Is the wave dying?
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Instructor
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From: Pompano Beach Florida
Is the wave dying?
I drove my car home from Illinois to Florida and I saw so many other Corvettes on the road. I waved every time...never got one back. I even stopped down at Bowling Green on my way back and saw two or three there with no wave. What's up with that?
Drifting
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From: Woodlake,The hill is without the king, California
St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by keen02
I drove my car home from Illinois to Florida and I saw so many other Corvettes on the road. I waved every time...never got one back. I even stopped down at Bowling Green on my way back and saw two or three there with no wave. What's up with that?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Rhode Island
Originally Posted by D.K.
Not here it isn't. Get plenty of waves. You will get your occasional, hapless, pinhead. However for the most part ppl still wave. 
Racer
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From: Ellicott City MD
St. Jude Contributor
Originally Posted by JoshVette
in Dallas,
Still get a wave or two, I've noticed more of the C6 owners don't though.....??
Still get a wave or two, I've noticed more of the C6 owners don't though.....??
Burning Brakes
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From: Rhode Island
Originally Posted by TruUndrtkr
i've been getting a lot of waves or thumbs up as of late in various parts of los angeles...guess it just depends on the person
Le Mans Master
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From: Dallas Texas
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'09-'10
Originally Posted by 400hp
It doesn't make anyone a "hapless pinhead" just because they don't wave. What is the point of the wave anyway? I know what I'm driving. Besides, just because someone has the same car as me doesn't mean anything. For all you know the person your'e waving at is a hapless pinhead.
Unfortunately, this is pretty much the attitude of most Vette drivers now days. The Sports Car Camaraderie of the past is about gone, except for a few of us older guys, who remember how it was to be part of that special club and shared the HI Sign.
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Racer
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From: Washington
I always wave at any year vette, in my opinion when I drove my C-4 none of the older guy's in C-5's would wave or even look at you, now that I own a C-5 this coming spring/summer I will wave and I will be checking to see who waves back!!!
Pro
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From: San Diego Ca
Originally Posted by 400hp
It doesn't make anyone a "hapless pinhead" just because they don't wave. What is the point of the wave anyway? I know what I'm driving. Besides, just because someone has the same car as me doesn't mean anything. For all you know the person your'e waving at is a hapless pinhead.
Interesting view on this topic. To each his own I suppose.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Female Corvette drivers who wave are few and far between. They give you that "Deer In the Headlights" look... 
Last edited by OCMike; Feb 7, 2005 at 06:30 PM.