A little sad the feeling of being part of the first adaptor community is dissipating as more Teslas are on the road. 
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Does anyone wave anymore?
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I had a MX as a loaner when my new MY was in the SC last week...seemed to get more waves in that then I did in my MY or my old M3SR... maybe it's just perception but M3s aren't special anymore, always used to wave and mostly for responses back in 2019. Now...so many around I do wave, but get very little response.
I’m a new Tesla owner so I haven’t experienced the “wave“. I think about it whenever I pass another Tesla. Can someone describe what it was like in the early days? Sort of like a “secret society” acknowledging each other when passing by? Sounds very cool and I’m sorry I missed that.
As an owner you were always on the look out for others, they were uncommon and there was a sense of cameraderie. Not really "secret society" like, more an acknowledment of someone else that had taken the plunge into something new and rather exciting.
It's pretty much completely gone with the arrival of swathes of M3's and now the Y, but S & X drivers are likely to still to acknowldege one another.
I will own up to clinging on to that slightly self satisfied smugness with a nearly undecernable hand movement to acknowledge another S.
But I don't expect a return acknowledgement.
But I don't expect a return acknowledgement.
If FSD cars had an FSD badge, you could give a distressed, head shaking gesture to empathise with each other's chagrin!
(Just thinking about sharing that 'belonging to a select group' feeling!)
(Just thinking about sharing that 'belonging to a select group' feeling!)
Surely, if it’s a FSD it would be coming directly at you on the wrong side of the road
RedMod3
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I flash red Teslas as there are not so many of them, and yesterday I discovered that someone in our road has a red Tesla, now that makes me happy.
RedMod3
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OK, two people in our road, of which one is me has a red Tesla.Are you sure it’s not you
to be fair, my doctor has a blue one like mine
Cnixon
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I was devastated the other day. A model 3 on A303 waved to me, last Monday, I was passed before I realised.
During the phase of "essential waving" when Teslas were fewer it was even more embarrassing! You always needed a wingman/woman in the passenger seat who could act as a spotter!
My wife loves to be spotter...in fact she likes to do the waving...and I have to keep stopping her waving at Teslas while we are walking...
...OK, I'll admit it ... setting embarrassment aside ... we got so "wave happy" at one point we forgot we were in the Fiesta on the way to the dump and happily waved to a confused Tesla driver!
My 3 1/2 year old grandson could be my spotter…even from his car seat in the back! This kid is amazing and is obsessed with Teslas ever since his pop-pop got MYP.
He not only can spot them but he calls out the correct model! Lol
Hey! When I got my model 3, I waved at others (my son loves spotting them and counts how many he sees on each journey) - I found the S and X's to not wave back, but my fellow 3 bedrins did.
Nowadays I get blanked by practically everyone but the odd 3/Y, and SWMBO just laughs at me and tells me to give it a rest. Sad times.
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