I admit it...I'm a waver. I wave to all Corvettes and sometimes I have even have a reflex action and wave when I'm not even driving a Corvette. I always thought it was sort of a cool acknowledgement of Corvette brotherhood over the years. There have been multiple threads posted about this subject, usually regarding newer generations not waving to older generations, etc., and some have been pretty funny to read.

This morning I was driving my C5 vert top down on Gulf of Mexico Drive through Longboat Key near Sarasota, FL enjoying a great cup of DD coffee on a beautiful summer day. It's a nice two lane road that runs along the beach area and winds through various inland keys and neighborhoods. Anyway, I was one of very few cars driving southbound when I saw another C5 convertible heading northbound and when we passed each other, we were effectively the only two cars on the road. I instinctively waved and got nothing back except stone cold, stone-face rejection. Denied and I have serious butt-hurt over this!

Where's the C5 brotherhood in 2020?

 

I wave if I'm waved at. That's about all.

 

 

C6s usually are the worst about the wave. In my C8 I chalk it up to some times they don't realize what it is until I'm going past.

 

I’ve had about 95% wave rate here in Jersey.

 

Sometimes I have a difficult time recognizing C6/C7 when they are coming towards me. There front grills have similar looks (IMHO) as other cars. Sometimes, I only know my goof when they pass before I can wave. No problems with C5 and eariler.

 

I normally wave at all Vettes and when I'm riding my Harley, I wave at other riders, too. If they don't wave back, no big thing.

 

"The Wave" seems to have just about disappeared here in E Texas. Generally no response. I'm just about ready to give up on it.

 

His window actuator was probably broken. lol

 

I wave all the time.

 

I can't speak for everyone, but I find far too often that I only recognize another vette when it's too late to wave or respond. Often the same story on a motorcycle. Trying to keep my situational awareness high, but looking more for threats than familiars. If we pass, and I don't wave, give me the benefit of the doubt that I may have just not seen you until it's too late.

 

I feel it's an honor to give and receive a wave. All Corvettes are worthy to receive a wave of honor.

 

Funny story. A lady friend of mine told her father about the Corvette wave. Bikers and Jeep fans have that too. Anyway my friends father waved to all Corvettes for two week and never got a response. I had to inform him it didn't work for him driving a Ford LTD station wagon.

 

WRX's have the wave too.

 

I had a C7 flash his lights in recognition of me yesterday, but alas, hard to flash your lights back in the C5!

I waved but he probably never saw it, since he was on the other side of the road in heavy traffic.

 

I've lived in Vegas over 2yrs now...haven't gotten 1 wave back and probably crossed paths with 100 Corvettes in that time...I'll admit...I have dipped out of the waving game...tired of lookin like a fool...lol.

 

Unfortunately, the Corvette wave seems to be an endangered species here in Southwest Florida. So it doesn't surprise me that you got the "cold shoulder" during your drive on picturesque Longboat Key. It happens to me, too.

 

Times change.

human needs don't , but the machines and operating conditions in dense traffic sure have, so I have moved on.

My first introduction to a wave was back in the sixties, when imported sports cars were rare on the road, so it was a sports car wave, no particular brand, but primarily done because of the extra effort it took to get imported parts and the tinkering needed with the multiple carbs and such, before every drive and before the internet.

Each owner identified through those common bonds of shared experiences. The stewardship required was different than todays requirement that one only must know how to flash a Visa card to keep a car on the road.

I find it hard to pick out a vette among a pack of look alike front ends at the common closing speeds I experience, plus I have a stick shift, so waving is often not a priority.

I tried it once in a while, in the past, to be friendly, but it didn't get any play, so now I don't bother. I would wave back, but a wave would certainly catch me off guard, and traffic often has other demands. If I lived in the country , things would be different, more time for pleasure behind the wheel.

I figure the sports car wave came first, having read about it in car publications back in the sixties, and practicing it on the street, at the time, where it worked well, and was a little added fun.

so, while friendly ,I don't think vette owners have a lot of shared stewardship experiences with the cars, were late to the wave game anyway, with no particular reason to recognize another corvette driver as an exceptional
event, beyond being commendably friendly.

Motorcycle riders share a more compelling bond, they could come back dead from any ride. A shared moment of respect in passing seems reasonable and polite, like a tip of the hat, another social activity that no longer is practiced.

I never heard of a corvette wave until reading about it here, while I had heard of a sports car wave, in automotive publications before I could drive, 50 plus years ago.

I am on wave back status only, and will probably be well down the road before I can manage a response, so don't think I am stuck up.

 

Indiana is car country. All the motorcycles wave......except some Harley guys at my Indian. Just about all the Corvette guys and gals wave. We have been doing it for years. I started driving Vettes in 1968. There are a few that buy the cars that don't know the heritage, but who wants acknowledgement from them? Ken

 

I am most definitely a waver. I don't always get a wave back, but I'll keep waving anyway. I have noticed the response rate can vary a ton by region. I almost always got a response when I lived in Richmond. VA. In northern Virginia, the response rate is noticeably lower.

SAVE THE WAVE