Neighbor will wave if passing by on the street IF he's driving his regular truck.

If he's driving his Corvette, however, he won't wave. He's better than the rest of us when he's in the Corvette apparently.

Let's see now: Our house is nicer, new windows/paint, and our yard is bigger. AND both our vehicles are nicer than his regular truck.

So I guess I'll quit waving at him?

People...sheesh.

Maybe his truck is an automatic and his Corvette is a stick shift.

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One piece of insight from my sister on Corvettes and the people who own them...Only losers drive Corvettes.......unless it is a 1967 Stingray with a 427 V-8... red with black leather interior....and someone else is paying the insurance.....yeah that about sums it up.

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Nope. 1990's model.

A boyfriend in the 1980s had a '60s-model Corvette. Rode like a skateboard-level lumber truck. I hated it, was glad it broke down on the 1st date [thereafter we went about in a pickup truck, lol!]

Uh, Nadme, either invite him over for the 4th, or ignore him.

Who the (deleted) gives a (deleted) about who has what whatevers?

People are people, people.

Are you really existing in the Indian claste system which existed thousdands of years ago?

Because if you are, I've got news for you.

It's dead.

Get with the program.

I learned that firsthand helping the homeless of Washington DC 28 years ago on street grates was the best thing that I could do, at the time, to begin change.

Better yet, let the "little folk" run with me for a month and their attitudes will be summarially changed.

Not by whoppers. Simply by common sense, someone believing in them, and a seonse of personal drive that most could recover. Some made it. Some didn't. The most difficult decisions in my life involved who made it and who did not at their expense but without jeapordizing someone who might not make it. I did this totally outside of official channels simply because there were no official channels to address these concerns that were available.

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Heinlein's: "Staying young requires the unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods." "Freedom begins when you tell Ms. Grundy to go fly a kite."

I always try to believe people are basicly good.

So maybe you are simply the victim of a standard logical fallacy. Just because it happened / happens at the same time, does not mean it must be correlated.
Or there is a correlation ( the shift stick was mentioned above by Spock Jenkins) but not the one you think it is.

If you start ignoring him this only gives you a bad feeling and makes things worse.

Wave at him when he passes by the next time in his Corvette. If he doesn't wave back ask him next time you meet why. Usually I do that in a way so the other guy "does not loose his face", like "Oh I was waving at you when you passed by last time in the Corvette, but I think you haven'T seen me".

Playing it "Tit for Tat" doesn't lead you anywhere. You just will end up as a lonely, grumpy old woman/man.

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Hey all: Of course I intend to continue waving at him regardless.

I was posting satirically. Surprised some folks took it so seriously.

Huh? Wow, you really misunderstood. Tell that to my neighbor. I'm not the one who needs that message.

Actually I didn't even notice until my husband pointed it out. ::shrugs::

Back to our regularly scheduled programming...

I would talk to him when he's washing the 'Vette and say, "Nice car, is that a stick?" If it is - you've got your answer. Think about it. One foot on the gas, one on the clutch, on hand on the wheel, the other on the stick. Back out of the driveway - you're in reverse. When you need to pull forward, you engage the clutch and shift into first while using the steering wheel with the other hand. To continue accelerating, you need to shift into second, etc. You have no free hand to waive. Nothing sinister necessary. No need for your neighbor to be the stuck up snob when he's in the 'Vette and a great guy when he's in the truck (which makes no sense at all, really).

If you're familiar enough with stick's - you should actually be able to listen to the engine and watch the car respond as he pulls away and you'd know if it was a stick or not.

My suggestion wasn't just a joke, I was quite serious.

Heck, even if it isn't a stick - a Corvette doesn't steer as loosy-goosy as a truck. Minor inputs into the steering wheel have a more immediate impact in response from the vehicle. Not only that, but the consequences of making a driving error in a 'Vette are far more expensive than in a truck. Could be he's just not as comfortable taking a hand off the wheel until he reaches a more comfortable cruising speed.

I think the different driving styles is a much more reasonable answer. You would look quite silly approaching your neighbor and asking, "Why don't you ever waive when you're in the 'Vette?" He likely isn't even aware of it and will begin to wonder about the strange neighbor he has.

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My neighbor is the opposite--whenever he drives the Porsche, he blows the horn when passing me to make sure I see him in the Porsche!

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Waving - - I wave to most anybody I think is looking. Even if I think I might be getting negative attention; I still wave. What's the harm, and it is very disarming to most.

True story. When we first moved out here from the city there was a guy who drove by and actually hollered out the window of his pick-up truck. Nothing profane, but definitely a we-don't-need-no-city-folk type insult. It happened twice, and both times I smiled and waved from the seat of my lawn tractor, pretending the shout I heard was a "hello neighbor."

That was at least 10 years ago, and it hasn't happened since.

On the side - - the skateboard-like feel of the Corvette might be the consequence of an intentionally tight suspension. Some afficianados of handling go so far as to replace the rubber suspension bushings with brass. It's a good amount of work, they wear out pretty fast requiring regular replacement, and on anything but the smoothest surface most people would not like the feel - - but the resultant handling and feel on smooth pavement is incredible. I did it to a 1972 455 Firebird. You could feel every pebble on the pavement, but the car dove into and stayed rock solid level in corners like nothing you could get off of any production line in the world.

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I was born/raised in Iowa (live far away now, for years) and that's very common. And nice.

Really? Good grief.

Glad to know it.

The point of my original post was: Anyone silly enough can "find a reason" to "feel superior."

Who needs it?

So far all I've seen is that you feel superior because you've got a nicer house and waive more often. Haven't seen anything that would indicate that your neighbor feels superior for driving a car that requires more attention from the driver than a truck.

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I did not read a superiority complex in Nadme's OP at all.

And when someone waves while driving the clunker but not when driving the 'Vette--- C'mon. That would get anyones attention.
Spock Jenkins, I think you managed to let your imagination take over your critical thinking on this particular post.

We all see examples of silly snobbery all the time.

Janitors like to jingle their keys. Why? Because they have a key to EVERYTHING.

People in sports cars are prone to acting a bit uppity. So are people in Limo's.

Anyone working on a production or stage when in view of others tends to hold their head up more and walk straighter- and walk around and talk to people like they are Important.

Not only have we all witnessed people doing these things, I'm fairly certain most of us have partaken in it as well.

And speaking out of 8 years Us Armed Forces Service- I can tell lots of stories about how a Promotion in rank has had a PROFOUND effect on a persons behavior within 24 hours of pinning on the new stripes.

No, no, no!

I was simply pointing out (satirically) that if he thinks he's superior for having a Corvette, doesn't it occur to him we (or anyone else) could cop a superior attitude over something else? You know...that's it's ridiculous so why bother?

Good grief...I'm amazed at the misunderstanding here.

Thank you, Neverfly! I'm also surprised/disappointed at his reply.

Well, I've tried clearing the air. ::shrugs::

Me neither.

Those were precisely my thoughts when I read the original post -- even
before I saw your first reply, I think. This is remarkable because I know
and care about as much about cars as a turtle does.

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I am using critical thinking. I considered logically why a person who waives in one vehicle might not be able to waive in another. I did so in a way that did not assume the worst in that person. As far as the way I read the OP, a couple of comments stood out:

And:

Both of those statements indicate to me that the OP feels superior to the neighbor. So much so that the OP must find fault in the one luxury that the poor guy chooses to indulge.

Of course there is always the standard way out of calling a neighbor a snob who is not here to defend their side:

As far as when a neighbor waives or doesn't waive getting anyones attention. I really couldn't tell you when my neighbors do our don't waive. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. Likewise for me. I have no idea if there is any pattern to this at all. If they don't, I figure they're busy with something else or didn't see me. I really can't think of any distinction in behavior based on the vehicle being used. Other than the motorcycle. The guy on the motorcycle accross the street doesn't typically waive for obvious reasons.

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Another critically considered logical reason why an individual might not waive in a Corvette that does not require snobbish behavior on their part. Visibility. The windows are usually tinted dark. The roof line on a Corvette is about even with the bottom of my ribs. When I sit in a Corvette, my head is jammed up in the roof. I wouldn't see anyone waiving unless they ducked real low in front of the hood while I was ducking to see them below the top of the windshield.

In a truck, I'd be sitting nice and high with good visibility. I'd likely catch a person waiving out of the corner of my eye and have no problem waiving back.

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