Flashing other Jags
Discussion
So there we were, sun out, shades on and roof down, me n Mrs C driving through Manchester city center today in the XJS, fantastic... then up behind roars a very nice black V8 Vantage convertible with the hood up, as we pottered along in the queue of moderate traffic a lovely looking mid 80's XJ6 approaches from the opposing direction and almost simulatiously we give each other a flash and a 
...it's just the done thing..in a kind of...it would be rude not to kinda way.
Not more than a minute passed and then a lovely silver DB9 approached, the oncomming traffic was also quite slow and both the oncoming 9 and the Vantage behind us had lots of time to acknowledge each other...did they hell like.
Now even I know that Jags are far more popular (common) than Astons, and older Jags are 10 a penny, and even when we're gadding about in the TVR and we see another we always flash each other (if the reactions are up to it)
but the lack of manner's (for want of a better word) displayed by BOTH Aston drivers has surprised me.
So c'mon chaps if we see one-another whilst out and about in our 'Puddy Cats' lets ensure we give a big
...it's just the done thing..in a kind of...it would be rude not to kinda way. Not more than a minute passed and then a lovely silver DB9 approached, the oncomming traffic was also quite slow and both the oncoming 9 and the Vantage behind us had lots of time to acknowledge each other...did they hell like.
Now even I know that Jags are far more popular (common) than Astons, and older Jags are 10 a penny, and even when we're gadding about in the TVR and we see another we always flash each other (if the reactions are up to it)
but the lack of manner's (for want of a better word) displayed by BOTH Aston drivers has surprised me. So c'mon chaps if we see one-another whilst out and about in our 'Puddy Cats' lets ensure we give a big
I think the difference is that the pair of Aston where new(ish) and the pair of Jag's were classics. If it had been a real* V8 Vantage and a DB5 then I suspect the Aston's would have flashed each other.
I've got a XK150 and a 94 XJ6 (X300). In the XK you flash people and they flash you, XJS would probably get a flash, any Jag older than a Series III XJ would get a flash, Series III maybe, depends, probably on whether it looks like a old nail or a much loved classic. I probably wouldn't flash an XJ40 or anything newer, although I'd certainly reply. I'd also flash and expect to get flashed by any other classic car, even Porkers
In the X300, then flashing doesn't seem to be the thing. People don't seem to expect it, or appreciate it.
In a car like a TVR or a Noble (or a Morgan, Caterham, Lotus ...) then they are rare enough and only likely to be driven by petrol heads (or should we say PistonHeads here?) so flashing would be the norm.
There you go
Just my thoughts on the subject.
* Sorry Vantage in Aston speak Vantage means the tweaked go faster version, you can't have a Vantage till you've had a cooking** version.
** In Aston speak, a cooking version mean one that can still go out and toast other cars even if it does have a fast brother.
I've got a XK150 and a 94 XJ6 (X300). In the XK you flash people and they flash you, XJS would probably get a flash, any Jag older than a Series III XJ would get a flash, Series III maybe, depends, probably on whether it looks like a old nail or a much loved classic. I probably wouldn't flash an XJ40 or anything newer, although I'd certainly reply. I'd also flash and expect to get flashed by any other classic car, even Porkers
In the X300, then flashing doesn't seem to be the thing. People don't seem to expect it, or appreciate it.
In a car like a TVR or a Noble (or a Morgan, Caterham, Lotus ...) then they are rare enough and only likely to be driven by petrol heads (or should we say PistonHeads here?) so flashing would be the norm.
There you go
Just my thoughts on the subject.
* Sorry Vantage in Aston speak Vantage means the tweaked go faster version, you can't have a Vantage till you've had a cooking** version.
** In Aston speak, a cooking version mean one that can still go out and toast other cars even if it does have a fast brother.
You may well ask, but I think that I'm making a difference to standards of courtesy and attitude on British roads. Therefore, while you may think I'm a prat for flashing other cars pretty liberally, not to mention the V-signs etc, which I rarely do in practice, I think that its a good way to see if you are dealing with an enthusiastic, switched on and observant driver, or, on the other hand, a self obsessed knobber who happens to have purchased a nice car.
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