Do you Wave or Wave Back at other Tesla drivers on the road?

[Ormond]

I give a big wave and I'm only acknowledged 50 percent of the time, usually by guys.

 

[dreamwave6]

[Also, tesla owners don't really have the same connnection to the actual car as a typical car enthusiast, which is what I think ties owners of other models together...

...For most tesla owners, the car is just a shiney new appliance. A talking point. For enthusiasts, its mostly just physical representation of what the company stands for, which is really what carries their attention and interest.[/QUOTE

I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree. I am a car enthusiast who has owned 3 Boxsters, 2 SLs an SLK and too many Miatas, Del Sols, BMW Zs and BMW 3 series convertibles to count. My Model X is the best car I've ever owned and I feel a deep connection to my car. I am very passionate about Tesla, SpaceX, the Boring Company, Elon's vision, etc. but I am also very passionate about Blue Leader, my own personal Model X 90D!!!

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[boelkers]

I give a wave to other Tesla owners. Don't see too many of them in my area.
I will give a smile and a wave to other cars/passengers that are ogling over my MX when they pass by

 

[calisnow]

I am a car enthusiast and have been a member of numerous car clubs over the years. When out driving cars like my Miatas, Z3s, Boxsters, etc, I would wave at other drivers of the same type of car and they would usually would wave back (as would I).

I have had my Model X now for just over a month. Recently, I have been taking to waving at other Tesla drivers but I don't see them waving back.

What do you guys do?

When I'm in California? No. Teslas are so common here you're a bit of a socially-awkward weirdo if you're waving to every other Tesla driver. When I'm in Wisconsin? Yes - they are very rare and so yes the "Hey aren't we special" wave/acknowledgment is still done. Had an S over driver over to me in a parking lot last month to talk Tesla - that never happens in California any more.

 

[ninefiveone]

I'm also near Tesla HQ. Aside from the high number of teslas, I also find that many of the owners fit a "type." That said I'm a relocated New Yorker so maybe I just don't fit in.

I'll wave if someone waves first but I don't bother initiating the wave.

 

[Ciaopec]

Years ago when I drove an MGB, drivers would flash their headlights at the approach of another MG. That's what I do with the Tesla. Not as many here in the flyover states. Though we recently doubled out Tesla population overnight when a local business man purchased 23 (TWENTY THREE) vehicles.

 

[retinaguy]

I always try to acknowledge a fellow Tesla driver but so many people around where I live are either too cool or too distracted/blasé to notice.

 

[DiamondHands]

I always do a thumbs up - for some reason I don't get many reciprocating gestures back though

 

[Insight75]

I always wave....even if I'm in my other truck. I'm sure they find its weird that a dude in a Ram 1500 is waving to them all the time.

 

[Insight75]

I always try to acknowledge a fellow Tesla driver but so many people around where I live are either too cool or too distracted/blasé to notice.

haha. Got to love Jersey. I notice the same thing.

 

[Mrcook4590]

I live in a small town, so we don't see many Teslas here. I think sometimes when I see them I think I'm daydreaming, and when I realize I'm not I frantically break out into waves and flashing of lights. I think the tint makes it kind of hard to see. Add that to the fact that these cars are so fast, I'm zooming past before I can think to get the window down. Once, I did catch up to a model S, got in the other lane like a maniac, and put down the window just to say hi only to find out that the owner was a friend of a friend. Kind of funny. And embarrassing. But she smiled and waved as well, so it was all good and I don't think she thought I was crazy!

 

[Lloyd]

There was a time when BMW's were unique and everyone gave a friendly light flash!

 

[bxr140]

Typical Palo Alto morning commute. What you don't see are the other two teslas at the light, and then of course I'm taking the photo from my tesla.

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

Typical Palo Alto morning commute. What you don't see are the other two teslas at the light, and then of course I'm taking the photo from my tesla.

That's awesome. There are three newer Teslas in the relatively small one level parking garage where I park at work. The revolution is just getting started. Can't wait to see it start filling up with Model 3s.

 

[vandacca]

I've been getting a lot of head-nods lately from non-tesla owners, from someone in an Audi R8 to a Ford Ranger pickup. I think the word is getting out.

 

[Insight75]

Stopped at the dealer today in Springfield, NJ to pick up an ordered part. Holy crap there were a ton of Tesla's in the lot. I guess they stock a bunch there preowned that are for sale. Couldn't believe how many were in one place! Had to be a 100 of them or more......

 

[TOBASH]

I give a big wave and I'm only acknowledged 50 percent of the time, usually by guys.

Not that it matters, but how do you know the guys who acknowledge are "by"?

 

[caltrader]

I am a car enthusiast and have been a member of numerous car clubs over the years. When out driving cars like my Miatas, Z3s, Boxsters, etc, I would wave at other drivers of the same type of car and they would usually would wave back (as would I).

I have had my Model X now for just over a month. Recently, I have been taking to waving at other Tesla drivers but I don't see them waving back.

What do you guys do?

I'm a new Tesla MS owner of 3 months now, and either flash my high-beams or wave at passing Teslas with no reciprocation! WTH...buncha stuffed shirts?

I've ridden Harleys for 30 years and can recall less than a handful of times a passing Harley didn't acknowledge a 2 finger below the handle bar wave.

Harleys are way more common than Teslas.

 

[Dazureus]

I'm in Michigan and you'd think that we would acknowledge each other more because of the whole "anti-Tesla" legislation crap we have. Nope, I always wave and flash my high beams, but have only gotten one or two back. It could be that the demographic for the S and X in Michigan make for snobbier people.

 

[dprisoner]

There's another blue X that I frequently pass on a road by my house. We sometimes give a wave, but it is a bit hard sometimes to see the other driver, so I can understand why there isn't a lot of waving going on...