"THE WAVE" is Dead

Flattman · 2023-03-15 22:19:40

Now you're just trying to hurt me :lol: Here you go :seeya Now you should be feeling ok! :lol:

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Mar 16, 2023 | 01:14 AM

#21

CaptJimDavis

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Flattman

Now you're just trying to hurt me

Here you go

Now you should be feeling ok!

Mar 16, 2023 | 07:32 AM

#22

4XLR8N

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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack

Sometimes it just happens that you don’t get a wave from other owners. Keep on waving and you’ll run across a number of owners that do wave.

Mar 16, 2023 | 07:47 AM

#23

Brunello

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While the wave goes against my sensibilities as a northeasterner, I do it anyway. When they wave back, it’s nice camaraderie. When they don’t, it just confirms my initial reticence and social paranoia. That’s a win-win.

Mar 16, 2023 | 08:08 AM

#24

trumanjd1

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From: WESTERN NEW YORK

Their hands are sore from digging into their wallets to make the Vette Payment!!!

Mar 16, 2023 | 08:12 AM

#25

mtb2015

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I've never gotten a wave from a c8 owner. Not gonna give up on them just yet. I always wave.

Mar 16, 2023 | 08:56 AM

#26

Tinkertech

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Originally Posted by I8URRICE

I have not had a C8 driver wave back, other than that I get waves from all other generations.

I also get a lot of Honda drivers wanting to race from a stoplight

. I just smile and wave at them too.

Honda?...Really!

Just wait until you get a 40 year old guy in a minivan wanting to race you at the stop light. LOL.

My best response so far was from two young girls, 3-4 years old, in the back seat of the family Kia. They were thrilled to death to see my red 17, they were waving and pointing, dad in the front was not as thrilled!

Mar 16, 2023 | 08:59 AM

#27

Red08

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From: South Dakota

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Originally Posted by Wedge590

Who cares? Genuinely. Why does it matter?

I agree, but when I do wave, I usually get a return wave.

Mar 16, 2023 | 09:08 AM

#28

LOLLO_ITALY

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From: ITALY

I'm sorry, I'm italian, "the wave" is the sign (like "hello") from others owner of Corvette right? I remember to meet many Corvette during my holidays (I rented a Corvette) in USA and I remember they put out the hand of window and make a sign to me (2 finger like a "victory" sign!)

Last edited by LOLLO_ITALY; Mar 16, 2023 at 09:21 AM.

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Mar 16, 2023 | 09:12 AM

#29

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"the Wave" is alive and well here in Central New York. Whether I'm in the C7 or the '62, I almost always get a wave - sometimes not even from Corvette drivers! It might have something to do with our abbreviated Corvette driving season here in the snowy northeast . . . We're just so thankful for the good days we do get!

Mar 16, 2023 | 09:25 AM

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I still dont understand why people get so upset about this... its such a dumb thing to get your panties in a bunch about. Wave if you feel like it, if someone doesnt wave back move on with your day.

Mar 16, 2023 | 09:52 AM

#31

dvilin

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Seems to be hit and miss lately so I now return a wave if I get one, but gave up initiating the long time tradition of the wave.

Mar 16, 2023 | 10:41 AM

#32

F4Gary

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Originally Posted by StayinStock

I still dont understand why people get so upset about this... its such a dumb thing to get your panties in a bunch about. Wave if you feel like it, if someone doesnt wave back move on with your day.

I didn't see that anyone was upset in this thread, just a couple of stick in the muds.

Mar 16, 2023 | 10:45 AM

#33

StayinStock

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Quote:

Originally Posted by F4Gary

I didn't see that anyone was upset in this thread, just a couple of stick in the muds.

not saying in this thread, just in general... so many better things to put your energy towards than rather or not strangers wave at you because you have the same "insert vehicle"

Mar 16, 2023 | 10:48 AM

#34

AnotherNorskie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Vetteram

I don`t get waves from C8's, otherwise i would say 90% of the time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtb2015

I've never gotten a wave from a c8 owner. Not gonna give up on them just yet. I always wave.

When I'm on any of my motorcycles I never wave to scooters, so why would C8 drivers wave to C7 drivers?

Mar 16, 2023 | 10:48 AM

#35

Power Hawk

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Don't give up on the wave. I usually get a return wave as well as an initial wave from most Corvette drivers. I will admit sometimes I can't see inside their car due to the tinted windows.

Mar 16, 2023 | 11:11 AM

#36

naylor99

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I share my joy of driving a Corvette with a wave - not with any expectation of anything coming back. If I get a response, great. If I not, I still maintain my joy - and I continue to wave.