I always try to wave. Some wave back some don't. I wouldn't flip someone off for not waving. I save those for the real important things like when the douchebag in the beater pulls out in front of me and then does 20 mph under the speed limit. In all seriousness, the phrase "choose your battles" comes to mind here. There are some real sickos out there who wouldn't think twice about escalating a response after being flipped off.

 

i never wave at vette owners. Its pretty dumb IMO. Its usually the old guys with all the chrome doo-dads and chrome accents everywhere that do that crap.

 

 

So because somebody didn't acknowlege you you think it's okay to go flipping him off? What's next - following him to his house and throwing rocks through the windows?

 

I think u did the right thing "rootpooty"
save the wave!

Put

 

 

I look at the situation from a slightly different perspective.

You say that you have run into this guy 5 or 6 times. Okay, so it appears as though he might be relatively new to this Corvette of his and new to encountering you. You wanted to inculcate this habit of "the wave" exchange between the two of you; so you lead by example.

Good; but leading by example sometimes means making more than several attempts. Some people need extra time. You didn't stick with it long enough. A good teacher neither models behaviour a few times and gives up; nor does he model behaviour and then say to the student, "Look, if you're not going to cooperate; then F%$#@ You!" You're sending a mixed message. Essentially, that is what happened when he finally waved; only to find you flipping him the bird.

Moral of the story, if you want to instill the desired behaviour consisting of "the wave", success will be enjoyed after persistent instruction; but most certainly not by casting an insult.

My advice: If you want to perpetuate the behaviour consisting of "the wave" using effective leadership, from now on, no mater what he does, wave with a smile.

Good luck.

 

Thank you! It's not the Andy Griffith show era anymore. Who cares if some dude has the same car as you. Do you think tundra owners wave to other tundra drivers? Probably not. So what someone doesn't wave at you

 

Why is it the newer members say it is dumb to wave?
Maybe it is their generation?
I have to also say they don't look at the Corvette for what it is and what it stands for.
I guess we are going to get a lot of this with the price on the C5 in the pits, Anyone can buy one.
Thats too bad.

 

Yeah!!! Every askholio should get a daily dose of the friendly feathered finger!

 

No... the funny thing is that he was waving at the C6 BEHIND you!

I have driven Corvettes almost every day for 35 years and most of the C6 drivers I meet really are a different breed in general. I have my own analysis as to why this is, but I will keep it to myself.

 

I always wave or flash the foglights. When I had my C4 and C5s were still the new deal I remember them always waving, Once one even stopped traffic on a very busy road to let me in.

 

I think this thread makes me want to wave even less.

 

For you youngsters/rookies the Corvette hand wave was shown in the 1974 ( I think) sales brochure for the car. If I remember correctly it showed a yellow vette coupe with a guy with a "mod" hair cut, for the time, giving the wave with the appropriate verbiage associated with the "wave" calling attention to it and other vette drivers who did the same.

So, everyone, let's make sure you do the "wave" to fellow vette drivers when you drive past them!

 

 

Maybe 1974 it was the start of the pussafacation of america (he didnt wave to me) get over it!!! Maybe the wave started because the cars became detuned crap and was not worth racing anymore so hey lets just waving at each other
I dont wave and never will. dont need anymore friends
Sorry im in a sh!ty mood
Steve

 

Well that can't be right...I was born in 74.

 

The corvette stands for a great sportscar with planty of room to be made into a ferrari killer. Not lets take this car out for a very slow sunday drive and wave at EVERY other corvette I see.If I did that my waving arm would be tired as hell by the end of the trip,because these things are everywhere! Its not even somewhat of a rare car, everyone has one.

and another note, they arent even built well.The drivetrain and aerodynamics are great (the reason why i bought one), but, the build qualtiy, comfort and every other aspect is worse than ANY other car ive owned. This car was built for two reasons, blow door off of fords, to blow doors off of others at the track, and give old guys somthing to spend useless money on by adding a bunch of flashy nonsense to.

 

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.
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 Stirling 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.


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.
You can always educate the ignorant, but you cannot help stupid.

 

Very well said, Thank You...