I got the Alfa wave!!

Well I'll probably be in the same place at the same time this evening so you can try again

Lovely car, by the way.

Just got back from a little run around with a nice red GT between Sandhurst and Bracknell. I gave him the thumbs up in my rear view mirror then let him pass and followed him around a bit. Anyone on here? Nice car and pretty peppy performance too.

Cheers,

Nigel

I've been driving alfas for about 4 years now and had mixed results with the wave, most 147s dont even register that its another alfa driver waving at them. Best response has been from GTVs, and they always get a wave back and a big cheesy grin. Even got a wave from a Lotus elise the other day i must say i was quite bemused. Look foward to more alfa waves in the future (lets not let it die out).

Originally Posted by mark_spurgeon

I've been driving alfas for about 4 years now and had mixed results with the wave, most 147s dont even register that its another alfa driver waving at them. Best response has been from GTVs, and they always get a wave back and a big cheesy grin. Even got a wave from a Lotus elise the other day i must say i was quite bemused. Look foward to more alfa waves in the future (lets not let it die out).

Hey Mark,

where abouts in Kent are you? I travel between Tenterden and Tonbridge every day, try to wave at every Alfa I see and hardly ever get a response. I drive a red 156 and my wife has a 147, so keep an eye out for us!

Andy

I got it this morning while travelling up the Gloucester Rd in Bishopston (Bristol) from a chap in a nice looking 164. Hello to you if you are on here!

Originally Posted by Jimbo20729

Got a wave on M54 near to Shrewsbury.......anyone here from that area? The wave came from the driver of a red 147........looked to have been loved to death!

Could have been the guy who returned my wave this morning in town. Didn't manage to get a close look at the car as (as usual) it all happened too quick to take in too much detail.

Hi Andrew,

I'm up near Brands Hatch, I am quite oftern in the maidstone area and very occaisionaly venture near tonbridge. I'll be posting some pics of both cars so you can keep an eye out for me

At last! I got the wave! A silver 156 on the A28 heading for Canterbury yesterday! Hello and thank you whoever you are!

Originally Posted by mark_spurgeon

Hi Andrew,

I'm up near Brands Hatch, I am quite oftern in the maidstone area and very occaisionaly venture near tonbridge. I'll be posting some pics of both cars so you can keep an eye out for me

Cool, my mum and sister both live in Maidstone so often over that way. Will keep an eye out for you!

W reg 2.0 silver 166 heading up the M42 last night. We travelled in convoy for a bit. Was it you?

No wave but did get a nod from a gent in a 3.0 V6 Spider in Northallerton high street

Got a wave this afternoon from a silver 156 GTA on the A30 near Heathrow, car looked

First wave back i've had in ages!

Wave and a nod from a dark blue W reg GTV in Dundee this afternoon. First for a while for me.

Waved at two silver 156's within a couple of hundred yards of each other on millers road in brighton last night on the way home from work and I got a wave from one and a lifted finger as an acknowledgement from the other! Whats going on? Two waves in two hundred yards? Is all our time and effort in waving fruitlessly for so long starting to pay off? Let's hope so... Anyone on the forum by any chance?

Not so much of a wave, but a knowing smile in Morrisons petrol station, lady in a red 147 in Paisley...Thank you.

Originally Posted by Prowler166

I got it this morning while travelling up the Gloucester Rd in Bishopston (Bristol) from a chap in a nice looking 164. Hello to you if you are on here!

That'd probably be me

Originally Posted by Cheradnine

That'd probably be me

Lovely car! Could it also have been you that we followed through the centre of town on the day of the Bristol Italian car day a few weeks back? We were following a lovely looking black 164 which pulled into the closed-off road but I didn't see the car on display at all. Also, I don't know if you ever see him on the Gloucester Rd (I usually do in the rush hour) but there is a guy with a bright red 166 with full bodykit etc. I've flashed him a few times but never seem to get an acknowledgement...

Originally Posted by Prowler166

Lovely car! Could it also have been you that we followed through the centre of town on the day of the Bristol Italian car day a few weeks back? We were following a lovely looking black 164 which pulled into the closed-off road but I didn't see the car on display at all.

Probably not - I was parked up in the Rupert St NCP. I was a bit disappointed there weren't any 164s on show there - might have to spruce the old girl up & enter it next year.

Originally Posted by Prowler166

Also, I don't know if you ever see him on the Gloucester Rd (I usually do in the rush hour) but there is a guy with a bright red 166 with full bodykit etc. I've flashed him a few times but never seem to get an acknowledgement...

I don't often go down Gloucester Rd during rush hour - think I've seen the 166 you mean though, only parked up tho'
The bodykit does look good on the 166.


You wouldn't happen to be based near the big Somerfield opp. Ash Rd?

I am starting to look a bit deranged. I wave at almost every Alfa I see and not a sausage.

Maybe the shop should stock some stickers saying something along the lines of "Give me the Alfa Wave you miserable git"...... On second thoughts I am not sure what wave I would get from the hoards of BMW drivers

i wave occasionally, but noone really seems to bother over here in ireland. As far as i can tell the people over here seem to think a car is just another car.

but they're wrong!

Been driving in and out of London during rush hour for the past few days......yeah yeah, never thought I'd do it either but needs must when it's work........seen some lovely Alfas and not one miserable so-and-so has waved.

By the way, is it an offence to put a 'Magic Tree' in a 166? I think perhaps it is.

Followed a nice black GT into Bracknell this morning... managed to make it out 30 minutes later with all four wheels too, a good day all round so far!