I'm in my 30s and I don't mean all older drivers, but most of the time when passing another S2000, the older the driver has been the less likely he has been to speak or wave. Today I passed a silver S with an older driver, he didn't even look my way and I know he saw me too. I turned and immediately passed a fellow red one with a younger driver and he gave me the V sign (at least I hope it was the V sign ) Hint to everyone that is not originally from Texas, say hello, cause it's the Texas way (well at least it used to be). We won't bite!! And if you are originally from Texas and don't like to speak, grin and bear it.

 

I always give a wave. Of course, I'm 21 which I don't consider old.

 

I can't speek for all (or any) of the "over 50" owners but I have had similar experiences although from the other side. I'll be driving along and spot an S2K just about the time it passes going the other way (too late to acknowledge).

I know some of you "younger" folks will just chalk it up to slowed reflexes, but I have a more charitable theory.

I call it "S 2000 Rapture": A level of concentration sufficient to block out all those except "In my way" or "On my tail". The intense pleasure of driving these babies sometims gives me a kind of tunnel vision.

I can assure you that I will smile, wave, honk, flash (lights), stop and speak to any S2K driver I see (in time).

Nostalga time!

I've been reading many of the posts on this forum and they bring back a lot of fond memories from my street racing days in LA and Dallas in the late 60s and early 70s. Back then, it was: Choose me off at the light and win, loose or draw, we pulled into the local "greaser" hangout to check out each other's ride. I don't remember a single incident of "road rage". If you lost, you just worked harder to make your car faster for the next time. If you won, you knew he was going to be tougher the next time you met.

In short, I think that we (car nuts) are somehow bound by the shared knowledge that we're very lucky to be driving what we're driving and the shared pleasure of same.

I'll wave and smile now, in case I miss seeing you in time as you go by next time.

 

I must say I have only seen a couple of S2K's on the roads around here. One was parked, I left an s2000online.com card but to date (s)he hasn't shown up here. The other one was an older driver (at least judging by his white hair), and he gave a big old wave and smile.

Living in a snooty community where a lot of self important people with nice cars behave as you describe, I could speculate on why you are experiancing this, but my mama taught me not to talk bad about people.

 

Why do you care?

 

I guess you don't wave?

 

I always say hi and wave unless I don't see the other S2000 in time, which sometimes happens. I live in Northwest Austin, and have lots of silver hair, and my license says I'm over 50 but I don't believe it's correct. I think this car reverses the ageing process, and also makes your (your know what) grow everytime you go into VTEC.

The day I bought the car, I ran into an older couple getting out of a white S2K and this guy's recommendation was summed up by one word - Craftsmanship.

Bill

 

I'm over 40. I live in Austin. I wave. And I drive backwards everywhere in hopes the speed will reverse the aging process.

 

Most persons I have encountered in a S2000 has waved hello...excepet for a few older persons.

This is more OT: but there was this one guy I saw in Houston with the license plate...

2YS 4U

I thought that was kinda conceited...but oh well.

 

As you get older, (I'm 51) you have more information in your head than younger people, so you have to concentrate more to organize it all. So that's why we miss someone waving at us sometimes- just concentrating too hard. Also sometimes our Ensures are itching and driving us crazy. But if you wave at me, and I see you, I'll always wave back!