Started getting waves from C5 guys
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Melting Slicks
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Birds of a feather flock together. I prefer to hang with my kind of car guys. Having worked on cars all my life, I can spot a car guy wannabe in a minute. If a person is fortunate enough to have the money to buy what they want and pay somebody to fix it for them, more power to them. They can't buy the label "car guy" in my book, they have to earn it...or invent a new term to describe themselves. Once again, just my definition. You have yours, I have mine, others have theirs.
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From: Melbourne, Fla. 6 months- New Middletown, Ohio 6 months
Leno is a car guy that does actually work on his own cars and seems to be pretty knowledgeable on them.
To some, Letterman is also a car guy. He asks, "how much do I write the check for"? But I think he is happy with his type of involvement.
IMO, A collector collects cars for a hobby. A car guy is someone who actually can do more than just drive a car. A car guy may in fact not even own a special car of his own but just loves to be involved hands on to some degree. I have no problem with either.
To some, Letterman is also a car guy. He asks, "how much do I write the check for"? But I think he is happy with his type of involvement.
IMO, A collector collects cars for a hobby. A car guy is someone who actually can do more than just drive a car. A car guy may in fact not even own a special car of his own but just loves to be involved hands on to some degree. I have no problem with either.
Racer
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From: Austin Tx
There are car owners, car enthusiasts, car designers, car assembly line workers, car mechanics, car collectors, car afficianados, car connoisseurs, car investors, race car drivers, car washers, car waxers, car dealers, car insurers, etc.etc.etc. Just because a person has something to do with "cars" does not make them a car guy. In my opinion, the term was coined to define a person who avidly works on their own car. Mechanics, if they love what they do enough to apply it to their own car, are truly car guys.
Birds of a feather flock together. I prefer to hang with my kind of car guys. Having worked on cars all my life, I can spot a car guy wannabe in a minute. If a person is fortunate enough to have the money to buy what they want and pay somebody to fix it for them, more power to them. They can't buy the label "car guy" in my book, they have to earn it...or invent a new term to describe themselves. Once again, just my definition. You have yours, I have mine, others have theirs.
Birds of a feather flock together. I prefer to hang with my kind of car guys. Having worked on cars all my life, I can spot a car guy wannabe in a minute. If a person is fortunate enough to have the money to buy what they want and pay somebody to fix it for them, more power to them. They can't buy the label "car guy" in my book, they have to earn it...or invent a new term to describe themselves. Once again, just my definition. You have yours, I have mine, others have theirs.
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From: Melbourne, Fla. 6 months- New Middletown, Ohio 6 months
Ever think that some of these C5,C6 drivers may of owned C1,C2,C3's way back when and remember the wave. A lot of the new owners may be younger and never knew of the tradition.
I had a good laugh with a C6 guy that I ran into a couple weeks ago. Earlier in the day I passed him on the street and he didn't wave but instead flashed his lights. For a instant I was tempted to reach for the light switch but knew he would be long passed me before I could get the headlights up and just the parking lights would not of been a equal reply so I waved. When I ran into him later at a convenience store we laughed about how you can flash lights in newer stuff and can not in the older ones. He admitted that he did it just to see my reaction. He was a former owner of a C2 so he new the history of the wave. He asked if I noticed that a lot of C5, C6 people do not wave. He said that he doesn't usually bother to wave to anything newer than a C3.
There are some good C5, C6 guys out there.
I had a good laugh with a C6 guy that I ran into a couple weeks ago. Earlier in the day I passed him on the street and he didn't wave but instead flashed his lights. For a instant I was tempted to reach for the light switch but knew he would be long passed me before I could get the headlights up and just the parking lights would not of been a equal reply so I waved. When I ran into him later at a convenience store we laughed about how you can flash lights in newer stuff and can not in the older ones. He admitted that he did it just to see my reaction. He was a former owner of a C2 so he new the history of the wave. He asked if I noticed that a lot of C5, C6 people do not wave. He said that he doesn't usually bother to wave to anything newer than a C3.
There are some good C5, C6 guys out there.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Madison Alabama
I'm always waving at other Corvette driver's - regardless what I'm driving, two-tone, Z16 or my DD, a Mitsu Spyder GT...I'll even wave in my wife's Q7 and my daughter's RAV 4...honest, I was not speeding, Officer, the go pedel is stuck
Pro
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I'm certainly a "wannabe." I bought the best C3 I could afford but I'll be the first to admit I don't know a damned thing about cars.
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
Instructor
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From: Windermere Fl
I always wave to other Corvettes. It doesn't matter if I'm driving my C3 or my C6. I even find myself waving to Vettes when I'm driving my wife's Jaguar.
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I did not buy my Vette to attract attention. If I don't look at other people, I don't notice them looking at me.
When driving my Vette I ignore people...except if they are in a C3.
If you own a C3, you are either a gear head or you have lots of cash for the repair shops.
I had a guy in a "beautiful bitchin" 68/72 bumper car give me a for my pos 78; I really appreciated that !
The government must have really scared the holie horse poop out of GM for them to build a Corvette of such crap as my stock L82 78.
It's a terrific cruiser. that it!! It will hardly get out of its own way.
I guess that's all I really need at the age of 68.
When driving my Vette I ignore people...except if they are in a C3.
If you own a C3, you are either a gear head or you have lots of cash for the repair shops.
I had a guy in a "beautiful bitchin" 68/72 bumper car give me a
for my pos 78; I really appreciated that !The government must have really scared the holie horse poop out of GM for them to build a Corvette of such crap as my stock L82 78.
It's a terrific cruiser. that it!! It will hardly get out of its own way.
I guess that's all I really need at the age of 68.
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I'm certainly a "wannabe." I bought the best C3 I could afford but I'll be the first to admit I don't know a damned thing about cars.
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
Team Owner
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I'm certainly a "wannabe." I bought the best C3 I could afford but I'll be the first to admit I don't know a damned thing about cars.
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
Racer
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From: Austin Tx
I'm certainly a "wannabe." I bought the best C3 I could afford but I'll be the first to admit I don't know a damned thing about cars.
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
I'm trying though! That's why I hang out here (check the forum daily) and am trying to get in good with all the guys in the local Vette club. I *want* to know....
We all gotta start somewhere... some of us just started later than others....
For instance, while rebuilding and modifying my 454 was no big deal (been there done that sort of thing) I didn't know squat about restoring the interior. Absolutely nothing - but decided one day to just do it with pretty good results. Probably took way longer than someone more experienced, but I did it! http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...s-of-pics.html
If you're starting out, start small. It's a journey worth taking. There's a tremendous amount of knowledgable people here that you can ask questions of. And don't forget the search tool...it can also be your best friend (or worst enemy
).