Are you a waver or a tough guy?

ElectricEye said:

I'd certainly wave back, but I wouldn't initiate.
I have given a "nice car" and point when it was obvious that I and another GTI driver were looking at each others cars.
But yeah, I'm surprised at the near complete lack of camaraderie of other GTI drivers.

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BlueHen said:

To Sherifftruman, yes. Not doing the Jeep wave can get you hurt - lol.



This is truth. I was at the car wash in my 4Runner (yes, I put it through car washes, but not my GTI) a few weeks back. A Mk6 GTI was behind me, Jersey plates. We both got out of our cars to throw some trash in the barrel. I told the guy I had recently bought a Mk7 GTI and loved it. You'd have thought I was asking the guy to buy a magazine subscription. He couldn't get away fast enough. Not a car person I guess.

I've noticed that GTI drivers are pretty offish as a group. However, my "Oh Snap" license plate usually gets some attention from them if they approach me from behind. It also appears to be Honda bait. Also Camry with loud CBE bait - true story!

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Gogo GTI said:

Apropos, I was driving the twisties up in the Berkeley hills over the weekend, (not too aggressively since I had my wife and four year old with me) and this white MK7 GTI comes rolling up my ass. So I pick up the pace a bit to play a little, then I soon pull over since he obviously wants to get on with emulating Mario Andretti. He then just blows past me without even a honk or a wave! I expect I would get more from a Honda driver.

So if Mr. White MK7 GTI driver is on here, you sir are a douche.

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Sherifftruman said:

Interesting. I didn't know VW drivers would wave. I traded a MINI and we used to wave all the time, though the last few years lots of new drivers stopped. My wife has a Jeep and they all wave. I haven't seen anyone wave at me yet but maybe I'll start.

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Gogo GTI said:

Apropos, I was driving the twisties up in the Berkeley hills over the weekend, (not too aggressively since I had my wife and four year old with me) and this white MK7 GTI comes rolling up my ass. So I pick up the pace a bit to play a little, then I soon pull over since he obviously wants to get on with emulating Mario Andretti. He then just blows past me without even a honk or a wave! I expect I would get more from a Honda driver.

So if Mr. White MK7 GTI driver is on here, you sir are a douche.

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BlueHen said:

To Sherifftruman, yes. Not doing the Jeep wave can get you hurt - lol

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BlueHen said:

Hah. I've owned a YJ and a JKU.

JKU drivers are the GTI drivers of the Wrangler world. They have a newer Jeep and it has four doors, so some purists already look on them with disdain.

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PouncingPanzer said:

All the jeep guys where I work(JKs) park together 4 or 5 in a row. But the Wrangler Unlimiteds, they are forced to park in a different spot, but they too stick together. With their Sportwagons of the Jeeping world lol. If that's a fair comparison.

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bpw said:

I usually wave, but it's a habit carried over from my air-cooled days. Those guys are usually pretty cool, motors are hot though lol.

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Gogo GTI said:

Apropos, I was driving the twisties up in the Berkeley hills over the weekend, (not too aggressively since I had my wife and four year old with me) and this white MK7 GTI comes rolling up my ass. So I pick up the pace a bit to play a little, then I soon pull over since he obviously wants to get on with emulating Mario Andretti. He then just blows past me without even a honk or a wave! I expect I would get more from a Honda driver.

So if Mr. White MK7 GTI driver is on here, you sir are a douche.

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Mousa said:

First, eye contact. If contact has been made, I give an up head nod and an open palm.

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BlueHen said:

I would wave at the girl in your signature.

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