The weather is nice in MA and I drove to work today!

Anyone here drive a Black 08 C4S Cab and works in the city?
I had my copilot wave (bad traffic otherwise Id wave) and the other Porsche driver smiled and waved back too... yea!

The funny part was when we (me and the unidentified Black 08 C4S Cab) pulled up flanking a Blue Audi S4 on both sides. The driver looked to the left and right and had this "huh?" look.

Whoever you are Mr. Black 08 C4S Cab... whats up!

 

some people wave back, some do not. most of them do, i think, when I wave. sometime i do not have enough time to wave back myself if i go past too fast - may be somebody thinks I am a jerk after that, but I am not - you see, it is all very subjective. p-car people are mostly OK I got to say, don`t feel dissapointed.

 

Most of my drive to and from work is on the Interstate, and even with little to no median, at 130 MPH or more closing speed it's hard to notice oncoming Pcars without getting whiplash. Otherwise, I wave to other 911's most of the time, and most of the time I get a wave back. Drivers of 356's never wave first, but always wave back.

But if you are interested in the "Brotherhood of the Porsche", you really should join PCA.

 

When I owned Vettes it was always a wave followed by a return thumps up or a wave..
I still wave at the Vettes and get a return wave from the Vettes I wave at...I think it messes with their head.

Lots of Corvettes but very few Porsches.... I'm usually surprised by a Porsche just because there are so few of them in my area and also it 's seasonal... but I always wave and usually get a response...

 

I'm batting about .750 on the recip'n.

 

FWIW, I always initiated a wave in my 986 and often received a wave in return from other boxster/cayman owners but usually not from 911 owners. The snobby attitude often portrayed on here towards mid engined owners plays itself out in real life as well I am afraid.

 

I invented the 'thumbs up' and 'the wave".....I never applied for a patent so I never made any money from it... I consider it my gift to mankind...

 

I don't normally see 911 on the road during the winter here but I did the other day and I wave, he was in a silver 997 and waved back, so I guess the brotherhood is still here.

 

I drive too fast, it will be dangerous to take one hand off my steering wheel to wave.

 

I've gotten into some cool messing on a freeway type of deals, and gotten chased a few times by fellow P-car guys. Only disappointment was when the guys pulled next to me and saw that I'm 20-30 years younger. Somehow I felt rejected by that brotherhood. At the same time I've gotten chased by young guns in GTI's, STI's, CIVICS and Evos and other rice-burners just to get thumbs up. I've also met a bunch of cool down to earth guys of all ages who were enthusiasts.

I think it's a hit or miss, a lot of it has to do with the fact that the Porsche is more of an icon of luxury than it is of an enthusiasm. A lot of guys get it because others like it and not necessarily because they like it, which dilutes the essence.

I say keep flashing them lights at the other guys. This way once you get a "flash-back" you'll know who to pull over to chat with.

 

I guess there is varying degrees of enthusiasm in anything. But there is a vast difference between the faithful and posers. The faithful love the brand and the car to the core and posers just enjoy it merely for bling and status. I never much cared for posers in anything. All I know is that I love these cars and have so for many years (before I could even legally drive). So I will continue to flash and wave when I see fellow P-cars on the road -- I only expect replys from the faithful. Long live the brotherhood!

 

I too had 2 Corvettes before my 997 and I'm always telling my wife vette owners are a friendlier crowd. I'm sure 97% plus male and female wave to each other
Jim

 

I used to get waves all the time in my old 1976 BMW 2002. Not so much in my 997.

 

Probably not. I tend to wave to anybody else in a vehicle I think of as an enthusiast's choice. Certainly another Porsche but also the enthusiast's type of motorcycles as well. (As opposed to simple dirt bikes crossing the pavement slaunchwise without paying attention to nearby road-going vehicles -- a local plague.)

I've noticed that our 911 gets fairly frequent waves from motorcycles, but people in other types of sports car wait to wave back rather than initiating the exchange. That sounds like an awareness of the price difference from the other direction. Rather than waves, we do get a thumbs-up frequently, and those include people in mundane cars and even pedestrians.

I suspect all these are cultural differences that have a lot to do with the area.

Gary

 

There are a bunch of reasons why the feelings of brotherhood might not be as strong outside the 6speed community but,I suspect this is a major contributer: When people drive a new 911, they aren't one turn away from spinning into a morgue anymore.