Always wave at Pcar

 

ill wave at a honda if they wave at me. I'm a car guy at heart from muscle cars to german cars to bikes to big rigs. if someone takes the time to acknowledge my car i return the respect

 

Yes I don't wave first but I'm not a car snob love them all and wave back!

 

you guys are all so nice. waving unnecessarily up here is the motoring equivalent of crying wolf. we save waves for warnings and admonitions lol.

i just tested it. i saw a guy pushing 70/75 in a super clean a/c 911 probably a 72 ish? and he looked at me as i ( kinda sorta ) waved and just as i felt like howdy doody, he looked at me as if to say,..."what, is something wrong"?!?

it must be different where there are 100 911's per sq mile ha.

 

I'll wave, why not? Lots of newer P-car here though and no camaraderie to speak of. I toll will throw a thumbs up to most anything cool, gets some really weird looks when I give a Miata a thumbs up from the 911 lol

 

I'm a big enthusiast, I'll give a thumbs up to anything I like.

 

I can understand not waving in a place like Los Gatos or LA, where Porsches are as thick as overpaid 20-somethings.

Generally, my experience in two widely spaced states over 25 years:
1. 911 drivers wave, from earlier through 996s.
2. Porsche SUV drivers have no idea what you're doing; particularly female drivers.
3. Cayman and Boxster drivers: Generally, yes.
4. When I drove a 928: Often failed to receive a wave from air-cooled drivers.
5. Panameras: Too few to assess. Suspect it's a big NO in California, but: I speculate.
Personally, I'd rather make the gesture, though admittedly I don't bother when it's an SUV.

 

Totally agree with this.

 

LG is pretty thick with nice rides, for sure (funny you caught that), but our town isn't huge so while it may seem like there are a ton of Porsches around . . . It could possibly be the same guy doing laps on Santa Cruz, looking for parking

MUCH more expensive cars rolling around than a 996TT, they are all beautiful-- KH

 

So... I waved at a brand new Cayman today and the guy looks at me and didn't even know what to do

 

right!? thats what people do. look at you like "what!? porsche doesn't mean what it used to. you wave now and they think they have a blinker out or they left the gas flap ajar hah

but we all serve an occasional "thumbs up" or get one once in awhile that is just sheer shared appreciation for the "special" cars always on the back roads though.

 

I always wave at 911 owners and rare if they don't wave back. Cayenne owners... well they just stare or are chatting on the phone and couldn't care less.

 

I do wave to 996 TT`s, cause i know they love the unique 996 TT look like i do. If someone waves first i wave back.

 

i also agree with the poster that suggested there might well be an element of snobbery as if in an instant each driver instantly attempts to assesses the perceived value or how rare one might be over another. but i guess we kind of have some of the first "mass produced" iterations, have we not? so imagine how special i felt as i acknowledged an oncoming c4s and realized after we passed, i realized it wasn't just another arctic sliver 996t.

he gave no reply

but as i've thought of this, i have concluded the most all of non reply's seem to be from old guys in 356's and wearing hats. oh wait!?!

 

I'll be in MA, waving at other 911s like an idiot. I have had a Wrangler Rubicon and a WRX STi and those owners wave at each other all of the time, so I am used to it.