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05-19-2013, 07:43 PM
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Founder - Michigan FBody
Drives: 1994 Camaro LT1, 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2008
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Bummed with the Camaro community after driving a Corvette for the weekend
Maybe it's because it's a 2013 Corvette 427 convertible, but I've been driving said vehicle since Friday as part of GM's Vehicle Ambassador program that GM employees can participate in.
The #1 thing I've been really surprised about is that almost every single Corvette I passed on the road, the other driver waved. At first it threw me off -- I forgot I was driving another Vette and that's why they were waving. When I first started driving my 5th gen, I used to always wave and most of the time I wouldn't get any wave back so I stopped doing it. Have to say - I always thought the Vette community was a bunch of snobs, but after driving this Vette for the past 3 days I'm realizing they're more friendly on the road than my Camaro family is. :( My resolution is that after I turn the Vette back in, I'm going to make it a point to wave at other Camaros and Firebirds again, hopefully I get more waves back!  Picture of the 427 Vette with my '94 Camaro. When I reserved it, I only knew it was a 427 - I didn't know it was red with black stripes. I wish I had my 5th gen at home (I left it in the parking structure when I picked up the Vette) so I could have gotten a picture with both Camaros and the Vette all being red with black stripes.
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05-19-2013, 07:45 PM
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Drives: ss camaro Join Date: Jul 2012
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05-19-2013, 07:48 PM
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 Drives: 2010 Rally Yellow 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2011
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That's one of the better looking sub-'98 fourth gens I've seen, and I was an LS1 snob who tends not to like red cars, lol.
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05-19-2013, 07:51 PM
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Drives: 2010 SS 426 V8 M/T Join Date: Aug 2012
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I always wave.
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05-19-2013, 07:56 PM
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Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary 2SS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2012
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I give and get waves/headlight flashes about 90% of the time.
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05-19-2013, 07:56 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Manteca CA
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Its the same thing here in NorCal.. I always wave....
But then again, I am enjoying ever bit of my ownership of my Camaro.... |
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05-19-2013, 07:57 PM
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Drives: 2011 2SS 6.2L W/RS package Join Date: Jan 2011
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I get more waves from Vette owners then Camaro owners in my Camaro, go figure..
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05-19-2013, 07:59 PM
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Drives: 2012 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2010
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Those are both great looking rides.
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05-19-2013, 07:59 PM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Wyoming, MI
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I got a wave back from a 67 vert today.
The Camaro community here has been pretty friendly.
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05-19-2013, 08:00 PM
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older people drive vettes, so that sums it up
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05-19-2013, 08:06 PM
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Drives: 2013 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: St Louis, MO
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Likely because only a small portion of the Camaro "family" are actually car enthusiasts. It's just a car to many people. That's not the case with Corvettes. Motorcycle riders are largely the same way.
I get just as many waves from car guys (Mustangs, Challengers, etc.) as I do other Camaros. |
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05-19-2013, 08:09 PM
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Founder - Michigan FBody
Drives: 1994 Camaro LT1, 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2008
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Yeah it kind of surprised me at first - I wasn't "looking" for other Vettes so when I was driving up a popular cruising strip (Woodward ave in Michigan) I thought I saw a guy in a C3 Vette wave at me but I wasn't sure so I just keep on cruising. It was only today that I encountered like 5 vettes cruising around that I realized they were all waving, each and every one of them
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05-19-2013, 08:12 PM
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Drives: 2010 SS 426 V8 M/T Join Date: Aug 2012
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05-19-2013, 08:12 PM
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Drives: Black ZL1 Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: City of Champions, Alabama
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What can I say, we're all a bunch of A holes that don't like to wave to each other.
What if there was a wave unique for Camaros that we all knew? Hold up five fingers for fifth gen, but then the 67-69 guys will be giving everyone the finger, so maybe we hold off on that for now.
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