Stewart Allison

From my experience short wheel base 4x4's are not as good as long wheel base cars. Short wheel base cars tend to get front and rear bounce when inclining on loose gravel. Stewy

MarkL36

if its convenient, I will wave or give a thumbs up to anything that's cool, 1970 and below. Mark

C6Matt

I do 85 and below, a lot of my car guy buddies are buget limited to late 70's novas, 73-up chevelles, early 80's iroc's and even a 85 Porsche 928s. The "car guy" cars stand out on the road. If i can tell its your pride and joy, I'll give you a wave/ thumbs up. Gotta keep the spirit of the hobby alive.

Kerrmudgeon

In Canada it's always been that the newer Corvette should wave first when meeting on the road as a sign of respect for previous generations.

Hmmmph!....kids these days got no respect!

Giant10

Funny that you think new Vette drivers are young...the second oldest buyer base in GM's line up (after Caddy) is the Corvette!

C6Matt

I think he was refering to the younger generation vette not vette owner... although I was 23 when i got my c6, 30 when i got my c2... a month ago..

Giant10

Happily you're bringing down the average!

Kerrmudgeon

I was referring to the CAR, not the driver, and it was a funny!

Willie'sVette

Waved at a restored 60s VW convertible that I passed...took the 4 college kids by surprise.

I didn't know that....that's reverse of the customer base in the 60s...it was young punks like me then.

Chevy better do something radical pretty quick then....once those customers die off, unless the youngster get interested, it's endesvillie for the vettes

C6Matt

its not the car, its the cost.

Willie'sVette

yea, but it was the cost back then too!....it cost around 5 grand if I remember correctly.....I worked nights during HS to help pay for it, but I couldn't have done it w/o the parents throwing $$ in.....it was easier for the guys in their 20s, but they were still costly.

I briefly fantasized on a Shelby Cobra (non-mustang) , but it was 2Gs more & outta my range.

JMBLOWNWS6

I waved to some classics the other day and some c6's. So Im still young and going with the wave

sub006

I got my (used) '64 at 17 for $2600 in '66, only 16,000 original miles. That was stripped new Mustang territory, and lots of young people bought those. Still have her today with 300,000 on the clock.

Wages haven't kept pace, a 2012 V8 Camaro is out of reach for almost all high school kids.

If Detroit doesn't watch out, some foreign manufacturer (Korea? China?) might pull a "Miata" (half-price Lotus Elan) and offer a rear-wheel drive pony car with good mileage, syling and performance at a $15,000 base. Might be worth it at cost to "grow" future sedan and minivan customers once their kids start arriving.

Sunise

Guys;
Long ago, in the day (1965 or so) the guys with new (mid year)
Corvettes would give a dip of the headlights to another coming the
other way. This was a very exclusive club back then and no one
other than a Corvette Guy could horn in. So, if you see an
old Black Fueler here in N.E. Ohio with a white haired old guy at the wheel, the headlights are not broken, just dippen.
Carry On Guys
Ken Joseph

Giant10

oh...sorry...heh heh.

vettebuyer6369

I guess I just don't understand this. When I bought my first Corvette in the 70's, the custom was for Corvette owners to give "the wave" to other Corvette owners. It was a little club.

Just waving to every interesting car on the road just doesnt seem all that special to me.

MarkL36

I live in the country and might see one or two, C1,2or3 Corvettes a year, if that. Sure I see a lot of interesting cars, but will certainly give a wave or thumbs up to a cool car. If I dont get a return wave, its no big deal. There is a 85 year old gentleman down the road that will drive past in his Model A Ford he restored 30 years ago, and I will give him a wave everytime. We all share the same love for old cars. Mark

Willie'sVette

That is soooooo bitch'n....as I've posted, I sold mine to get married.....the regrets r partially mitigated by the fact that once I saw a 396 w/ side pipes, I lost a bit of love for mine....40 yrs later I got it.

Humm, that must have been an east coast thing, I don't remember that occurring out here on the opposite side.

toddalin

Got a wave from a lady in a C4 yesterday while out in the '64..., and she started it!

Mark_Milner

You guys need to get around more. The C5 guys are the ones complaining no one waves.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...-the-wave.html