What’s With The Jeep Wave?

[PBCounty]

I always wave, which is a lot, because in South Florida it seems every 10th vehicle is a Wrangler / Gladiator. I even confuse some people because I reflexively wave from my weekday commuter, which is a 4dr sedan, and certainly not a Jeep.

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[Guns_N_Rosaries]

The Jeep wave became lame once the marketing department realized they could use it for advertising.

 

[Roadmanscooter]

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...-deal-with-jeep-wave-and-the-gladiator.25687/
Check out the other threads at the bottom of this page.

This is so true. All started with the hierarchy, dents scratches and mud should state who waves first. Just got hijacked by people over time to just wave at all.

 

[IamPro2A]

I ride a VTwin about 10k a year and around here riders of all flavors of bikes wave when passing. The Jeeps around here don’t wave so much. I do, generally.

Same, except for the BMW riders. They only wave at other beemers.

 

[Cattywumpuss]

Gladiator owner here. I've also had a couple of Wranglers ('92 & '05) as well as an '84 Cherokee.

Wranglers and Gladiators always get a wave from me. A really old Cherokee does to. The early '80s Cherokees looked a lot like Wranglers from the front so I always gave and got waves way back then.

My daughter has had a couple of Wranglers and I believe the "wave" is the reasons she loves them. It's good to be connected!

It’s good to have the connection, agreed.

 

[HorsesRear]

I always wave when driving a Jeep. I was determined the last time we were on vacation in the Virgin Islands to get other Jeep rental people to wave at me. I think I got one.

On the flip side, with my current ride (Ridgeline) I'm afraid if I try to wave at other RL drivers I might get another gesture.

What is a Ridgeline?

 

[gonemad]

What is a Ridgeline?

Honda

 

[HorsesRear]

Honda

Nice looking Harley.

 

[Blade1668]

I wave at about everyone, if it's a Jeep heck I even just wave. Easy to see how many distracted people who should be driving not texting or whatever else. Jeep model doesn't matter to me hell I've got 5 Jeeps, TJ UNLIMITED, XJ's, Comanche "MJ" and my JT. Years ago the CJ drivers snubbed anyone not in CJ the YJ snubbed anyone not driving a YJ or CJ. JK's snubbed anyone not driving a JK. Where I grew up you waved at people. Dang I've seen several threads on this and posted on them about the same thing.

 

[Vtur]

I stopped waving. Too many around here.

 

[IamFrank]

My first Jeep was a TJ about 20 years ago. I didn’t know anything about the wave beforehand, but quickly learned after noticing other Jeepers wave to me. I began to wave back and eventually began believing the wave was because we, who drove them as a daily driver, were all a little crazy and the wave was just a way of saying, “Hey, I’m a little crazy too”. I later had another TJ, a CJ-7, and now a JT. Jeeps have of course become quite a bit more civilized since my manual, half-door ragtop 4cyl TJ, but I still wave (most of the time). Just seems like the courteous thing to do.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

I stopped waving. Too many around here.

So YOU’RE the one who didn’t wave back!!!!

 

[Vtur]

So YOU’RE the one who didn’t wave back!!!!

There're atleast 10 gladiators within 1/2 mile radius and i think we all waved at each other once already. That's enough.

 

[3TDJEEP]

I waved to just about all Wranglers and Gladiators when I first got my JT a few years ago. But quickly realized that most stock rigs did not wave back. So now I only wave when I see a Jeep with larger wheels or one that's lifted/modded. They almost always wave back or wave first.

Sometimes I do get a wave from an OEM Jeep and try to wave back if it's not too late.

I do not however partake in the duck thing. Maybe if I had young kids.

 

[DanJT]

My answer to the jeep wave!!

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