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04-17-2006, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by XRX8X
what i really think is most people are in a state of mind where as the time it takes the brain to know what's going on it's too late!i try and wave at most people when you get an eye to eye contact.sometimes when you blow the horn other people don't get it .so i will try to catch you all when i see you and try and catch a wave,a tap of the horn or a flash of the lights...
Anyway, I figured chasing them all the way home (even unintentionally) looks too weird so we pulled through the housing tract and went on our way. We'll give them a wave some other day.
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04-17-2006, 11:55 AM
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Hey mike, dont mistake that guy for me, I saw him again and waved and he looked the other way again!!!!! one day I am going to chase him down. My car now has a bra on it so you will know its me and not him. ( I know some say bras are bad, but my car has a lot of wax, garaged, and will prob never see rain and will be taked off when washed and then more wax !!!!!) I just cant stand any more rock chips!!!!
04-17-2006, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyodai
Strange--even when I was in my gen 1 Eclipse, I got waves, but nill with "el ocho" here. Unless you count my buddy Bob. He loved the car so much after driving mine, he went out the next day and got one himself! We wave at each other all the time, but that's not really the same...
04-17-2006, 01:18 PM
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In Cincinnati, none of the RX-8 owners wave back, despite my attempts. If you see a black w/ a MS wing, how about giving me a wave back?
When I'm in the Miata, seems like I can always get a wave from fellow roadsters.
When I'm in the Miata, seems like I can always get a wave from fellow roadsters.
04-17-2006, 06:55 PM
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I passed a black 8 going over Sydney Harbour Bridge last night. Hot blonde driving it too 
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Couldn't resist giving the horn a couple of quick toots when I drew level. She just about pooped her pants and did the eyes straight ahead thing.
Car looked totally stock. I gave her an idea what a decent catback sounds like and left her behind.
. Couldn't resist giving the horn a couple of quick toots when I drew level. She just about pooped her pants and did the eyes straight ahead thing.
Car looked totally stock. I gave her an idea what a decent catback sounds like and left her behind.
04-17-2006, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Revolver
I passed a black 8 going over Sydney Harbour Bridge last night. Hot blonde driving it too .
Couldn't resist giving the horn a couple of quick toots when I drew level. She just about pooped her pants and did the eyes straight ahead thing.
. Couldn't resist giving the horn a couple of quick toots when I drew level. She just about pooped her pants and did the eyes straight ahead thing.
04-17-2006, 08:03 PM
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I don't mean to offend, but this wave thing is a bit goofy isn't it?
Two previous cars, a Miata and a Jeep YJ, were awful for that, happened ALL the time, got real annoying. Only happened a couple of times in my 8 from other 8 owners, so things are much better. I always wave back...but I always feel goofy doing it...like why? Think I do it 'cause the wife says I should try to be friendlier...though I've never been!
Also, as a motorcyclist, other bikers do it all the time and I wish they wouldn't, but I always wave back. Will probably ride off the road one day politely waving at someone! When will it end???
Two previous cars, a Miata and a Jeep YJ, were awful for that, happened ALL the time, got real annoying. Only happened a couple of times in my 8 from other 8 owners, so things are much better. I always wave back...but I always feel goofy doing it...like why? Think I do it 'cause the wife says I should try to be friendlier...though I've never been!
Also, as a motorcyclist, other bikers do it all the time and I wish they wouldn't, but I always wave back. Will probably ride off the road one day politely waving at someone! When will it end???
04-17-2006, 08:07 PM
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It's just a friendly gesture of recognition. Doesn't hurt anything. Unless of course your waving the middle finger at them. We should all try to be more friendly IMO.
04-17-2006, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 9291150
I don't mean to offend, but this wave thing is a bit goofy isn't it?
I wave at other 8's. I signal thanks for being let in. I even signal recognition when someone else waves after I let them in.
If people wanna play it cool and imagine they're in their own private episode of 'The Fast and the Furious', good luck to them. However, it only takes a second and it feels kinda nice to imagine you're in a world-wide club of 8 enthusiasts.
04-17-2006, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by tuj
In Cincinnati, none of the RX-8 owners wave back, despite my attempts. If you see a black w/ a MS wing, how about giving me a wave back?
When I'm in the Miata, seems like I can always get a wave from fellow roadsters.
When I'm in the Miata, seems like I can always get a wave from fellow roadsters.
i've got a blue gt and if i see you i'll give a wave.
04-17-2006, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Sportriderwv
Hey mike, dont mistake that guy for me, I saw him again and waved and he looked the other way again!!!!! one day I am going to chase him down. My car now has a bra on it so you will know its me and not him. ( I know some say bras are bad, but my car has a lot of wax, garaged, and will prob never see rain and will be taked off when washed and then more wax !!!!!) I just cant stand any more rock chips!!!!
.Good thing with the bra, especially out on 64.
I had one on my other Mazda (MX6) for a long time with no paint damage as long as I kept wax on it and dried the bra before putting it back on.
04-17-2006, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cool-Blue-Dad
Then, if you take it too far you end up looking like a stalker. My 10-year-old and I were headed out of the parking lot of my office when we saw a red RX-8 fly past (50-mph road). It was the first live sighting of an RX-8 we'd had in weeks and I hadn't seen a red for months. The angle was all wrong to wave and I was sure they never saw us, but they were headed the same direction we were so we pulled out behind them. Then they turned off onto a side street and pulled into their garage. (Funny that after thinking I was almost the only RX-8 in the valley there is one that lives right behind my business park)
Anyway, I figured chasing them all the way home (even unintentionally) looks too weird so we pulled through the housing tract and went on our way. We'll give them a wave some other day.
Anyway, I figured chasing them all the way home (even unintentionally) looks too weird so we pulled through the housing tract and went on our way. We'll give them a wave some other day.
I probably would have followed the poor chap to his garage door, flip him a card and zoom off.
C'mon, even Casper was friendly...
04-18-2006, 12:32 AM
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I steadfastly wave to other motorcyclists (when I'm on my motorcycle), religiously. When I was a newbie rider and I got my first wave, I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. It's a brotherhood of riders, an unspoken connection that *we* are different from all the cagers. So I wave to anyone on any kind of motorcycle.
Since I feel the same way about the 8, that we 8 owners are an esoteric little group apart, I like to likewise wave. It's definitely harder car-to-car instead of bike-to-bike. Takes me longer to identify that a car is in fact an 8, which gives less time to react, etc.
Since I feel the same way about the 8, that we 8 owners are an esoteric little group apart, I like to likewise wave. It's definitely harder car-to-car instead of bike-to-bike. Takes me longer to identify that a car is in fact an 8, which gives less time to react, etc.
04-18-2006, 08:23 AM
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WTF... I want to wave, I really want to wave! I used to see the same 5 or 6 RX-8's on my stretch from north Austin, TX to south San Marcos, TX for work and back every day but since I have owned my car I have not seen a single one. Instead I have been had to relegate myself to just giving other Mazda owners and even the Z/G35 owners "the nod." By the way I think the Corvette owners out there are a little snobbish. 
Where are all of my fellow 8's in Austin gone?!
By the way I think the Corvette owners out there are a little snobbish. Where are all of my fellow 8's in Austin gone?!
04-18-2006, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by L-Co
Same thing here. The owners dont even turn their heads. Me on the other hand, is waving like a maniac.
04-18-2006, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Sportriderwv
Hey mike, dont mistake that guy for me, I saw him again and waved and he looked the other way again!!!!! one day I am going to chase him down. My car now has a bra on it so you will know its me and not him. ( I know some say bras are bad, but my car has a lot of wax, garaged, and will prob never see rain and will be taked off when washed and then more wax !!!!!) I just cant stand any more rock chips!!!!
04-18-2006, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by seymore15074
Bras are for *****...
But they are also for cars that are exposed to rocks kicked up on the Interstate.
04-18-2006, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RotrDoc
True enough!!
But they are also for cars that are exposed to rocks kicked up on the Interstate.
But they are also for cars that are exposed to rocks kicked up on the Interstate.
04-19-2006, 10:50 PM
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Originally Posted by RotrDoc
Debris (not only rocks) is everywhere.
Bras are certainly justified 3 seasons out of the year, believe me.
I have some pretty ugly gashes and pits to touch up this spring myself.
04-21-2006, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by AirlockRX
Stalker? Moi?
I probably would have followed the poor chap to his garage door, flip him a card and zoom off.
C'mon, even Casper was friendly...
I probably would have followed the poor chap to his garage door, flip him a card and zoom off.
C'mon, even Casper was friendly...
Heh heh, well, I always hope they take it as a friendly gesture. Maybe I should have had the 10-year-old run a card up. That'd work.
04-21-2006, 02:57 PM
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A friendly wave never hurt anyone. It shows mutual respect for others who have similar good taste!
Motorcyclists give the wave, and Miata owners will flash their lights with their flip up lights.
Some think its un-cool or pretend to be too busy to acknowledge others. Oh well, I guess its somewhat analogous to everyday life. I say spread the love...
Motorcyclists give the wave, and Miata owners will flash their lights with their flip up lights.
Some think its un-cool or pretend to be too busy to acknowledge others. Oh well, I guess its somewhat analogous to everyday life. I say spread the love...
04-21-2006, 03:05 PM
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I own a 1972 MGB and when I see another MG or any classic British sports car I wave or are waved at first and the compliment is always returned. I didn't give it any thought to do the same in the RX-8 as I wasn't sure there was such a large enthusiast base.
On the boat (26' express cruiser) the waving thing there is very hit and miss, when I first got it I received a few waves from other boaters and then thought that was the norm. Happy to continue the tradition I would wave at passing boaters and often receive a blank look in return....I have since stopped and only wave if waved at first. I'm pretty sure that is the way it will be in the RX-8.
On the boat (26' express cruiser) the waving thing there is very hit and miss, when I first got it I received a few waves from other boaters and then thought that was the norm. Happy to continue the tradition I would wave at passing boaters and often receive a blank look in return....I have since stopped and only wave if waved at first. I'm pretty sure that is the way it will be in the RX-8.
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