The Wave
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2001
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From: Ocala FL
That's about right for around here too. Harley bikers will give the thumbs up a lot for my vette.
Older car s and sports cars , muscle car people wave quite a bit.
C4 guys wave ..bless their hearts
C5 occasionally
C6. Almost never...... Their car is butt ugly and they want to ignore that...Most of these guys are just ....
C7. They are clueless , in a rush ....all bout being in a hurry and status symbol......not enough real men own these cars....none car guys .
Older car s and sports cars , muscle car people wave quite a bit.
C4 guys wave ..bless their hearts
C5 occasionally
C6. Almost never...... Their car is butt ugly and they want to ignore that...Most of these guys are just ....
C7. They are clueless , in a rush ....all bout being in a hurry and status symbol......not enough real men own these cars....none car guys .
A guy in a C6 waved today as a friend and I headed over to big Lots for a cruise night in the '68. It was a coupe, so I didn't expect it, but he stuck his hand out the window to wave. I think the '68 has an advantage in getting waves in that:
1. its red
2. it is a recognizable shape that most remember from growing up (these guys who wave are in 40s and 50s, I'd guess).
3. they recognize it as old, although I doubt they could guess within 10 years, but it's new enough they remember seeing them, unlike the straight axles and the midyears which had begun to leave the streets by the time most of these newer Vette owners began to recognize cars.
Anyway, it is all in good fun, the waving stuff that is.
Everyone knows there is a serious hierarchy to The Wave.
1. newer car must wave to older car first.
2. small block has to wave to big block first
3. coupe must wave to convertible first
4. other colors must wave to red first ("All Corvettes Are Red", remember?)
5. women drivers must wave to men drivers first (unless they are young and blond)
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Huntingburg Indiana
You should be careful about making generalizations like that. When I drive my '69 convertible and my '07 ZO6, I always wave at Corvettes that I see, heck, I even wave at Vettes when I'm driving my F250.
I'm certainly a car guy
I have many friends who own C6s AND C7s. They too are car guys.
Just because we can afford new Corvettes doesn't mean we are clueless, non-car guys. It means we like the engineering and performance the new cars deliver.
When your C3 was new there were likely owners of ratty C1s and C2s who looked down at the owners of those new C3s, calling them clueless and snobs.
No hard feelings, just don't judge. We are all in this for FUN. And that's
I'm certainly a car guy
I have many friends who own C6s AND C7s. They too are car guys. Just because we can afford new Corvettes doesn't mean we are clueless, non-car guys. It means we like the engineering and performance the new cars deliver.
When your C3 was new there were likely owners of ratty C1s and C2s who looked down at the owners of those new C3s, calling them clueless and snobs.
No hard feelings, just don't judge. We are all in this for FUN. And that's
Heel & Toe
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 18
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From: Colorado Springs Colorado
I received a wave today and it reminded me that for some time I have wanted to submit a reply to this post. I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Not every Corvette driver returns my wave. Maybe they don't see my wave; maybe their non-return is based on a safety factor; maybe there are other reasons. I wave. My wave to other Corvette drivers is a courtesy and a recognition we belong to an exclusive club. Not that we are better than other cars or other drivers; certainly not. Nevertheless, someone who has taken the time to purchase and drive a Corvette, any model or year, deserves a wave. Camaraderie, I suppose. No wave back? It's okay; it's for the recipient to decide. Drive your Corvette in Colo Spgs and you see a Black Grand Sport coming your way - you will get a wave.
Moreover, to the gentleman who waved at me today, right back at ya, my friend.
Moreover, to the gentleman who waved at me today, right back at ya, my friend.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Central New York
Out today cruising around and met five Vettes of various years (no C7's) and all waved! Often we were both waving at exactly the same time so it wasn't just in return. Central New York is a wave friendly Corvette place!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Denton, Texas
Team Owner
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Orange Park Florida
My '72 vert is rather unique as you can see from my shutterfly site below....and it gets comments, waves, smiles, inquiries every time I take it out.....sometimes at every store, stoplight.....first question is....'
what year IS that??''.......heheeh....my reply is, pick a year you like....
got parts on it from '65 through '94 and that's just the vette parts.....
what year IS that??''.......heheeh....my reply is, pick a year you like....
got parts on it from '65 through '94 and that's just the vette parts.....
Advanced
Joined: Aug 2013
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If in north or south dakota you may pass a semi loaded with crushed cars headed to shreder. You may see an arm out window with a thumb up. If the red truck has black(not chrome) stacks. Ya, that be me.
Have hauled many vintage to shreder, but no vettes yet.
Have hauled many vintage to shreder, but no vettes yet.
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Racer
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Marlboro New Jersey
I will always wave if I see the other 'Vette first or wave back. I can't promise that I always see someone on a highway coming from the opposite direction and if I miss a wave I hereby apologize to anyone and everyone from the day I first drove the car until the end of time. I do have to try to remember to open the window first, very painful when I don't.
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2014
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From: Pensacola FL
I felt bad because I couldnt wave to a red 68 or the black 72 here in Pensacola. We were crossing the bay bridge and they were nice enough to do a full hands out the top wave.
I know it sound blasphemous, I was driving my 76 home from the seller and had to keep both hands on the wheel to hold it in place. The column was missing the bushings and spacers.
Dropped a 75 wheel and column in it last Thursday, so I shouldnt have that problem again. As a young(ish) owner I dont want to be disrespectful to the guys that have kept these old girls alive until I could get one.
I know it sound blasphemous, I was driving my 76 home from the seller and had to keep both hands on the wheel to hold it in place. The column was missing the bushings and spacers.
Dropped a 75 wheel and column in it last Thursday, so I shouldnt have that problem again. As a young(ish) owner I dont want to be disrespectful to the guys that have kept these old girls alive until I could get one.
1969/1971/2021 Coupes
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Port Huron MI
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I have a Jeep and wave at all other Jeeps.
I have a Harley and wave at all the other bikes on the road.
Now that I have a C3 Vette, I wave at all Vettes and classic cars.
I get confused sometimes and no matter what I'm driving or riding out of these three, I wave at bikes, Jeeps, Vettes, and classics.
Most people realize it's a brotherhood out there on the road when you're sharing the same mode of transportation.
Most people do wave back and even the ones that don't, I don't care or let it bother me. Half of the ones that I don't see wave probably just threw their hand up when it was to late for me to see it or they never saw me in the 1st place...lol. I know it's happened to me where someone waved and by the time I waved back, they had already passed and never saw me throw my hand up. It's all good though, I'm just out there having fun if I'm on the Harley or in the Jeep or Vette. These modes of transportation are only on the road for cruising and cruising = fun.
I have a Harley and wave at all the other bikes on the road.
Now that I have a C3 Vette, I wave at all Vettes and classic cars.
I get confused sometimes and no matter what I'm driving or riding out of these three, I wave at bikes, Jeeps, Vettes, and classics.
Most people realize it's a brotherhood out there on the road when you're sharing the same mode of transportation.
Most people do wave back and even the ones that don't, I don't care or let it bother me. Half of the ones that I don't see wave probably just threw their hand up when it was to late for me to see it or they never saw me in the 1st place...lol. I know it's happened to me where someone waved and by the time I waved back, they had already passed and never saw me throw my hand up. It's all good though, I'm just out there having fun if I'm on the Harley or in the Jeep or Vette. These modes of transportation are only on the road for cruising and cruising = fun.
I used to have a Chevy Prizm for a work commuter. I started waving at every Prizm I saw trying to get a response. Thought I'd see if I could start something like a Prizm club or something. I just got a few waves but a whole lot of freakish looks.
Terry
Instructor
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From: Johnston Rhode Island
What the F. I had my 71 out this morning to go the gym. On my way home I passed a C7. Wasn't expecting much when I waved. I was right, no wave back. I then passed a nice black mid 70's C3 with side pipes and gave a wave. He just kept on trucking. Why is it so hard to be friendly? I see every jeep owner hanging out the side of their CJ's waving like they are having a stroke. Even at cruise night the other Vette owners seem snobbish, at least to me. I am very friendly and compliment every Vette I see at cruise night, but nobody wants to talk about their car. They just sit in their beach chairs with their nose in the air.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2012
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From: Titusville Florida
What the F. I had my 71 out this morning to go the gym. On my way home I passed a C7. Wasn't expecting much when I waved. I was right, no wave back. I then passed a nice black mid 70's C3 with side pipes and gave a wave. He just kept on trucking. Why is it so hard to be friendly? I see every jeep owner hanging out the side of their CJ's waving like they are having a stroke. Even at cruise night the other Vette owners seem snobbish, at least to me. I am very friendly and compliment every Vette I see at cruise night, but nobody wants to talk about their car. They just sit in their beach chairs with their nose in the air.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: North of the Bay California
Something new happened to me last weekend. I was cruising in Sonoma California. I was driving down a road that was shared by bicyclists and a rider was coming towards me. He put his hand up as if to wave and then when we got close he held his hand out. I didn't know what he was doing. After I figured out he wanted a "high five" I stuck my hand out the car but it was too late...I missed it. 
Racer
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: S.E. Michigan
St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'09-'10
I wave
I've got a '71 and a '04. When I'm in either car, and notice another Corvette, I wave. Just that simple. I've been a Corvette owner for a long time and have always shown recognition of other Corvette drivers. Recognition and courtesy toward other drivers of the best American Sports Car in the world.
Racer
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Burbank, Ca
Its been a while since I've driven a Vett on a regular basis (19 years since a C4 & 30 years since a C3), But recently I was in my 78 vett on my way to get a smog test and on the short trip I got two waves one from C5 Conv. and a C4 Coupe driven by a lady ( they both initiated the wave first). I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. It was nice.
Race Director
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From: Out of Site...Out of Mind. Corvette: anything else is just transportation.
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Drifting
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Cameron Park CA
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