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Old 02-07-2005, 05:41 PM
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I drove my car home from Illinois to Florida and I saw so many other Corvettes on the road. I waved every time...never got one back. I even stopped down at Bowling Green on my way back and saw two or three there with no wave. What's up with that?
Old 02-07-2005, 05:43 PM
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Nobody cares about the wave, at least locally.
Old 02-07-2005, 05:44 PM
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I wave when I see a Corvette, any Corvette. The return waves are hit or mis, usually they don't see the wave to start with. For the ones that see me wave and ignore it, oh well.
Old 02-07-2005, 05:50 PM
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Thats too bad too.

Save the wave
Old 02-07-2005, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by keen02
I drove my car home from Illinois to Florida and I saw so many other Corvettes on the road. I waved every time...never got one back. I even stopped down at Bowling Green on my way back and saw two or three there with no wave. What's up with that?
It should be included in the owners manual,that you should wave to other corvette owners.
Old 02-07-2005, 05:54 PM
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Not here it isn't. Get plenty of waves. You will get your occasional, hapless, pinhead. However for the most part ppl still wave.
Old 02-07-2005, 05:57 PM
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Be persistent, don't give up the wave! I have waved at this red C6 as we pass everyday on the way to work for over two weeks. This afternoon I got a smile and a
Old 02-07-2005, 05:57 PM
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Still get a wave or two, I've noticed more of the C6 owners don't though.....??
Old 02-07-2005, 05:58 PM
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not dead here in MD..
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Originally Posted by D.K.
Not here it isn't. Get plenty of waves. You will get your occasional, hapless, pinhead. However for the most part ppl still wave.
It doesn't make anyone a "hapless pinhead" just because they don't wave. What is the point of the wave anyway? I know what I'm driving. Besides, just because someone has the same car as me doesn't mean anything. For all you know the person your'e waving at is a hapless pinhead.
Old 02-07-2005, 06:03 PM
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I think it is indeed dying.......
Old 02-07-2005, 06:05 PM
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Still get a wave or two, I've noticed more of the C6 owners don't though.....??
I find that C1-C4'ers wave. The majority of C5'ers do not. The 4 C6'ers I see around here always wave.
Old 02-07-2005, 06:06 PM
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It's not dying here in Indy My experience is that about 90% return the wave.
Old 02-07-2005, 06:13 PM
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i've been getting a lot of waves or thumbs up as of late in various parts of los angeles...guess it just depends on the person
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Originally Posted by 84zz4vette
I think it is indeed dying.......

Nobody waves in Miami..
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Originally Posted by TruUndrtkr
i've been getting a lot of waves or thumbs up as of late in various parts of los angeles...guess it just depends on the person
Been getting a lot of waves and thumbs up from kids (from very young kids to teenagers) in other cars. We always wave back at them.
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Originally Posted by 400hp
It doesn't make anyone a "hapless pinhead" just because they don't wave. What is the point of the wave anyway? I know what I'm driving. Besides, just because someone has the same car as me doesn't mean anything. For all you know the person your'e waving at is a hapless pinhead.

Unfortunately, this is pretty much the attitude of most Vette drivers now days. The Sports Car Camaraderie of the past is about gone, except for a few of us older guys, who remember how it was to be part of that special club and shared the HI Sign. :

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I always wave at any year vette, in my opinion when I drove my C-4 none of the older guy's in C-5's would wave or even look at you, now that I own a C-5 this coming spring/summer I will wave and I will be checking to see who waves back!!!
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Originally Posted by 400hp
It doesn't make anyone a "hapless pinhead" just because they don't wave. What is the point of the wave anyway? I know what I'm driving. Besides, just because someone has the same car as me doesn't mean anything. For all you know the person your'e waving at is a hapless pinhead.

Interesting view on this topic. To each his own I suppose.
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Female Corvette drivers who wave are few and far between. They give you that "Deer In the Headlights" look...


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