Hummer wave

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Originally Posted by zdawg8394

its always the really "chromed out" hummers that dont wave back in my experience anyway. shoot i saw another hummer in the parking lot the other day and parked right beside it. (it was blacked out) and when i came back out the guy was waiting for me, complemented my ride and i returned the compliment. sat there for a while and talked

I think it all goes back to the 'enthusiast' comment earlier in this thread. Enthusiasts usually have an interest on a level that makes them more involved/vested in things like: what it can do, how it works, how to make it better, its lineage, etc. This interest oftentimes extends all the way out to other owners and their trucks.

Chroming these trucks out, IMO, doesn't put the owner in the enthusiast category...in MOST cases. I know a lot of dudes that have 'chromed out' Corollas...but they're not Corolla enthusiasts; they just like shiny things and happen to live near an Autozone. I think that's why you don't get a lot of waves from chromers.

The owners that bought their truck for what it can do, not what they thought it symbolized are the ones that I find wave the most...especially if they think you're of a like mind. The problem is, unless it's running over-sized tires and got mud up the side it's hard to tell what kind of owner you're looking at.

...lately I've been branching out, I wave at any jacked up dirty truck. I get a lot more waves back...I guess it goes back to the 'like minded' thing...that big tire, big truck, 4-wheel drive, dirt road mentality.