What happened to the wave?
07-07-2011, 05:28 PM
#61
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When someone doesn't wave back I just take it as a sign that they're a Corvette owner, but not really part of the Corvette community/family. By the time they're out of my view it's a distant thought. You shouldn't get too hung up on it.
07-07-2011, 05:39 PM
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St. Jude Donor '10
I saw 3 Corvettes on the way to work today and got a wave from 2 of them.
There have been plenty of times where I didn't notice the Vette until it was to late
There have been plenty of times where I didn't notice the Vette until it was to late
07-07-2011, 09:48 PM
#64
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Been waving my freakin arm off for decades of riding bikes. I'm getting pretty sick and tired of people getting their feelings hurt because some stranger who happens to ride/drive the same vehicle doesn't wave back.
Next thing I'm expecting to hear is how come someone doesn't wave back cause they have the same Toaster!
Can't people just deal with what they got and quite depending on strangers to wave back at them?
There's always gonna be that one last guy no one picks for their team.
Next thing I'm expecting to hear is how come someone doesn't wave back cause they have the same Toaster!
Can't people just deal with what they got and quite depending on strangers to wave back at them?
There's always gonna be that one last guy no one picks for their team.
07-08-2011, 12:01 AM
#65
Burning Brakes
my wife & I went out to dinner tonight - a C6 pulled up along side of us at a stop light - I looked at the guy & gave a little wave - he just turned his head - i know the dick saw me - maybe he though I was hitting on him
07-08-2011, 07:35 AM
#66
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What happened to you isn't rare. I don't know why some C6 owners are that way. I get a lot more waves,and thumbs ups from C4,C5 owners all the time. Maybe because their cars are newer, older vettes are irrelevant. Once I pulled up next to a guy who was driving a Callaway Grand Sport convertible. I nodded and smiled at him , he looked at me, then turned back without returning the acknowledgment. Yeah. I thought he was an ******* too.
07-08-2011, 08:46 AM
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10, '14
What happened to the wave?
Too many "see-and-be-seen" owners who could give a flying rodent's *** about tradition/heritage as long as they think they look good behind the wheel. Unfortunately for these people, no car has been made to date that can re-grow lost hair, darken graying hair, make you lose weight, and/or reverse the aging process.
Too many "see-and-be-seen" owners who could give a flying rodent's *** about tradition/heritage as long as they think they look good behind the wheel. Unfortunately for these people, no car has been made to date that can re-grow lost hair, darken graying hair, make you lose weight, and/or reverse the aging process.
And don't try Grecian, it'll turn your hair green! Ask me how I know!
07-08-2011, 12:02 PM
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What happened to you isn't rare. I don't know why some C6 owners are that way. I get a lot more waves,and thumbs ups from C4,C5 owners all the time. Maybe because their cars are newer, older vettes are irrelevant. Once I pulled up next to a guy who was driving a Callaway Grand Sport convertible. I nodded and smiled at him , he looked at me, then turned back without returning the acknowledgment. Yeah. I thought he was an ******* too.
See, looking at human psychology, if one tends to think that he is superior to another, the person will not acknowledge the another being. If one thinks that the other person is about the same or better, then he will acknowledge.
This is similar to a gym rat with bulging muscles not talking to a skinny dude at the gym, but you see him often conversing with an another muscle gym rat.
What I am trying to say is, when a C6 driver sees a C5, he will think,
"C5? I'm not waving back, he is inferior, I have a better C6, (I can afford a more expensive car) so don't talk to me, loser."
This is similar to a gym rat with bulging muscles not talking to a skinny dude at the gym, but you see him often conversing with an another muscle gym rat.
What I am trying to say is, when a C6 driver sees a C5, he will think,
"C5? I'm not waving back, he is inferior, I have a better C6, (I can afford a more expensive car) so don't talk to me, loser."
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07-08-2011, 04:46 PM
#70
Burning Brakes
The Wave is alive and well here in north Texas. My observation around this is that anyone driving a corvette older (C5 and older) than the current body style has the car because they *really* wanted it.
Waves I don't see are from women driving C6's, and I have to believe it's because they aren't driving a 'Corvette'...they are driving a 'label' that their husband/bf bought for them and they have no clue such that they might as well be driving any other high-end make/model vehicle.
Waves I don't see are from women driving C6's, and I have to believe it's because they aren't driving a 'Corvette'...they are driving a 'label' that their husband/bf bought for them and they have no clue such that they might as well be driving any other high-end make/model vehicle.
07-08-2011, 05:23 PM
#71
Le Mans Master
The wave is good here in Houston.
I have two things to say:
C6 owners always wave to me, I've only had a few that didn't but then again c5 owners have missed me a couple times too. I wonder what C4 guys have to say, because when I waved at one the other day he looked awfully excited that I did.
Secondly, does anyone have this toaster:
Please wave if you do!
I have two things to say:
C6 owners always wave to me, I've only had a few that didn't but then again c5 owners have missed me a couple times too. I wonder what C4 guys have to say, because when I waved at one the other day he looked awfully excited that I did.
Secondly, does anyone have this toaster:
Please wave if you do!
07-08-2011, 07:03 PM
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im in norther california where there are several vettes on the road. i have not received a wave back in months. either people dont pay attention or they just dont want to for some reason. as a young corvette owner i dont want to bash the old generation who started this trend, but they seem like the ones that are letting it die. just my thoughts
07-08-2011, 07:32 PM
#74
Burning Brakes
im in norther california where there are several vettes on the road. i have not received a wave back in months. either people dont pay attention or they just dont want to for some reason. as a young corvette owner i dont want to bash the old generation who started this trend, but they seem like the ones that are letting it die. just my thoughts
