rudolph schenker

AFVETTE

Until a brother mentions Z51 badges.........

thedofuss

Joe: one of the things i was trying to determine by my post was what is a brotherhood? many people in the forum refer to their "brothers" and "sisters", the corvette brotherhood, etc..... what do these words mean? Conclusion #1: as expected, they mean different things to different people, and hold different levels of significance. the definitions run the gamut from close personal bond, to affinity group, to just happening to own the same tangible item.

more to follow, upon final post. it certainly appears that all humans have a strong, fundamental need for belonging to some type of group, and may create that group, and their place in it, to aid themselves with accomplishing a specific agenda they have established for themselves--usually at a very young age. i know, trite, simplistic, psych 101 stuff. as i said, more to follow, in my quest for ultimate knowledge. who would have thought how much knowledge and how many life skills could be gleaned from a web site! the car doesnt surprise me, but a web site?.....

harmonyp

Sisterhood from my perspective Do kind of feel part of an exclusive club. Don't know any other car that incites complete strangers to try to communicate with one another at 70mph.

Hostility on forum - standard forum crap. Was same thing when I started rose gardening - you should read some of the posts of "ladies" arguing about antique versus modern roses - makes the Z06 vs GS arguments sound tame.

Still think the lack of wave is 95% unintentional.

WKMCD

I wouldn't join any organization that would have me as a member...

jamime

I think this discussion has gotten way to philosophical, wave if you want, don't wave if you want!

BlueOx

Brotherhood? Hardly...certainly not within this forum. I'm sure some Corvette clubs are much closer to a "brotherhood".

PGSJOE

All kinds of folks wave and honk and I happily acknowledge them, bikes, muscle cars, just gear heads and car admirers expressing delight. When Im in either of my vehicles truck or car and I see a nice hot rod or any sharp ride I wave, it does confuse the mustang guys though when I wave at them while in my Z51 oh I meant Stingray oherrr wait C7 yeah C7 lol

FreddyG

I sold my Vette awhile back, but still wave at Vette drivers too.

(I get the same Crazy looks too, but I don't have a Dodge truck, so it's not the truck )

Jimbob26

I see it not as a 'brotherhood' but as a group of people that have a passion for a certain marque of car, and all the car stands for. I get a lot of thumbs up from folks every day, both Corvette and non-Corvette drivers, and always return the gesture.

Most all my close friends own performance cars, and each has his own interpretation of what is 'best', which is why they own what they own, and there's only one other Corvette owner in my group. One guy has Ferraris, another has a Porsche, and a couple guys own Shelby Mustangs. We love to talk cars and the features, and I consider this more of a 'brotherhood' than a group of people I don't know who have bought the same product as I.

Bill17601

I do not refer to my C7 as Z51. But my reaction to your statement makes me think you do not have that option. Thus you demean people who do. Why are you so jealous? You own a great car.

rockit1

I always wave or flash the fogs in my C5.

bearphoto

While is Southern California I felt the brotherhood of the corvettes and belonged to a small corvette group. It did not take long for the group to split into two groups as several had attitudes. But there was still a fair amount of "waving" going on.

Now I have moved to Lake Havasu City, Az. Lots and lots of cars and even quite a few corvettes. Unfortunately there seems to be no corvette love here and they do not get much attention from other car groups.

But the jeep and mopar folks seem to have a close bond like what the corvettes used to have.