When passing another 8 owner...
02-01-2005 | 12:48 PM
#52
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I wave, but honest being only 21 and driving an RX-8 i tend to get that look awww look what daddy bought you, but i bought this car straight up with my own money, so i dont appreciate those looks, but it is fun to get the occasional girl waving at me like, hey baby ;-)
02-01-2005 | 02:17 PM
#53
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I flash my headlights. And I never noticed it until I flashed them once while I was facing a glass front building, but those lights almost seem to explode when they come on. All three lights - parking, regular, and high beams - come on. You can't miss 'em.
02-01-2005 | 02:30 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by ExpLisiVe
but it is fun to get the occasional girl waving at me like, hey baby ;-)
02-01-2005 | 03:28 PM
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but i bought this car straight up with my own money
I've had like two girls (one was in a group of girls...dangerous when they are in a pack) and a few older guys checking out the car, but only co-workers and one lady off the street have talked to me about it...well, my church friends too.
So far, I have like 10 appointments with friends, family, etc that want to take a spin once my 8 is broken in.
Anyway, I do the lights nod/smile thing but it has not been returned yet.
02-01-2005 | 05:37 PM
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So far I have not done anything because I have yet to pass or see one when driving mine. I have seen them several times, but I have always been in my commuter car. I actually saw one this morning coming down 684 in NY and I wished I had my car to drive side by side. Oh well. Maybe tomorrow if the roads stay clean (as clean as they can be in February in the NE).
02-01-2005 | 06:08 PM
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We so rarely see ourselves driving around, unless we drive by a storefront with a mirrored window, but this is one cool looking car. A black one tailed me the other day and followed my lane switches...and it just looked so damn cool. Low and mean. Everytime I regret buying one when we get 8 inches of snow, I see another on the road and I smile...
02-01-2005 | 06:26 PM
#59
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From: Northern Virginia near DC
Originally Posted by LucasET
That brings up a topic that is starting to **** me off. Obviously I didn't get this car because I thought it would get me chicks (nor do I go cruisin looking for them), but dammit, I have not had the response I think this car warrants. Now, I'm told I am a reasonably attractive guy, so I don't think that's it. My ex-girlfriend liked it, and I have a really hot neighbor that is in love with it, but I get more guys interested in the car than women by far. Maybe it's that I have silver instead of red? Anyone? Bueller?
BwaaaaaaHaaaaaHaaaa!
I couldn't say that with a straight face, heh. :D
S
04-02-2005 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by crosswound
i gave up on trying to do that because it seems every other 8 owner besides me doesn't go to this forum or think i am crazy for waving to them.
04-02-2005 | 02:48 PM
#71
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
I always give RX-8s the finger then rocket past them and put my hazards on :D
04-02-2005 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by crosswound
i gave up on trying to do that because it seems every other 8 owner besides me doesn't go to this forum or think i am crazy for waving to them.
A gray 8 pulled up beside me the other day and when I turned to wave, the young driver seemed to be scowling at my car. I smiled and he waved back -- but it seemed like a new thing to him.
04-02-2005 | 06:51 PM
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I always wave or flash my lights, but I never get anything back. People who have the car around me don't belong to this forum or don't care as much. I get so excited and they either give me dirty looks or don't do anything. There's a red one I always signal and she doesn't do anything...she probably thinks I'm crazy.
04-02-2005 | 07:41 PM
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From: Mondaflore, Ikinburlistan
What do you know! Miss Manners has a column eerily similar to the topic:
Miss Manners would not approve. But for this board, maybe we need etiquette advice from ... I don't know ... maybe "The Man Show."
April 1, 2005
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am living just now in a large city in China. I am not asking about local Chinese etiquette, but rather travelers' etiquette.
Although the city I am in numbers millions, I find I see other non-Chinese people out and about only twice a month or so. When I do, I used to smiled a little and nod in passing. This seemed to serve at first; however, I have now had several encounters that cause me to turn to you for assistance.
Please understand that I am enjoying my stay here, and the nod and smile are just meant to say, "Hello. Isn't this fun?" with some confidence that my manner was not offensive or forward.
The last person I nodded to really glared at me, and turned to stare at me as I went by. I behaved as if I had not noticed, and moved on. Her reaction made me think, however. I realize that seeing someone in a public place in China does not constitute an introduction; however, it felt as if some small acknowledgment of the other person was permissible.
Have I offended? Should I stop this practice?
GENTLE READER: In a word, yes.
Miss Manners knows that you mean well. This gesture among strangers can be charming when the shared circumstance that prompts it is cause for either pride or sympathy. Hikers on trails nod hello to one another, for example, and owners of the same kind of sports car often wave. Parents traveling on airplanes with small children may throw one another glances of sympathy, or the people sitting near them may do so among themselves.
But it is unquestionably a we-they gesture, and therefore not so charming when the shared characteristic is race. You will protest that you mean it as acknowledging that you are both foreigners. But you used race to decide that, and you could be wrong. There are Caucasians who live in China.
Besides, tourists are notoriously insulted as being recognized as tourists. Their huffiness may mean no more than that, but it is good enough reason to stop.
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am living just now in a large city in China. I am not asking about local Chinese etiquette, but rather travelers' etiquette.
Although the city I am in numbers millions, I find I see other non-Chinese people out and about only twice a month or so. When I do, I used to smiled a little and nod in passing. This seemed to serve at first; however, I have now had several encounters that cause me to turn to you for assistance.
Please understand that I am enjoying my stay here, and the nod and smile are just meant to say, "Hello. Isn't this fun?" with some confidence that my manner was not offensive or forward.
The last person I nodded to really glared at me, and turned to stare at me as I went by. I behaved as if I had not noticed, and moved on. Her reaction made me think, however. I realize that seeing someone in a public place in China does not constitute an introduction; however, it felt as if some small acknowledgment of the other person was permissible.
Have I offended? Should I stop this practice?
GENTLE READER: In a word, yes.
Miss Manners knows that you mean well. This gesture among strangers can be charming when the shared circumstance that prompts it is cause for either pride or sympathy. Hikers on trails nod hello to one another, for example, and owners of the same kind of sports car often wave. Parents traveling on airplanes with small children may throw one another glances of sympathy, or the people sitting near them may do so among themselves.
But it is unquestionably a we-they gesture, and therefore not so charming when the shared characteristic is race. You will protest that you mean it as acknowledging that you are both foreigners. But you used race to decide that, and you could be wrong. There are Caucasians who live in China.
Besides, tourists are notoriously insulted as being recognized as tourists. Their huffiness may mean no more than that, but it is good enough reason to stop.
04-02-2005 | 07:41 PM
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From: Lake Worth, FL
I wave or light flash and 25% of time I get a response....tons of 8's around me as I'm in S.Florida. I get a much better response when I'm on my CBR from fellow rice rocket folks. 95% there. So if a Titanium Grey in West Boynton waves...it's me!