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Originally Posted by With envy

Okay. I'm bored. And there's not much happening on the Pac NW forums. I have one of those "Is it just me..." sort of questions. And since there are so many wonderful ladies here; maybe I can get some inteligent feedback. My question is: What is it with women driving Gen 5s? All the women here seem to really appreciate what they are driving, know something about their cars, and really enjoy driving them. Yet so often I encounter what I experienced today.
I was on my way home from work when I spotted a black SS at the light ahead of me. I caught up with it and could see the woman driving. I wound up following her half way across town, the whole way watching to see if she noticed the Synergy in her rearview. When we came to the intersection where I had to turn, I punched it in the turn lane to get next to her before our paths diverged. Nuthin'. No wave, no nod of acknowledgement, not even a smile. Oh well. It happens.:(
Not even a quarter mile after my turn, I spot another SGM coming right towards me. It just had it's fogs on, so I shut of my DRLs and went to fogs to draw attention. I had plenty of time, so I rolled down my window, stuck my arm way out, and gave a big friendly wave and a smile as we passed each other. Once again, after all that: Nothing.
Are there really that many women out there that are completely unaffected by what they have the daily privledge to drive? Don't get me wrong; I get this from men too. But I get the feeling they are just trying to look cool by acting aloof. With the women, I get the feeling that they just don't get it.
To them it's just a car that they look good driving. It seems as if it would make no difference if they were driving a Beemer, a Miata, or a Mustang. Am I reading way too much into this? Am I way off base? Do other people experience this?
I like the camraderie of the Camaro. I like making that connection with total strangers on the road when we exchange smiles and waves. It's like "They get it. They're having fun too."

With Envy, I know what you mean. If I see another Camaro on the road, I'll give a quick wave and invariably, the response is.... nothing. I don 't get it.

Here in LV, with the intense heat, everyone's windows are tinted so there's no way to tell if the driver ignoring me is a man or a woman, not that it especially matters.

But maybe the real difference between us and those other folks is passion, which I define as something that has chosen me, not the other way around. I have no other way to describe the things that I am inexplicably drawn to. I consider myself to be fortunate to have a few passions in my life (F-bodies and music have always been there). So maybe those people who are "in it but not of it," whom, as you've observed, "seem completely unaffected by the privledge..." are people without passion. How colorless and seasonless it must be. It makes me sad for them.

I'm glad that there are places like this to find camraderie (or should that be Camaro-raderie ) and making that connection and maybe find some new friends along the way - to be among people who actually "get it."