went for a couple hour ride this afternoon and was 1 for 4 in waves. i just dont get it. i also rides motorcycles and usually am 95 % waves. guess some people just dont get it. thanks for letting me rant.

 

Don't get your panties in a twist over nonwavers. Waste of time.

 

Glad you feel better now

 

Yeah, I know what you mean. There I was driving home on the interstate the other day during a rain storm and the person 5 lanes over, going in the other direction, didn't wave at me either.

 

Today I got a wave back from a black 6Z06 and Pewter and black Ford GT. Such awsome cars here in N. Dallas!

 

had two for two today

 

Actually got a wave from a C6 today. Wonders will never cease

 

I was 3 for 4 today...

 

How did that dumb practice start in the first place?

 

Hey folks, I've got one for you but I'll get into this tomorrow. I snapped a shot of this guy and it's on my digital camera..

Bob

 

I drove a C5 today for two miles and got a wave from a Civic.

 

Article written in 1969 i believe

Ever since Corvette No. 00001 first met Corvette No. 00002 on the road, their drivers saluted each other with waves. Today, unfortunately, this grand and glorious tradition is wavering. WAVE WHEN YOU PASS ANOTHER CORVETTE!

There's one item of standard equipment that comes as a pleasant surprise to every new Corvette owner. It's an instant wave of recognition he or she recieves when he meets one of their ilks on the road. The first time it happens, they will be taken by surprise. He immediately thinks:

1. He has been mistaken for Sterling Moss.
2. His lights are on.
3. He has just been given the bird.

Soon, however, the new Vette owner anticipates, indeed even relishes, encountering other Vettes as he drives. During this period, he experiments with his waves, running the gamut from the gaping "yoo hoo" to the ultra cool "two finger flip." He perfects his timing, making sure he affects neither a too-early wave, nor the jaded "oh brother" too-late variety. Determined not to be one upped, he even developes a defense mechanism for non wavers, usually settling on the "Wave"? My hand was just on the way to scratch my head" approach. (This is especially useful when you're not driving your Vette, but you forget, and like a dummy, you wave anyway.)

Indeed, one of the most perplexing problems facing a would-be waver is what to do when driving next to a fellow Vette owner. Passing him going in opposite directions is one thing. Greetings are exchanged, and that's that. But what happens when you pull up next to a guy at a light, wave, nod, smile and then pull up to him at the next light, a block later? Wave again? Nod bashfully? Grin self-consciously? Ignore him? Or take the chicken's way out and turn down the next side street? If you're expecting an answer, you won't find it here. Sad to say, some questions don't have any.
SAVE THE WAVE!

Girl-type Corvette drivers also have a unique problem: to wave or not to wave. This miss or misses who borrows her man's Corvette for the first time is immediately faced with this quandary. Should she wave first and look overly friendly, or ignore the wave and look like a snob? Most ladies who drive their own Vettes prefer to suffer the latter rather than take a chance of being misread. For this reason, all girls are excused for occassionally failing to return a well-meaning wave. So are new owners who are still learning the ropes.

There is no excuse, however, for a guy who refuses to return the wave, not out of ignorance, but of arrogance or apathy. While this type of behavior is the exception to the rule, it seems a few owners of newer models refuse to recognize anything older than theirs, while some others simply won't wave, period. Boo on them. These ding-a-lings don't seem to realize that they are helping to squash a tradition that had its beginnings back when most of us were still driving tootsietoys.

 

I usually give a and a nod.

My wife gives a quick wave when she's driving one of the vettes

 

Yesterday, I was 5 for 5 from Vette guys!
Best one of the day came from a very young kid in an old Nova - you know, the old rust colored one that a kid inherits from Grandma when she can't drive it anymore? The car was spanking clean and had a few mods. He gave me a wave like he was relieved to find another car as nice as his was!

 

At first when a wave was not returned…I’d get all bent out of shape…which was dumb. They don’t know about the wave or don’t care….so don’t worry about it. Don‘t let it get to you. Enjoy your Vette!

 

It's nice when you get waves, but if you don't, life still goes on. Just keep on waving regardless.

 

Oh Oh Oh real funny, that was me my window would open, just got it up from waving at everybody prior to the rain starting.

 

 

OK, now it's my turn

Yesterday I was heading south on route 95 in Providence RI and in my rear-view mirror I see a C4 yellow convertible coming up on my right. This guy pulls up along side of me, we make eye contact, I wave, he turns his head and drives off!!....

I grab my digital camera and snapped this shot of him.



On the plus side, after I got off the highway I had a guy pull up along side of me in a new C6 Millennium Yellow, like my 04 Z06 and not only did he wave but we chatted until the light changed.

Bob

 

it's not worth getting in a snit over a 'perceived' non wave; i'm embarrased at the times i missed the return wave when the boss tells me "yeah they waved". here in south central pa, i easily get 9 if not more out of 10 waves to fellow corvette drivers. bub