Vette Etiquette
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2014
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From: Round Rock Texas
I might understand if a person simply doesn’t want to initiate a wave to another person or car, but to intentionally not return a wave and consider it “nonsense” to return a wave is beyond my comprehension. I’m SO not trying to argue here, but that just seems really odd to me. I would never not wave back to another person who had waved to me and simply ignore them.
I also thank people who hold an elevator door open for me, or allow me passage thru a crowded hallway, or let me into traffic from a parking lot or busy street. It’s really not difficult to wave to someone. Just my thoughts...
I also thank people who hold an elevator door open for me, or allow me passage thru a crowded hallway, or let me into traffic from a parking lot or busy street. It’s really not difficult to wave to someone. Just my thoughts...
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2001
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From: East Coast
I was stuck on the side of a not-very-traveled road last Saturday and not only did the passing Corvette drivers NOT wave, but they didn't even stop to offer help. A few old people did stop and offer to help, and no- they weren't driving C7s.
To answer your question, yes, I wave and I don't care if they wave back.
To answer your question, yes, I wave and I don't care if they wave back.
Always wave. Drove my first Corvette in 1966, been waving ever since.
Last edited by Yellow6t7; Mar 8, 2019 at 05:42 PM.
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Apparently I'm more jaded and cynical than many here. I don't know anything about the person other than they're driving a Vette - for all I know they could be a wife/child beating lowlife or other variety of a-hole whom I wouldn't want anything to do with.
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Well, I got my 1st wave while in our new to us C6 yesterday. It's been a long time that that has happened to me. Back in 65 when I had my fuelie coupe it seemed to happened a lot. I think there is a story behind all of the waving or I am sure many versions. Maybe for those that grew up in that era can explain to the newer folks why it originated. Then, if nothing else they would know the history behind the wave. I mean what the hell is the big deal in waving at someone. Really!
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I think when there were fewer Corvettes seen on the road, the owner of one would wave to another as a sign of camaraderie- just like motorcycle riders would wave to one another.
Now, its seems everyone and their mothers rides a motorcycle or drives a Corvette, so the novelty of waving doesn't have the same relevance.
I've been involved with Corvettes and motorcycles since I was 16, so the wave is "in" me.
I understand the wave. The novelty hasn't worn off.
This is how it is for me: I wave- they wave back or they don't wave - I wave.
I think when there were fewer Corvettes seen on the road, the owner of one would wave to another as a sign of camaraderie- just like motorcycle riders would wave to one another.
Now, its seems everyone and their mothers rides a motorcycle or drives a Corvette, so the novelty of waving doesn't have the same relevance.
I've been involved with Corvettes and motorcycles since I was 16, so the wave is "in" me.
I understand the wave. The novelty hasn't worn off.
This is how it is for me: I wave- they wave back or they don't wave - I wave.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2018
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From: Marietta GA
I have a 73 and when I buy gas, more times than not, someone will come up and inquire about my Corvette. I also get gestures for me to open the headlights, it must be treat for the younger generation since none of the modern cars have hidden headlights. Seems to me that the newer Vette drivers don’t wave, also get gestures from drivers in other older cars.
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Ontario
I wave at all Corvettes. Also muscle cars, hotrods, dune buggies, vintage pickup trucks etc. Around here Corvette waves are a jaunty left hand up in the air. Everybody else gets a low 5, arm hanging down out the window. They often wave at me first. I get a kick out of seeing somebody stick their arm out the window ahead of time so they can say howdy as we meet on the road. C5 and up owners don't usually respond in kind. I met five C5's travelling in a convoy on a road along the lake last summer and not one of them did it. Not sure why but I don't think they're being snooty. They're likely newbies and don't know about proper Vette-a-kette.
Last edited by army; Mar 21, 2019 at 06:06 AM.
Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2014
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From: Queensland
My Corvette is my daily driver and while driving to work the other day I went round a bend in the road and saw an ambulance with lights flashing parked on the side of the road. The ambos were just loading their patient into the back of the ambulance as I approached. He must have heard the car coming and as I passed he lifted his head off the pillow and gave a thumbs up. It put a smile on both our faces.
My wife and myself do wave to other corvettes down here in Australia and we get lots of waves and thumbs up from other drivers and pedestrians. It must be a universal thing.
My wife and myself do wave to other corvettes down here in Australia and we get lots of waves and thumbs up from other drivers and pedestrians. It must be a universal thing.
Last edited by Spoticus; Mar 23, 2019 at 03:24 AM.
Heel & Toe
Joined: Mar 2019
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From: San Simon, Arizona
I grew up in small towns throughout the SW so it’s common to wave at everyone you pass and greet everyone you see around town. It’s almost expected actually. No one has ever been harmed by a passerby greeting them on the road; regardless if they drive a Vette or not.
The only exception i make make is when I am driving in a big city: then I just feel like Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee when he is walking down the streets in NYC saying hello to everyone. It takes a few minutes to break the habit of waving at every person in the oncoming lane...every 2 seconds.
The only exception i make make is when I am driving in a big city: then I just feel like Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee when he is walking down the streets in NYC saying hello to everyone. It takes a few minutes to break the habit of waving at every person in the oncoming lane...every 2 seconds.
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From: Ontario
That's a good point. I grew up on the farm next to the one I live on today, not far from a small town in the boonies. Waving is pretty much autonomic to us. My brother-in-law lives in the Buffalo area. Around there if you wave at somebody you better be able to back it up.