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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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I wasn't sure what forum this goes in, so I'm posting it here.

When my dad bought his 85 Vette all those many years ago, he told me about the "Corvette Wave". I thought he was kidding about it. But he pretty much told me, "No. That's what you do when you see another Vette on the streets." LOL

Well, I got my car Monday and have in fact been doing the Corvette Wave pretty much every time I saw another Vette drive by. I don't think I got one wave back. Then yesterday while I was driving it was like all the REAL Vette owners were out. I swear every Vette that passed by was doing the Corvette Wave. Made me feel even better about driving the car.

Another cool thing I noticed, I was waiting to turn left onto a street, and coming the opposite direction, a blue C6 turned right onto the street I was turning left. I was hoping I'd get to turn sooner so I could catch up really quick to him. Then I realized he slowed way down. I think he was waiting for me to turn... When I finally turned, I caught up to him really quick and gave him the Corvette Wave. So he sped up and cruised next to me for a while. It was pretty cool.

Finally, my friend was in the car with me while we were driving to a BBQ yesterday, and every time a Vette passed, I did the wave without breaking concentration on our conversation, and he was wondering what I kept doing and why. LOL I didn't tell him.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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The wave is good.


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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:07 PM
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LOL, I have been waving at them also. I felt bad because I missed one yesterday, he was behind some traffic in the opposite direction and I just caught his wave out of the side of my eye. I waved but by that time I was already bye him.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:10 PM
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always wave
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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Yeah. I wave all the time. Sometimes no waves back. Lately though, I have been getting a lot of waves back. Was cruising with a friend yesterday and he noticed a vette going the other direction. By the time I noticed, he waved and was past me. I missed that wave. Oops.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Yeah got to hate it when you miss the wave. =( Or when a vette is 1 or 2 cars back so they cannot see you for a wave to be initiated. lol
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:32 PM
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LOL! Damn Vettes are too fast.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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I also wave to other cool cars.. Classics, and other performance cars...
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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I wave all the time and some people look at me like Im crazy
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:52 PM
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Here's one from OKC!
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by happa
I wave all the time and some people look at me like Im crazy
This happens to me too.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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The wave lives.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Glad to see you shaved Bill, but you're still ugly.

Oh and here's a wave for everyone.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Jean
Glad to see you shaved Bill, but you're still ugly.

Oh and here's a wave for everyone.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Jean
Glad to see you shaved Bill, but you're still ugly.

Oh and here's a wave for everyone.
Here is a before and after shave picture.

I clean up well don't I?
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 05:18 PM
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Here in Alabama, people always wave at you. Guys on their tractors, people sitting on their porches, etc.

True story ... one time we were having a tree cut down in our front yard. The guy doing it was near the top, chainsaw in one hand, waving at passers-by with the other. WTH? He doesn't KNOW these people and surely they didn't see him waving up in the tree, but he waved nonetheless. Old habits die hard, I guess!

I'm enjoying waving at all the pretty 'vettes that I see on the road.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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i always try to wave but sometimes traffic dictates I watch what is going on rather than wave. to any vette owner that i miss i am mentally waving, sorry you can't see it. i also realize many other vette owners have that same problem, so, let's keep waving and don't hold it against anybody for perhaps having to keep their eye on waht is going on. better not to wave than to crunch a vette, right?
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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I usually wave... even in the Trans Am
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