looooooong sweeping bend on the Worcester bypass, visibility approx half a mile in either direction.

Two cars are on the road. One is me in my just waxed Alfa Red GTV Cup roaring in one direction.

The other is a loan male driver in an Alfa Red Phase 2 Spider roaring in the opposite direction.

We soar towards each other like two fiery comets, sharing the perfect moment. As we approach each other, I stick my entire arm out of the window, grinning like an idiot as if we're doing a 140MPH high five! In return I get

Nothing.

Not a flicker of recognition, not a raised eyebrow.

What an arse

sending you a virtual hug.......you made me laugh today with that story....

I never wave at anyone and no one ever waves at me which suits me fine.

Although about ten years ago I was driving along in my Alfa 75 and a bloke in a brand new (just released) silver 156 gave me a really enthusiastic wave. How nice I thought, as I continued on my way.

If that was you then thank you it was appreciated; sorry for not waving back it's just that waving is not really me. Nice car you had there, in fact I liked it so much I bought one myself five years later. Only mine is a Sportwagon which is better than your saloon.

Originally Posted by Camp Freddie

sorry for not waving back it's just that waving is not really me.

Yeah, after all it's awfully hard to coax the arm muscles into a nearly vertical position.

It's not that it's difficult; it's just that I'm lazy and quite rude.

I'll see if I can maybe manage a raised eyebrow next time, just to test the water like.

...only to another Sportwagon though.

Originally Posted by Camp Freddie

It's not that it's difficult; it's just that I'm lazy and quite rude.

And refreshingly honest

I passed within three feet of a red GTV in South Croydon on Saturday.

I saw him and got all excited, blatantly stuck my arm out of the window and waved... nothing. The guy looked as if he was deliberately looking away! He must have seen me as the traffic was quite slow, and we could have been doing no more than 5mph at the time. I had plenty of time to gape at him, whilst he was still ignoring me.

Git.

I give you, the Alfa wave...