Do Prius Drivers Wave At Each Other?

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Main Forum' started by VelvetFoot, Oct 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM.

  1. VelvetFoot

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    Curious. MINI people do, but less so than in years past.
     
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    20yrs ago? Yes
    But in 2025? Nope
     
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    Nope....here, in Colorado, seems only motorcycle riders and Jeep drivers wave at each other. There's another Prius exactly like mine and I do wave at her just to get a funny look, "Who dat??" :rolleyes:
     
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    Funny "wave" story. My wife to be & her teen & preteen sisters tell this story. Their mom pulls up & recognize - driving next to her, the 1975 240D Mercedes just like hers. So she starts frantically waving. They get the strangest look from the driver. Probably because Mom was driving there Toyota Corolla station wagon at the time. LOL
     
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    nope, prius drivers aren't a cult
     
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    There's too many of us... Gotta keep hands on the steering wheel more often than that.
     
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    Speak for yourself...
     
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    I don't, but it is very cool when I get passed by, or pass, a twin of mine. There aren't enough gen 5s out there so I don't see them too often, but one time I randomly parked a few spots down from a twin of mine! And the owner was heading back to his car as I was heading out of mine - was fun to chat for a few minutes.
     
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    Now if you had asked how do you find your Prius in a parking lot when you forgot where you parked... That was a huge problem a decade ago because there were so many Gen2 Prius everywhere out here on the west coast.