Waving to other 911's - What i've noticed
06-27-2008, 10:01 AM
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Was heading down to Pacific Raceway in WA on Sunday afternoon driving my track car. On I 405 I spot a nice 997 C4S cabrio with the top down cruising on the HOV lane, as I drive a tad faster I kind of crept by them. Woman driver middle aged and probably her husband on the passenger seat. Both stone faced, made me laugh. Due to the traffic pattern we kind of cruised alongside for a while, all this time they continued to be stone faced and kind of refused to even peak at me. I guess my loud supercups is not their cup of tea 
06-27-2008, 10:21 AM
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Not everything in(911) life can be translated to $$$...
06-27-2008, 12:17 PM
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06-27-2008, 01:15 PM
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There! I just screwed up your stat on women in Porsches.I wave all the time. My stats seem to be like this...the older the car, the more likely they'll wave. But for some reason that does not apply to 944s. I can't seem to get a wave from them.
The weirdest is when I give the wave and get a blank stare in return, with this duh sort of look like, "why is she waving at me?"
06-27-2008, 01:29 PM
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I tried the waving thing with 911 owners when I bought the car last year and after numerous failures I stopped. Now I only wave to 993 owners, which are becoming scarcer in Miami...and they do return the wave.
06-27-2008, 02:15 PM
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06-27-2008, 02:21 PM
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Whenever I see a fellow 993 out on the road, almost without failure, we'll always exchange that quick wave hello which I feel sorta translates into: 'hi dude, I appreciate your taste in vehicles'. My brother drives a Mini S, and he says that the Mini Cooper guys all do this as well. This sort of camaraderie is also done between motorcyclists.
Not sure what your experience is, but I never experience this camaraderie with the 996's and certainly never with the Boxer's. I have done a unscientific estimate on the percentages of waves i get from the following pairs of Porsche drivers.
993 - 993 : 100%
993 - 997 : 80%
993 - 964 - 40%
993 - 996 : 20%
993 - Boxer : 0%
993 - (any 911 driven by a woman) 0%
I suppose its because while we all like 911's, on a fundamental level, we have a decreasing appreciation for models that are more and more dissimilar than our own.
The observation about woman I have checked with my wife and several of her friends, and women apparently are not aware of what car they are driving. Ever.
Not sure what your experience is, but I never experience this camaraderie with the 996's and certainly never with the Boxer's. I have done a unscientific estimate on the percentages of waves i get from the following pairs of Porsche drivers.
993 - 993 : 100%
993 - 997 : 80%
993 - 964 - 40%
993 - 996 : 20%
993 - Boxer : 0%
993 - (any 911 driven by a woman) 0%
I suppose its because while we all like 911's, on a fundamental level, we have a decreasing appreciation for models that are more and more dissimilar than our own.
The observation about woman I have checked with my wife and several of her friends, and women apparently are not aware of what car they are driving. Ever.
Boxers are the worst. Even the Cayman gets some waves.
06-27-2008, 02:33 PM
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I've just had a 993 for a few months, and I wave at all other P vehicle drivers; get waves back from about a third, and from most 911's.
I retired from riding motorcycles last fall, and it's a relief to not have to wave every few minutes.
Rinty
I retired from riding motorcycles last fall, and it's a relief to not have to wave every few minutes.
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06-27-2008, 04:11 PM
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There! I just screwed up your stat on women in Porsches.I wave all the time. My stats seem to be like this...the older the car, the more likely they'll wave. But for some reason that does not apply to 944s. I can't seem to get a wave from them.
The weirdest is when I give the wave and get a blank stare in return, with this duh sort of look like, "why is she waving at me?"
Cops would never believe me: "You crashed because a beautiful woman in a Porsche waved at you? Yeahhhh, right!!!"
06-27-2008, 11:57 PM
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It's not about the fact they can finance the same car as you, but why they chose to finance the same car as you. For $40k you can get a lot of nice new cars, yet they chose to purchase a ~10 year old car. You chose that car for a reason. You don't buy an older P-car for status (usually). Coming from the Supra crowd, I wave at any other Supra I see, no matter the generation, and always get a wave back. We definitely share the bond as well.
It's not about the fact they can finance the same car as you, but why they chose to finance the same car as you. For $40k you can get a lot of nice new cars, yet they chose to purchase a ~10 year old car. You chose that car for a reason. You don't buy an older P-car for status (usually). Coming from the Supra crowd, I wave at any other Supra I see, no matter the generation, and always get a wave back. We definitely share the bond as well.
06-28-2008, 10:34 AM
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06-28-2008, 04:55 PM
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I will wave to any vehicle with the porsche crest on it. Not at all snobbish just because I drive an inverted bathtub.
I think the wave came about because the Porsche tractors and 924/944 headlights no longer work for the flash, so to be polite we flap our hands.
For shock value it is fun to compliment someones 996 cabriolet with "nice boxster"
I think the wave came about because the Porsche tractors and 924/944 headlights no longer work for the flash, so to be polite we flap our hands.
For shock value it is fun to compliment someones 996 cabriolet with "nice boxster"
06-28-2008, 07:08 PM
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My first car was a 1964 VW bus. The PO taught me the secret bus wave. I'd have to say that the response was almost 100%. That might be because they were so slow that you could see the wave back. I drive my p car a lot and most of the time never see another p car. I acknowledge other 911's, even the ones with water in them, sometimes the boxsters if I catch their eye. I rarely see Caymans on the road. If a Cayenne waves to me I'll wave back, but it hasen't happened yet. On day on I66 going from Man asses to DC I ran into a 356, 964 and 996. We cruised together for a while, but it seemed to be more by accident than by design. I soon picked up the pace and left them all behind.