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Old 03-05-2007, 04:32 AM
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I only waive to other clean super sports and classic cars of all types. When stopped at a light it is usually a quick hand up waive, when passing its a modified out the window biker type waive. If stopped at a gass station behing or beside I usually try to strike up conversation. Just about always get a waive back or a nice conversation. I think it is easy to spot the people who care about their cars and the culture vs the punks.
Old 03-05-2007, 05:09 AM
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I wave at every F-body that is passing in oncomming traffic. Think I've only waved about twice in the last 12 months. Not many F-Body's here. I guess I should drive pass shop windows and wave at my reflection, I'm guaranted to get a wave back.
Old 03-05-2007, 05:44 PM
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I usually rev at them.
Old 03-05-2007, 06:57 PM
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There's my wave.
Old 03-05-2007, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by blue2002
...If stopped at a gass station behing or beside I usually try to strike up conversation...
Gas station conversations are cool. I've had a few. When and guy drives up with a nice muscle car (new or classic) that he's taken care of and that he drives with pride- well... they deserve some attention/appreciation.
Old 03-06-2007, 12:45 PM
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Im more of a nod kind of guy, i'll also give other guys thumbs up as a i pass occasionally, and then my fiancee tells me im gay and tells me shes giving the engagement ring to the car instead because i love it more than her, lol
Old 03-06-2007, 06:53 PM
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Most people here will not wave back even though I wave all the time. They think they are too cool or something, especially the 1st and 2nd Gen owners.
Old 03-06-2007, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackHoleSunSS
Most people here will not wave back even though I wave all the time. They think they are too cool or something, especially the 1st and 2nd Gen owners.
because the majority of 1st and 2nd gen owners view our cars like they are just some newer car on the road. they fail to realize that the 4th gen and 1st gen are the EXACT same car at heart. although they are totally different, their still camaros. now somthing like the Nova, it went from a fire-breathing muscle car to a geo metro style POS. unfortunately that is how some 1st gen owners see our cars. plastic, fuel injected P'sOS.
Old 03-06-2007, 07:30 PM
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The muscle car "purists" definitely don't like our cars. I think the sleek, aerodynamic styling, which contrasts the older muscle car look, is what turns them off. Personally, the look of 4th gen F bodies is one of my all time favorites, and I like the older muscle cars just as much. If half of these people were to actually drive a 4th gen car and feel the awesome power and responsivness that modern engine management technology and fuel injection provide (not to mention double the gas mileage), or feel the razor sharp handling that makes the old cars seem like school buses by comparison, or just experience how much more solid a car in general it is, they might sing a different tune. They might also realize that we are just like them - we just want to drive the baddest car on the street.
Old 03-06-2007, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by blue2002
I only waive to other clean super sports and classic cars of all types. When stopped at a light it is usually a quick hand up waive, when passing its a modified out the window biker type waive. If stopped at a gass station behing or beside I usually try to strike up conversation. Just about always get a waive back or a nice conversation. I think it is easy to spot the people who care about their cars and the culture vs the punks.
i guess Z28's are good enough for you, i hope you get smoke-checked by one in the near future
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Originally Posted by 02silvaZ
i guess Z28's are good enough for you, i hope you get smoke-checked by one in the near future
It's not a too good for you thing. I have just found that other SS owners will waive back and talk when at a gas station. With Firebird/Z28 owners it is hit or miss. Just my experience.
Old 03-07-2007, 01:48 AM
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I wave as I blow them by lol.
Old 03-07-2007, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by bastien
I wave to most f-bodies, except to corvettes. There are way too many corvettes around here. Only 5% of them are probably enthusiasts.
That aint no lie! Corvettes are a dime a dozen here in Central FL. Most of them are either rich kids who get what they want or old men trying to get thru a mid life crisis..
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I usually get more waves from Cobra owners around here than other f-body owners. I wave at them if they look over though, usually it's easy to tell if they are a car enthusiasts or not. Some of the vette owners are cool, I did have one guy in a late 80's TPI vette snub me at a red light one day going to work. Basically he got his *** waxed by an LS1 so I guess he doesn't feel so big and bad now. I wave at anyone that drives an f-body, if it's a nice third gen, 2nd gen, LT1 or whatever I usually try to be nice and respectful. Some people are out in fairy land though.
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I never have waved before and I've only been waved at a couple times. I don't because most F-bodies around here are V6's and no one is really an enthusiast. My ex drove a V6 camaro and got waved at all the time I guess. She bitched alot about it, but she bitched alot anyway.
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noone ever waves or acknowledges each other here in FL i try all the time , i give the two finger acknowledge or a hand out the window or something of the sort and it is hardly ever returned normally they don't even notice me as though they didn't know what a LS1 was...
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sometimes, but almost never to 'Vettes.

I do often open my cutouts if I see them far enough in advance!
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Originally Posted by Ell Ess Won
ya mang, a big, gay, dumb, mister rogers type wave.
lol!
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I'll wave if the other driver is paying attention!
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In south LA we wave all the time, alot of times I'm just tapping my fingers to a song in my old truck and people always wave. I always wave to people in front of houses and stuff. It's funny I went to panama city beach for memorial day last year and my buddy and I were stuck in traffic at like 2 mph. There was a white 69 SS vert stopped in the other lane. My buddy told him nice car and when I got close so did I. The guy on a motorcycle behind him flipped out "geez what the ****, it's a nice car, how many times are you going to say it BLAH BLAH"

Im so used to waving that when I was a gunner in Iraq I would do the rock sign with my pinky and index finger to every soldier/truck/gunner that passed. I didn't even notice I did it for a few months. I went back to waving when I got home because that is reserved for "gunners" only. Kind of like saluting is reserved for soldiers. But hell I like waving or flashing the deuce!



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