# Cars that wave to each other **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352 "2015-07-16T19:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/61 "2015-07-25T15:30:56Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You truly are scootergirl! Hee hee, yep! ---
**Author:** ![Mange1955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mange1955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mange1955)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/62 "2015-07-25T21:24:34Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > I wave at other (Subaru) WRX drivers and get a return-wave most of the time. Yup, I’m aware of that one. In the UK most Subaru WRX drivers wave at each other, and get a return wave. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/63 "2015-07-26T00:48:57Z")
Tribalism! Tribalism, pure and simple! How can we progress from Homo sapiens to Homo nova when automobilists still wave at each other to justify their choices? I weep for humanity’s future (and, it should go without saying, Renault Dauphineism). ---
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/64 "2015-07-26T01:22:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The second car I ever owned was an MG Midget. There weren’t many on the road, but we all waved to each other. > > Lately I’ve been driving Jeep Wranglers and there’s a lot of waving going on again. > > In between I’ve driven Toyotas, a Ford, an Accura with nary a wave. > > What other cars wave? This was always more a country thing and small town thing. You get more the honking ,yelling and finger in the city. Well people are in race to go no where. And other cars and people walking are trash in their eye. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/65 "2015-07-27T19:50:16Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > I wave at other (Subaru) WRX drivers and get a return-wave most of the time. _waves back from my 2013 WRX hatch_ I used to have Honda CRXs back in the day, those always got waves from fellow owners. When I drove a BMW for years, I rarely got a wave – maybe from a really similar M3. So it was a joy to get the WRX and realize that Subaru enthusiasts are big into the wave…I wave at pretty much any Subaru with a hood scoop, and wave back at any Subaru at all if they wave first. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/66 "2015-07-27T21:24:04Z")
Beat me to it, I had a CRX and got the wave all the time. I also got waves, usually, when I had my Cherokee. The Focus and the Legacy, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/67 "2015-07-28T01:23:18Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > there is, but only if you have a GT. then as you pass each other you floor it to show off your loud exhaust. I wave if the window is down, but the truth is there are enough on the road that I just don’t wave to everyone the rest of the time. But I also have stock exhaust. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/68 "2015-07-28T14:13:47Z")
I had a Smart when they were first introduced to the UK. We’d wave and/or flash headlights at each other. Not sure if they still do it. Now that I’m a BMW driver I’m not allowed to make any signals of any sort. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/69 "2015-07-28T15:09:28Z")
When I drove a Karmann-Ghia in High School, the other Karmann-Ghia in Raleigh and I would wave at each other. In the rare occasion I see one now, I get a slight pang of regret that I’m no longer in the club. But then I remember that I have A/C now. There’s another red Routan that lives nearby. We wave at each other. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/70 "2015-07-28T15:37:09Z")
I’ve been riding motorcycles for over 40 years now, and I didn’t realize the wave meant 2 wheels. I always just raise my hand a little off the bars because you can wear your arm out on a typical Saturday cruise. I’ve thought about inventing a solenoid activated waver- a little hand that pops out at the push of a button. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/71 "2015-07-28T16:19:18Z")
I wave at other old Corollas (mine’s a 96, but the body style looks basically the same all through the 90’s). I just get baffled looks back. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/72 "2015-07-28T16:25:39Z")
Honestly, one of the main reasons why I bought a Jeep was for the “Jeep Wave.” Shortly after I got mine I was talking to a buddy about the Jeep Wave. He said he didn’t know about it until he had to pick up boss’s Jeep one time: “So I’m driving along and this hot chick waves at me. I thought ‘Awright!’ and then later on some DUDE waved at me and I was like ‘Waaait a minute…there’s something going on here.’” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/73 "2015-07-28T16:32:05Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Porsche owners wave or grouse endlessly about people not waving as the brand’s been diluted to the point it’s just a car to some owners, or how some models are not a real Porsche (pretty much everything not a 356 or 911). Heh, a lot of truth to this. While I like the Panamera and Cayennes it’s typically just the classics and well maintained that get ‘the lift’, especially if I see something identifying that we go to the same tracks. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/74 "2015-07-28T17:28:23Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Shortly after I got mine I was talking to a buddy about the Jeep Wave. He said he didn’t know about it until he had to pick up boss’s Jeep one time: > > “So I’m driving along and this hot chick waves at me. I thought ‘Awright!’ and then later on some DUDE waved at me and I was like ‘Waaait a minute…there’s something going on here.’” I went through the same thought process when I first drove my Wrangler. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/75 "2015-07-28T17:51:41Z")
> [@bup](#): > > I wave at other old Corollas (mine’s a 96, but the body style looks basically the same all through the 90’s). I just get baffled looks back. They changed the design in (model year?) 1995, so about half the 90s had different designs. The difference is most noticeable from the back; [the earlier one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Corolla_%28E100%29#/media/File:Toyota_Corolla_100_002.JPG) screams “90s” more than the [later one](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Corolla_%28E110%29#/media/File:Toyota_Corolla_E110_sedan_rear.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/76 "2015-07-28T18:10:05Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Heh, a lot of truth to this. While I like the Panamera and Cayennes it’s typically just the classics and well maintained that get ‘the lift’, especially if I see something identifying that we go to the same tracks. So if I cruise by in a 914 I should probably just duck under the dash? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/77 "2015-07-28T18:42:18Z")
Any purist is _in_. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/78 "2015-07-29T15:03:36Z")
I have a Toyota Solara convertible, which is not exotic or rare but is somewhat distinctive. I ride with the top down as much as weather permits. When I pass another one with the top down I wave but I find most people are mystified as to why I am waving. I never get a wave back. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/79 "2015-07-29T15:43:51Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’ve been riding motorcycles for over 40 years now, and I didn’t realize the wave meant 2 wheels. I always just raise my hand a little off the bars because you can wear your arm out on a typical Saturday cruise. I’ve thought about inventing a solenoid activated waver- a little hand that pops out at the push of a button. LOL, it does indeed get a little tedious. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352/80 "2015-07-29T15:59:40Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I have a Toyota Solara convertible, which is not exotic or rare but is somewhat distinctive. I ride with the top down as much as weather permits. When I pass another one with the top down I wave but I find most people are mystified as to why I am waving. I never get a wave back. I had forgotten. - VW Cabriolets wave at each other, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-that-wave-to-each-other/725352.md?page=5)