I realize this is dead horse kicking, and I don't want to catch heck from C6 owners, cause some of you guys are "corvette people" and have progressed with the models over the years and have mutual respect for all cross flags. But something is very wrong with some of these new buyers. I will not deny a time in the mid 90's when I was a douchebag in a C4, but I still WAVED and respected other vettes and enjoyed conversations at car shows, etc. I'm nobody special and deserve no more respect than anyone else, but where did the corvette brother and sisterhood go. I don't pass a lot of c6's in the rural south, but one in five waves....most c5's wave...all C4's wave. Seldom see a c1 or c2 on the road but when I run into one at a parts store, gas station and the like, those guys are always great. They are proud of their car and interested in mine. Most have had a c3 and even have pointers and advice about whatever issue I'm working on at the moment. They don't care that my car is worth a third of theirs. Some c4 folks even say they wish they had an older one even though truthfully their cars are worth more than my little raggedy baby. We've got to school these new buyers that it's more than a shiny sports car. Laugh and say it's just a car and you need to trade yours for a prius. They have got to learn to wave..or at least nod. The guy across the light from me in the blue c6 today was just too busy talking on his bluetooth, playing with his sat-nav and downloading Justin Beiber songs on his i-phone to acknowledge another vette. The three sizes too small holister shirt was probably cutting off his circulation so he is forgiven. BUT, the old guy in the red one with the plaid driver hat on....you sir have no excuse. I'm gonna see if Michelin will start holding a "Learn to Wave Day" training program at the test track in Cross Hill, SC

 

Chill. Griping does no good.

I even did a little poking 6 months ago
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/off-...d-to-read.html

and most just got upset over it.

The drivers of new Corvettes of any generation bought them for things other than belonging to the society of Corvette owners. They bought them because they were cool, because they were status, because a bunch of fools convinced them they were "investments", and so on. Unlike Harley buyers, they didn't know they were buying the key to a secret fraternity.



Continue to wave, eventually one will stop you somewhere and ask if you know them or whatever, and you can explain the wave and the camaraderie of Corvette owners, and so on.

You might make a new friend.

Or they just ignore you and continue down the road like many do.



Who cares, you are out driving your Corvette, having fun, enjoying the drive and the day, and you definitely didn't buy it so people would wave at you, did you?



And instead of waving, put a few carriage returns in your next note so it is easier to read.

 

Who cares about what C6 owners think. Get over it. For C6 owners, a Corvette is all about image and transportation. I've never been impressed. If I wanted a C6, I would buy one. Just don't want one. I'd rather have my new Honda for every day driving. To me, a C6 is just another car. I don't even notice them. I'm much more excited and impressed when I see any C3, even one with cracked fiberglass and in primer. I only have Covette envy those rare times I see a C2. Maybe I'm a snob.

 

Sorry about the condensed rant. I was typing fast and not proof reading.
I'm not as mad as I sound and I don't hyperfocus on other people. I just can't help noticing that it seems to be one particular group that doesn't give a rip about simple traditions I learned from my father.

 

I try to make it a point to always wave to others....as a sign of recognition. I also wave at cool looking muscle cars from the 60s and 70s.

Maybe its like a grandfather thing to the C6 generation. I mean, we are the adults and the children have not learned to respect their elders.

And to Procrastination Racing, thanks for the link. I read their comments, and many people just did not get it. Thanks for that reminder.

kdf

 

http://www.petitiononline.com/wave50/petition.html

 

You know what really burns c5 &6's a$$. One thing they paid too much money, and when we park next to the new cars, people look more at ours than theirs. I like the wave. I learned that having a CJ7 for nearly 24 years now. Same thing happened with the jeeps. Don't worry about it. Al

 

so I don't understand why you are waving at them, they don't drive the same car as you
...its their position to feel if their modern car relates to a guts and glory old school corvette and wave first, and should be your choice to snob them or not

at most give then a nod and then laugh at them...most likely they want to be in a Ferrari or Lamborghini anyway, which I bet if they were in, they would wave

 

Another waving/C6 thread. This forum is circling the drain.

Maybe we can brighten it up with a chicken Photoshopped with a Corvette hat.

 

Search function is your friend:

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strange, I just tried what you suggested, in C3 general I only got three results, all pretty old

2005 http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...dont-wave.html

2004 http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...dont-wave.html

2002 http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...very-much.html

so personally, it seems to me its time for a new thread on it


and anyway, where I come from, if you don't like a thread, its best not to read it, especially don't bother to post in it, and even more so, if you are an internet cop, don't double post, so GTFO ? [edit] PM sent [/edit]

 

I've noticed the jeep thing. My sister has always driven Cj's and Wranglers and that 4 wheelin crowd wave a lot.

You'll notice my title. I read here all the time and I've read countless "wave" posts, but I had to vent a little. I do realize I'm wasting server space re-hashing the same stuff, but the jeep folks are a perfect example. It can be a ****** that looks like it was left on the beach at Normandy up through a brand new rubicon...and they all wave. Makes no sense that the body style matters so much with vettes.
On the other hand, jeep folks buy a utility vehicle that hasn't changed much over the years and they use them as utility vehicles. Corvette owners buy for lots of different reasons. I'm learning that.
I do a lot of my own wrenching and can't park my car in front of my office window because I find myself wasting time staring at it. I'm not some weird freak, but I've owned a lot of "sports" cars and for some reason, corvettes and olf british cars mesmorize me. I do apologize for another wave thread. I know there are serious posts on here with people seeking wisdom on much more important topics. Thanks for the conversation

 

yeah, I know the wave thing

owned air-cooled VW's for years, we all waved at each other...but it was the water-pumpers first move to make and wave at the air-coolers, otherwise we might not of noticed them, but with that, we acknowledged them

on the other hand, the wife owns a Honda Element...all those cars look/are the same, people wave at each other on the road with no concern for status

but I've already noticed, there is a difference between modern years of corvettes, and the basic fundamental designs, and how people feel about them....there seems to be a big dividing line between C1/C2/C3 and C4/C5/C6...as there is with just about any 70's and earlier cars vs one built late 80's or after...its two different worlds, and the people act sometimes as if they are meeting an alien when they cross paths

 

The animosity that pops up on this forum between generations is what is killing the hobby (reference earlier thread - same subject). I have progressed through the generations starting with my 82 CE I bought in 1985 to my current 06. I wave to all Vettes if I see them. If I don't get a wave back it's not the end of the world nor does it ruin my day. Most of my friends that own a C6 came up through the generations and many of them, like myself, also have a C3 in the garage, too.

I didn't know about the wave back in 85 until I really got involved with the hobby. FWIW I get more return waves from the C6 drivers in my area whether I'm in the 06 or the 82.

 

i'm somewhat new to all this so i don't know about the history and all. i even waved at a mitsubishi 3000gt just in case.

 

This is nothing new. The new owner wave thing has been going on for long before there ever was a Corvette Forum. Owners of new Corvettes, especially first time owners, have rarely waved to owners of other Vettes.

I had a friend years ago, who was the original owner of a 60. He use to talk about the "stuck up" people that bought new 63's and how they won't wave to the solid axles. He was sure this was because they thought they were better than him. I remember driving my 62 in the 70's and rarely got a wave from drivers of then new 75-77's. In fact, most would look at me like "who's that jerk in the old car waving at me, I don't know him"! I'm sure you had some people that looked down on owners of older Corvettes (let's be honest here, Corvettes can be an ego driven purchase), but in most cases, I think it was just an unfamiliarity with the "wave".

Many of today's Corvette owners are not necessarily car people. Many are guys (and women) who always wanted a Corvette, but because of the morgage, a need to haul the the 2.5 kids around, saving for college, etc., it wasn't possible. Now the kids are gone, the house is paid for and the retirement funds have kicked in, so now they can buy that Corvette. These first time Corvette owners don't have much knowledge of the history or traditions of the Corvette. I think that eventually, many of these owners will figure out the wave thing.

The improved performance and quality of Corvettes, have changed the potential buyer, too. People who would never have been caught dead in a pre 96 Corvette, are giving up their fine European performance "automobiles" and buying new Corvettes. Most never had any respect for older Corvettes, and they likely never will. Time will tell if these owners, will ever acknowledge "the wave".

 

Heck, when I drive min 71 everybody waves, whether they are in a vette or not.....but then things are friendly in Texas.

Also, cops wave me over, some folks do the one finger wave, and occaisionally gettin a starting flag waved.

 

 

i was told by a couple of c5 and c6 owners at the corvette club, that they would be happy to wave at c3 people but they cant see them with there cateracts.

 

Judging from what you have wrote, the problem is your attitude towards C6 drivers. I own both a C3 and a C6 and a classic GTO. I wave at all Vettes and most old cars also. (not Fords though)