Waving

frost · 12-26-2009, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

People try to act too cool now to give a wave back. I give anyone and anything that looks good a thumbs up. GT-R's, vettes, nice sounding F-bod's or Cobras...whatever.

I did give a camaro that obviously had a lot of engine work done a thumbs up and was shocked when he gave it back. Sad to think those guys who we normally think of as rice haters are more polite than us.

MightyBobo · 12-26-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

I did give a camaro that obviously had a lot of engine work done a thumbs up and was shocked when he gave it back. Sad to think those guys who we normally think of as rice haters are more polite than us.

Lets be honest here - look at a large majority of people buying imports. Fast and the Furious fan boys who are hard rollers, far too cool to toss a simple wave of respect. Everyone has that attitude like they have something to prove. Just look at the way they're always portrayed in the movies - badasses who are too cool to talk to one another instead of welcoming a newbie with open arms.

On the other hand, if you look at the modded domestic crew (like, seriously motor modded...Im not talking lowering springs and wheels douches) - they obviously bought the car because the ease of mod-ability and a self-proclaimed love for their vehicle of choice. Its a much smaller, generally tighter-knit community because everyone else and their mother wants a true sports car like a Scion tC with a dealer-installed TRD supercharger kit. They need to take what respect they can get, and being as I HAD a modded Camaro like that, getting a thumbs up from an import guy was an immediate sign that he was NOT a douche, and I didn't hesitate to throw one back.

frost · 12-26-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

Lets be honest here - look at a large majority of people buying imports. Fast and the Furious fan boys who are hard rollers, far too cool to toss a simple wave of respect. Everyone has that attitude like they have something to prove.

On the other hand, if you look at the modded domestic crew (like, seriously motor modded...Im not talking lowering springs and wheels douches) - they obviously bought the car because the ease of mod-ability, and its a much smaller, generally tighter-knit community because everyone else and their mother wants a true sports car like a Scion tC with a dealer-installed TRD supercharger kit. They need to take what respect they can get, and being as I HAD a modded Camaro like that, getting a thumbs up from an import guy was an immediate sign that he was NOT a douche, and I didn't hesitate to throw one back.

Indeed. Definitely a different crowd than when I was running with the vette, fbod, and goat people.