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Old May 31, 2009 | 11:14 PM
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It was a beautiful day here so we decided to take the Vette on an afternoon run to the park. Were crusing down the two lane highway and a new Mustang is approaching from the other direction. As we are passing each other he gives me a wave! I didn't know the quy so I'm guessing he was wishing he was driving a Corvette instead of the Mustang.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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That was nice of him. I hope you waved back.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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Maybe a sign of respect or just being a good neighbor. My wife and I were cruising in the C5 last week and I happened to pass an older Viper. We gave each other a respectable wave and nod.
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Old May 31, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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We passed a bunch of vettes today on our drive from Newark to Baltimore area. Sadly we were in my DD but I still waved to all of them. I've no doubt more than one was creeped out
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 04:13 AM
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The guy could have been a Vette owner too. I occasionally wave to Vettes when I'm not in mine.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 04:21 AM
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Are you sure it was not just his middle finger?
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 05:58 AM
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He might also own a Vette and waved to be friendly. I occasionally wave to Vettes when I'm in my TrailBlazer.
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He's just one car guy waving at another.
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Originally Posted by mtdriver
I didn't know the quy so I'm guessing he was wishing he was driving a Corvette instead of the Mustang.


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Originally Posted by jrose7004
He's just one car guy waving at another.
Thank you. I'm glad someone said that. I'm so sick of the belief that it's a "Corvette Thing" cause it's not. It's a car thing.
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Originally Posted by AMRAAM
The guy could have been a Vette owner too. I occasionally wave to Vettes when I'm not in mine.
Same here.
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Could just be one car guy to another - You don't have to have a Vette to wave to one.
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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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i bet he has a corvette also .
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Could just be one car guy to another - You don't have to have a Vette to wave to one.
I give and receive waves from all sorts of vehicles when we are in the `56 Chevy. I see it as a sign of recognition between car guys.
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Originally Posted by SaberD
i bet he has a corvette also .
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Could just be one car guy to another - You don't have to have a Vette to wave to one.
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I would much rather have a wave from a Mustang, Camero, etc. instead of having my car keyed by a idiot, or even like the other day a young punk driving his PIS Camero pretended to drive into my car and continued to act like he wanted to run into the back of my car.......A Real Tool!!!!!!

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Old Jun 1, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Shouldn't be so quick to assume a Mustang driver is envious - below is a pic of my C5 with my former dd in the background.

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I get waves from Mustang owners sometimes, not sure what the intention is, but i wave back, i guess its a respect thing.
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Originally Posted by Lancejoker
Thank you. I'm glad someone said that. I'm so sick of the belief that it's a "Corvette Thing" cause it's not. It's a car thing.
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