Hmm... provoking Wave question.
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Hmm... provoking Wave question.
I was in a funeral procession today - first car behind the family in the limos - and a b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l mid-year vert passed by in the other direction. I wasn't in my Vette, but if I was, would it have been appropriate to wave? I'm not being a wise-guy... would you have done it?
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If the guy in the mid~year waved first.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
While you were waving, if you would have also revved up the engine..... Well now, then you would have been considered disrespectful and a complete social dolt.....
Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket......
I think I covered all the bases.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
While you were waving, if you would have also revved up the engine..... Well now, then you would have been considered disrespectful and a complete social dolt.....
Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket......
I think I covered all the bases.......
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Originally Posted by NJ Vette Guy
[B]........Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket...... I think I covered all the bases.......
I think I covered all the bases....... 
It didn't occur to me in my previous post
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Originally Posted by NJ Vette Guy
If the guy in the mid~year waved first.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
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Originally Posted by NJ Vette Guy
If the guy in the mid~year waved first.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
While you were waving, if you would have also revved up the engine..... Well now, then you would have been considered disrespectful and a complete social dolt.....
Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket......
How is one supposed to remember all this Corvette ettikette in a split second
I say "SAVE the WAVE" if you get a wave.
I think I covered all the bases.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
While you were waving, if you would have also revved up the engine..... Well now, then you would have been considered disrespectful and a complete social dolt.....
Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket......
How is one supposed to remember all this Corvette ettikette in a split second
I say "SAVE the WAVE" if you get a wave. I think I covered all the bases.......
I say "SAVE the WAVE" if you get a wave.
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Under the circumstances, probable would not have waved.
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Originally Posted by captcruz
How is one supposed to remember all this Corvette ettikette in a split second I say "SAVE the WAVE" if you get a wave.
I say "SAVE the WAVE" if you get a wave. 
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Originally Posted by PUREFUN
Don't understand why waving would show any disrespect. I'd wave
If anyone made mention of you "waving" during the procession, just tell them you were swatting at a fly in the car.....
Hopefully you don't own a vert.... If so, tell them you fixing your hair....
(You're not bald, are you???
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Originally Posted by NJ Vette Guy
I grew up Italian and I learned everything I needed to know about "life" at funerals and weddings..... There's rules, you know
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Originally Posted by NJ Vette Guy
If the guy in the mid~year waved first.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
While you were waving, if you would have also revved up the engine..... Well now, then you would have been considered disrespectful and a complete social dolt.....
Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket......
I think I covered all the bases.......
Then by all means, you should have waved back..... All you would have had to do was the "quick palm up" move and decorum would have prevailed.....
While you were waving, if you would have also revved up the engine..... Well now, then you would have been considered disrespectful and a complete social dolt.....
Unless of course, the deceased was a dearly departed Vette owner too, then it would have been considered proper and you should have waved again as they were lowering the casket......
I think I covered all the bases.......
I couldn't have said it better myself!
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Originally Posted by Tact
I just don't understand how waving at someone while in a funeral line is breaking a rule or being disrespectful. Can anyone tell me what rule # it is or how this gesture violates any etiquette standard?
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Originally Posted by ROADAPPLE
I wasn't in my Vette,
When I'm not in my Vette I never wave at another car.
When I'm not in my Vette I never wave at another car.
When I'm in my DD, I never wave
Now that is considered tacky and inexcusable. I almost did that once..... Once and I caught myself during the move.
I just continued and made like I was adjusting the rearview mirror.....