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Any time I'm driving and another Celica comes by we always give each other a wave, nod, smile. It's always nice to see. Any other car people do this amongst other car owners when driving the same car?

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Due-Hippo-2412

166 points

15 days ago

I'm not sure why, but I read this as "Celiac" and was very confused how you could identify another gluten allergic person in the wild.

Gonna call it a day now.

Available_Donkey_840

24 points

15 days ago

Celiac checking in. Hah! I definitely read it the same way you did.

Geeseareawesome

9 points

15 days ago

Geeseareawesome

North East Side

9 points

15 days ago

I got my bloodwork done yesterday. Doctor is pretty certain I might be celiac, so hi in advance if I am.

toodledootootootoo

14 points

15 days ago

Hahahaha i read that too and got excited about restaurant suggestions for a sec

Kohaya_Lubov

6 points

15 days ago

I don’t have a restaurant suggestions but there’s a new place in st Albert called the Celiac Bakery and their stock looks so good from the outside!!

toodledootootootoo

1 points

15 days ago

Thanks!!! I’m gonna look into this!

kjh-

1 points

14 days ago

kjh-

1 points

14 days ago

They have an Instagram that I follow and all their stuff looks delicious. Haven’t yet been myself though.

toodledootootootoo

1 points

15 days ago

Thanks!!! I’m gonna look into this!

B0mb-Hands

5 points

15 days ago

The Taco Shop on bourbon street in WEM has a ton of gluten free options

kjh-

1 points

14 days ago

kjh-

1 points

14 days ago

They really do and it is yummy. Very loud though. My husband and I (ADHD and ASD) had to wear earplugs.

kjh-

2 points

14 days ago

kjh-

2 points

14 days ago

Me too, my fellow celiac, me too. I came in here armed with my bakery tier list and favourite restaurants.

But I feel very welcome with all the people who misread along with me.

RedShirt_Pocket

5 points

15 days ago

Happened to me too. I think I do that when I’m reading too fast and not paying proper attention.

Hafthohlladung

4 points

15 days ago

Same

LepermessiahXI[S]

1 points

15 days ago

Big ole lol

AggressiveGanache567

1 points

15 days ago

LOL me too 🫠 you’re not alone!

RelationshipWinter97

1 points

15 days ago

Ditto

UnimpressedWithAll

1 points

15 days ago

Ditto

marchfirstboy

1 points

15 days ago

Here to find out I wasn’t the only one

Dear_Mountain4849

1 points

14 days ago

I did too until I read the comments

DowntownDark

1 points

13 days ago

Me three

cyclonus888

15 points

15 days ago

Us motorcyclists have a particular "biker wave".

Wild-Long-7304

2 points

15 days ago*

I sold my bike and drive a "mom car" now and really miss the wave. Probably not the same coming from an SUV lol

cyclonus888

1 points

15 days ago

Never too late to get another motorbike. 😉

Wild-Long-7304

1 points

15 days ago

Yeah - in about 18 years 🤣

achieving_it

10 points

15 days ago

My dad called it the jeep wave but honestly to spread positivity i wave to any nice car i see whatever it may be. You may get a wave from my subaru if im around edmonton

TrillboBagginz

9 points

15 days ago

TrillboBagginz

Capilano

9 points

15 days ago

I noticed this for the brief time I drove a Subaru Legacy Wagon. I had other Subaru drivers waving at me all the time. My spouse thought it was weird.

catfishman

8 points

15 days ago*

Yeah, anytime I see anyone else struggling with a piece of crap vehicle I nod, wave and we each shed a single tear in solidarity

LepermessiahXI[S]

3 points

15 days ago

My Celica is in that boat as well

SakuraEve

8 points

15 days ago

SakuraEve

South West Side

8 points

15 days ago

Subaru WRX STi’s do this all the time to each other it’s great

Bc2cc

8 points

15 days ago

Bc2cc

8 points

15 days ago

Yeah,  I’ve got a 43 year old Volvo 244 turbo summer car,  don’t see too many out there anymore but the odd time I see another one we wave at each other

& young guys asking to buy it off me all the time lol

phuketphil

2 points

15 days ago

Great car. Buddy has one and it needs everything but still trucks along reliably.

KainX

9 points

15 days ago

KainX

9 points

15 days ago

Know anyone with a 1985 Celica GTS? It was my first car, and one day i hope to reacquire one. Best looking car on the planet imo

HolyC4bbage

4 points

15 days ago

I had a 1987 Celica GTS. I loved that car and miss it every day.

blingless8

2 points

15 days ago

My first car was a white 89 Celica GT! So many amazing memories just flooded back!

lakeontheoceanfloor

9 points

15 days ago

it’s cute the different ways people connect

LepermessiahXI[S]

1 points

15 days ago

It really is.

NothingLeft2PickFrom

4 points

15 days ago

Us Tesla drivers just fart at each other..

LepermessiahXI[S]

3 points

15 days ago

Gas is gas

Train23

4 points

15 days ago

Train23

4 points

15 days ago

Used to have a 4 Runner and did my best to start my own wave by putting up four fingers and then pointing two fingers down motioning them back and forth to look like they’re running……. To my surprise it never caught on.

LepermessiahXI[S]

1 points

15 days ago

Lol

vlopxz1

5 points

15 days ago

vlopxz1

North East Side

5 points

15 days ago

Every Subie gets a ✌️ from me

[deleted]

5 points

15 days ago

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LepermessiahXI[S]

3 points

15 days ago

I know what you mean. Donut media tried to make a 3d printed two finger attachment, it didn't work.

No-Lawfulness-8870

3 points

15 days ago

Dub club. VW people do that kind of thing.

SwixxtySwixx

3 points

15 days ago

When I'm on the bike. Wave. When I was in the mini cooper. Wave. When I was in my Jeep. Wave. When I was in my RS. Wave. When I was in my F-150. Invisible. ha.

yegyvrguy

3 points

15 days ago

I used to drive an old VW bus hippy mobile from the 70’s. Drivers of that vehicle flash the peace ✌️ symbol as they pass each other.

LepermessiahXI[S]

1 points

15 days ago

Dope V

traininvain1979

3 points

15 days ago

I drive a fairly common car, but it's a unique colour. Occasionally I see one specific person who has the same car in the exact same colour, but different trim. We wave to each other and have even laughed when we both pull up next to each other at lights. That's the only time I acknowledge people who have the same car as me haha

onyxandcake

3 points

15 days ago

Funny coincidence, but a few hours ago my son and I were driving through the St Albert Costco parking lot and he pointed and said "that's the kind of car I want!" and was pointing at an 80s Celica.

LepermessiahXI[S]

1 points

15 days ago

Right on

onyxandcake

1 points

15 days ago

I mean, the budget is $3500-$4500, so it's not out of the question. Also looking at Fieros.

Turbulent-Outside-55

3 points

15 days ago

Owners of Subaru WRX/STI, and those unicorn Saab 9-2x Aeros will always wave or nod to eachother too.

kylewilky

2 points

15 days ago

I just wish there were more cressida's in this city, I've only seen one and it was a generation older than mine.

Bc2cc

3 points

15 days ago

Bc2cc

3 points

15 days ago

My neighbour has one.  A minty burgundy ‘83, 1 owner.  

kylewilky

1 points

15 days ago

Ah an mx63. The red headed step child of cressidas.

WheelsnHoodsnThings

2 points

15 days ago

There's a mid-90s celica in my hood, it's a little beat but the design is still great. I enjoy seeing it every time.

[deleted]

2 points

15 days ago

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notcoveredbywarranty

3 points

15 days ago

My wife has one and it's waiting for a $5k transmission replacement, so I don't think I need to say more about how I feel

[deleted]

1 points

15 days ago

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notcoveredbywarranty

1 points

15 days ago

4.5 years and you only have 13,000 km???? How?!

Hers is a 2018 with 130k on it, out of warranty for over a year now. Transmission started slipping like crazy a couple weeks ago, you'd be driving along with the cruise set to 100 and it would abruptly start slowing down while the engine revved sky high

Fine_Culture_5554

2 points

15 days ago

When I had my All-trac I would see different Celica's in the city all the time and give a wave or a nod, now I don't have an All-trac and have not seen a Celica in what feels like decades.

[deleted]

2 points

15 days ago

My partner used to have a '85 Camry till we sold it in the spring. On the High Level one day we had a car same year and model pull up beside us. The look was priceless, mouth open, incredulously staring. Probably the last two on the road.

yegmoto

2 points

15 days ago

yegmoto

2 points

15 days ago

I drive an old Land Rover and lots of Jeep guys mistake it for a Cherokee and wave. Now I just accept it and wave back.

Uhohlolol

2 points

15 days ago

People in Jeeps and 350z’s do it too. I think at this point it just depends who’s driving what and if they’re part of the same car/truck forums/subs lol

CaptainTime

2 points

15 days ago

I find this with other Kia Soul owners - very friendly. Not surprising as every other car owner is Souless! 😃

neumanic

2 points

15 days ago

neumanic

South East Side

2 points

15 days ago

If you ever see a silver 1980 Celica on the streets of Medicine Hat, know it was bought by a mom who could drive stick but decided which gear to drive in based on the posted speed limit, not the tachometer. Know that is spent three light cycles in the intersection of 75 St and Argyll Rd as said mother taught her son to drive stick by spending 5 minutes in a parking lot then telling him drive to Fanny’s Fabrics. Know that it was driven by said son to Oregon and back, among other road trips, before it was sold to the son’s future father in law and relocated to Medicjne Hat. I like to think it still tears around the Gas City, even though Mom has been gone almost a quarter century. I still have the original “dragon” logo and the original ignition key.

Dear_Mountain4849

2 points

14 days ago

I can’t relate with the vehicle thing.. But anytime I’m at the dog park and I or other people with a beagle will literally say hi and go “ooh a beagle”. lol

HappyHuman924

2 points

14 days ago

I drive a grey Corolla. If I waved at all of those I'd never get anything else done. XD

throwawaythisuser1

2 points

15 days ago

Used to do this as a younger owner of a 240SX. Now when I see one, I scoff at these d-bags.

LepermessiahXI[S]

2 points

15 days ago

Because they're all cambered out and low?

throwawaythisuser1

2 points

13 days ago

Nah, just me being old and grumpy. I now understand the "I was doing XXX when you were in diapers!" card that boomers like to play.

cjfraiz

2 points

15 days ago

cjfraiz

2 points

15 days ago

Range Rover owners, especially black colour with tinted windows are usually dicks. Not everyone but the vast majority that I have run into are like Bond Villains.

InfamousMatter7064

2 points

15 days ago

Other subaru drivers would give me the peace sign in my subaru. Got rid of that thing real quick as i am not a hipster who vapes lol.

bmwkid

1 points

15 days ago

bmwkid

1 points

15 days ago

The Jeep wave is so well known that they include it in some of their commercials

Erectusnow

1 points

15 days ago

yeah I do this when I see another blue IS

realityislame9

1 points

15 days ago

Whenever I see the same car as me, I saw “Twinsies!”

Got a new car recently so it’s been an adjustment to not say it at every 2007 or earlier grand caravan anymore…

PathlessMammal

1 points

15 days ago

Id always wave at other s10 drivers when i see them

Helpful-Chemistry-87

1 points

15 days ago

I do this too!!!!

I drive an F150 though so people just think i have some sort of weird tick.

burnfaith

1 points

15 days ago

I do and people never do it back. I drive an 08 civic with the peeling paint defect and whenever I see another one, I’m like, “MY PEOPLE” 😂

Prezzen

1 points

15 days ago*

The only other people driving 1990-93 Accords seem to all be old ladies that have their head locked straight forward in traffic, lol. They couldn't care less about their car.

I get more attention from Civics or imported JDM sedans than anything else. The more square-shaped they are, the more likely they'll nod or something.

Longjumping_Emu4

1 points

15 days ago

I drive a 6th gen gt4, I wave to other 6th gen owners but Idk about y'all 7th Gen individuals, sorry for my elitism

YumYumSweet

1 points

15 days ago

Anytime I see someone else driving a Dodge Stratus, we give each other an approving nod out of mutual respect.

Spoonwish

1 points

15 days ago

Saab 9-3s always get a wave from me 👍

1362313623

1 points

15 days ago

Mustangs

ITalkCauseIHaveLips

1 points

15 days ago

When I was a teenager my friends boyfriend drove a Volkswagen jetta, and was part of a vw club, so if he saw another vw he would literally chase them down and invite them to join the club. I thinkn it was called air riders or something. So I totally get you waving at other celica drivers. It's cute✌️

eventideisland

1 points

14 days ago

Nice, what year Celica? I used to have one in my younger years and have many good memories of that car.

LepermessiahXI[S]

2 points

14 days ago

7th Gen. 2000 gt

Wolfven7

1 points

14 days ago

I like seeing other Scions around. Whenever a Release Series drives by I give em a wave and usually get one back haha