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Old 05-14-2012, 02:59 PM
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you happy bunch, i never got a wave while in Germany or any other european country that has porsches in it :P
Old 05-14-2012, 04:06 PM
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It wouldn't seem very German to wave at a complete stranger.....
Old 05-14-2012, 04:29 PM
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I usually give a wave and a headlight or fog flash. You can usually tell, by the year and model, whether you'll get a response. The older cars, of any model, will almost always give a headlight flash or wave back. Boxters, Cayennes, Caymans, and Panameras almost never respond, other than maybe slowing down, because they think I was just signalling that there is a cop ahead.
Old 05-14-2012, 05:23 PM
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I wave or flash to other 924/944/968 when in my 944 if i see them in time, most flash or wave back. I got a wave once even from a guy in a Ferrari 355. Also strangers come up to me to talk about 944's , a couple of days ago a delivery guy started talking to me while in traffic,moris minor owner. Once i had the pleasure to stop and help a fellow 944 owner in distress ,some mechanic failed to install the oil cooler housing right and was loosing coolant. P-car ownership is great .
Old 05-14-2012, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by fortysixandtwo
I usually give a wave and a headlight or fog flash. You can usually tell, by the year and model, whether you'll get a response. The older cars, of any model, will almost always give a headlight flash or wave back. Boxters, Cayennes, Caymans, and Panameras almost never respond, other than maybe slowing down, because they think I was just signalling that there is a cop ahead.

panamera/cayenne people don't even know the 944 exists...anyone 964 and down waves/waves back around here.
Old 05-14-2012, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pettybird
panamera/cayenne people don't even know the 944 exists...anyone 964 and down waves/waves back around here.
:Todd, why was that old car flashing its lights at us?
:I don't KNOW Margo.
Old 05-14-2012, 06:47 PM
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:Todd, why was that old car flashing its lights at us?
:I don't KNOW Margo.
Old 05-14-2012, 06:54 PM
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In my 924S I'd wave and the only others who would wave would be 924's, and some older 911's. Newer Porsches but ESPECIALLY 944's would just either give me a blank stare or take two seconds and ignore my wave... by 944's I mean 951... hehe.

In my 986S I get waves from anything Porsche.
Old 05-14-2012, 07:34 PM
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Followed and waved at a newer carrera 4 with bbs rims about an hour ago, he waved back
Old 05-14-2012, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Butters944
Followed and waved at a newer carrera 4 with bbs rims about an hour ago, he waved back
That was sign language for "Paint your damn bumper!"
Old 05-14-2012, 07:43 PM
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I wonder if boxster guys wave every time they see a boxster...

I bet they've trained a hell of a handshake
Old 05-14-2012, 08:20 PM
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I wave sometimes when I see a 924/44/68, and every time that someone in a Porsche waves to me
Old 05-14-2012, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Medski
That was sign language for "Paint your damn bumper!"
Old 05-15-2012, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Reimu
I wonder if boxster guys wave every time they see a boxster...

I bet they've trained a hell of a handshake

Old 05-15-2012, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Reimu
I wonder if boxster guys wave every time they see a boxster...

I bet they've trained a hell of a handshake

For the most part we do?


Is this a hair dressers joke?
Haha.


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