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The things I would do to that car if it were mine.....
Originally Posted by BlueSkunk952
I was driving my '58 last week when I passed a C6 coming from the opposite direction. I waved to him, but got no response. I figured he probably thought I was a TBird or an old Mercedes. A little further down the road I encountered a C4. Before I could release my grip on the steering wheel, he was waving at me like I was an old friend. You never know who will return the wave, but I still continue the tradition. I give the C7 owners some slack. They are still new at this.
Waving Weenies at it again < Look I have 84 post in the Corvette forum... that makes me a relevant contributor and a respected member of this community
Not exactly sure of what this means, ( Waving Weenies ) but I get the idea that you are disrespecting the heritage of the Corvette wave.. as a newbie here, children should listen and learn way before they decide to type something and shoot themself in the foot doing so. I've been waving since 1958. If you are referring to the guy discouraged about the lack of historical protocol by the C7 users, I share his concern, and I can assure you that IM no weenie.
Last edited by Evil-Twin; Sep 2, 2015 at 05:38 PM.
The Rochester, NY area has a big contingent of Vettes. I always wave and most wave back. I don't think the generation matters if they'll wave or not. Its the person driving, I have receive some very enthusiastic waves. The local club has over 400 members and there are car cruises almost every night. Not only do they wave, but on Cruise nights my 2015 Z06 is a "rock Star" it gets lots of attention. I just standby and answer their questions....that's even better than the "wave"..... Keep the Wave Alive..........
The "wave" is a nice thing that has been around for decades. I bought my first Corvette in 1966 [1960 "283/4spd with 2- 4's] and the wave was "cool"! Never missed an episode of "route 66" either. I think a lot of this is the attitude that because they are driving an expensive car that they are somehow better than the older Corvette drivers. Most of these people are making big payments on a car [new Corvette] that they can't really afford! I actually prefer the c-5's over the c-6 and c-7 or I would have one.
Save the Wave!
The "wave" is a nice thing that has been around for decades. I bought my first Corvette in 1966 [1960 "283/4spd with 2- 4's] and the wave was "cool"! Never missed an episode of "route 66" either. I think a lot of this is the attitude that because they are driving an expensive car that they are somehow better than the older Corvette drivers. Most of these people are making big payments on a car [new Corvette] that they can't really afford! I actually prefer the c-5's over the c-6 and c-7 or I would have one.
Save the Wave!
I think your spot on. I had a 1974 911 Porsche original owner. Classic car no doubt, just sold it last year. I noticed that the new 911 owners gave no wave. In fact the majority I spoke to were not even into cars. They had leased them and drove them to look cool. They had no compulsion about parking the car in a major mall right up front. In 40 years my 911 NEVER saw snow and was caught only 5 times in the rain. I guess what I am trying to say is, many of the new Vette owners are just not into cars the way us older ( model ) Vette owners are.
Sometimes drivers have other thoughts on their mind and don't notice other cars, vettes or otherwise, so give them a break. We've all been there whether we are concious of it or not.
I remember my dad told me about the wave when I was kid. He told me that back in the day they used to wave with their fingers in a "V" shape, to represent "Vette." Not sure if anyone else has heard that.
I bought my C5 from him a few years ago and I carry on the wave!
I've posted " On this forum " many times the history of the " wave " and it was not a corvette thing, or a Motorcycle thing.
Ill try to make this short and sweet.
1945.. Victory WWII. G.i. 's were offered a fully crated " Jeep " for 50 dollars and free shipping to a western US port. Many GI's took advantage of this.. so these jeeps started showing up on the west coast but quickly moved east... the " jeep " represented brothers in arms who survived that war. The soldiers recognized their contributions and started to wave to each other in a show of brotherhood, The V wave was not long lived, and stood for Victory not Vette... it was on the front page of Look magazine and Life magazine, when Winston Churchill gave this victory sign.
Then this evolved into European 2 seater sports cars in the fifties, Jags, Austin Healy, Triumph etc. when the 53 Corvette came out, they pick up this 2 seater sports car craze and the Corvette wave was born...
If you actually believe the government sold brand new crated jeeps for 50 bucks and free shipping I have some swamp land in Florida you might be interested in. I remember seeing the ad in Boy's Life as a kid and told my Dad to order one. The wise man that he was informed me that it was a scam that had been going on since he got back from the war.
The jeep in a box is one of those urban legends that just refuses to die! Like all good stories, it no doubt has a grain of truth in its roots but that has long been submerged by scams and BS!
The fact is that after World War II, the US did sell many, many surplus army jeeps to the public. On many occasions they did give preference to the actual WWII veterans. On average the military jeeps were sold for $975 (in 1946 dollars keep in mind), which was a lot of money back then. The condition that the army surplus jeeps were in could run anywhere from battle worn to almost new.
... personally I don't care if someone waves at me or not... I don't wave first but if I do see someone wave I'll return the gesture but if not we both just go on our own way... the c7 guys are pretty cocky though, I will say that
I just bought my 04 convertible this year and didn't know anything about the wave until another corvette guy told me. I like the wave. Makes me feel like I'm part of a exclusive group of people.
I just bought my 04 convertible this year and didn't know anything about the wave until another corvette guy told me. I like the wave. Makes me feel like I'm part of a exclusive group of people.
Not too exclusive, any of my toys I take out someone wants to wave-gets OLD FAST!
I think your spot on. I had a 1974 911 Porsche original owner. Classic car no doubt, just sold it last year. I noticed that the new 911 owners gave no wave. In fact the majority I spoke to were not even into cars. They had leased them and drove them to look cool. They had no compulsion about parking the car in a major mall right up front. In 40 years my 911 NEVER saw snow and was caught only 5 times in the rain. I guess what I am trying to say is, many of the new Vette owners are just not into cars the way us older ( model ) Vette owners are.
I think this is basically it. Heavy duty car guys are always scanning the roadway for cool cars and if in their Vette will naturally spot a fellow Corvette and wave. Got my first Vette in '74 and back then there weren't so many on the road, so seeing a Corvette was somewhat rare, today no not so much. So keep waving and if you get a return, smile, if not shrug and move on. But if you want to be invisible, try driving a C4, nobody sees your wave, not even some C4 drivers.
... personally I don't care if someone waves at me or not... I don't wave first but if I do see someone wave I'll return the gesture but if not we both just go on our own way... the c7 guys are pretty cocky though, I will say that
