We need to talk about the “Jeep Wave”

[GrubbyBaja]

Hell son, I live in da sowth. We wave at evrbody no matter what we or they be drivin.

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[Kaviiak]

Yes, Wranglers and Gladiators wave. Same front end. A Jeep with a bed. Except I noticed the few Gladiators I've waved at haven't waved back. I think it has brought out new Jeep owners who don't know about the wave. I met a white Gladiator turning into a parking lot. I got excited and waved and smiled. The woman driving looked so confused. And didn't wave back or smile. Maybe it was her husband's truck and she didn't understand?

I got my gladiator to be my pool route truck. My wife has taken daughter out just because carseat was in it. She doesn't get the jeep thing. Sorry if she skunked you bud. Jeep wave

 

[P.Lo]

The Jeep Wave is a pretty cool thing.
Especially in today's climate of divisiveness.

 

[DreamedofaJeepSomeday]

I am from North Carolina and I do not hate South Carolina. I look down on them. There is a difference. That said I would move to Charleston SC in a heartbeat if I could find swing it.

As an NC State graduate one of my favorite joys in life is watching a SC Gamecock fan and a NC Tarheel fan argue about which is the real "Carolina". I know it is wrong to gain pleasure from such things but I will just have to live with my faults.

I am from SC and a USC grad. Unfortunately, if based on dates of founding, you win (1789 vs 1801). However, "real" has more than on meaning.

Have you heard the saying "North Carolina is a valley of humility between two mountains of conceit" ? So maybe you are actually looking up to SC? After all, you did say you would like to live in Charleston.

 

[UseThe4orce]

I usually wont wave to someone with a 100% stock jeep (which is rare) unless I see them wave first.

 

[Proximo]

I always try to wave. I get 75% of the waves back. Seems like the larger amount of people that don't wave are in newer Jk or JL Wranglers. Even had a driver of a YJ that hung out the side of their Jeep and wave.

Today I spotted a JL last second as I was making a turn. So, I waved real quick. Well, that snot nosed lil rich bitch punk yelled out of his window "THAT'S NOT A JEEP". His little stock Jeep was sooo filthy, and not from off-road dirt. To each their own, IMO the Gladiator is a JEEP

 

[Delhux]

The Gladiator being my first Jeep, I’ve found The Wave to be one of my favorite aspects of ownership.

I would guess that I get a 75% or better wave-back rate overall. However, I have discussed with my wife that if you split it along gender lines, the response rates are wildly different (in my experience so far).

 

[jalbrecht55]

I’ve owned a bunch of older jeeps and now a wrangler and I want/will probably get a JT one of these days. It’s funny but every time I wave at a JL and then it drives by and I see it’s actually a JT, I feel like “whoops, you tricked me”. I still wave at JT’s when I see them but I just get a weird feeling when they trick me.

 

[ArkansasPig]

Heck, I'm from a small town in Arkansas. My Dad raised me to be polite and neighbourly. I wave at just about everyone.

Haha. I’m from small town Arkansas too. Most people get waved to until I get to the busy Main street.

It was different when I lived near the Missouri border though. I don’t wave at them and I’ll be damned before I recognize Missouri as part of the union.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Iowa's perception of NYC - people pushing, shoving, trying to get ahead, won't even acknowledge that others exist.
Iowa - friendly, great each other, even on the sidewalk there's usually a good morning or a hello or at least a friendly smile if another person is looking your way.
(not so much the urban areas if you know what I mean - but the more friendly smaller towns of under 10,000 - and if it's a town of 500, you are a SNOB if you don't at least smile)
Iowan's wave anyway, greet each other. Heck, in our neighborhood everyone smiles and waves when another vehicle passes.
The Jeep wave? When I bought the JT I had no idea about it and I never saw anyone in a Jeep wave - but now, almost everyone with a Wrangler waves. I dunno what changed. Maybe they are sick of being isolated and are just happy to see people!?? LOL

My parents always told me that from their experience on their limited vacations (didn't have the money to spend for gas to get to work, let alone vacations but they did 2 or 3) that the souther they drove, the friendlier people were.

 

[msujedi]

I have always been against snobby elitist club mentality. I pretty much disregarded brand name trends with clothing and such going through school. Before buying my first Jeep, I viewed the "Jeep Wave" as a stupid elitist gesture. I knew I wouldn't wave at other Jeeps once I owned one.

HOWEVER, after buying my first Jeep in 2018, my view changed. I have so much fun driving my Jeep, and I assume other Wrangler owners are sharing my experience, that I wave whenever I see another Wrangler or JT on the road. I guess I wave because I assume we have a shared experience (and I don't want to be a jerk by not waving). I will stop just short of saying, "It's a Jeep thing", because that statement has always sounded elitist to me.

I liken the Jeep wave to the way fellow hikers or mountain bikers acknowledge each other on the trail. It's a shared experience.

Likewise, when I'm off-roading somewhere, I will wave at other 4 wheelers regardless of brand. We're sharing an experience.

Now that I have my JT, I wave at wranglers & JTs on the road, and pretty much everything else off-road.

Saying all of that, my wife doesn't wave. She partly thinks it's stupid, and elitist, and she is partly oblivious to other Jeeps near her on the road. I sometimes mess with her if I'm in the passenger seat while she's driving. I'll reach my arm over & wave from the wheel as if she was the one waving. She always gets a wave back and is really embarrassed. LOL I love doing that.

 

[Fdisker]

I wave at any Jeep cause I consider us all a family and I always wave first whether they wave or not

 

[Cleankat]

I think the wave is cool, but there are waaaay too many wranglers on the road for me to do it all the time. I'd be waving to every other car I see.

 

[Bbannongmu]

I wave!

 

[DreamedofaJeepSomeday]

Iowa's perception of NYC - people pushing, shoving, trying to get ahead, won't even acknowledge that others exist.
Iowa - friendly, great each other, even on the sidewalk there's usually a good morning or a hello or at least a friendly smile if another person is looking your way.

My parents always told me that . . . the souther they drove, the friendlier people were.

I am from SC, which has a reputation for friendliness.

Many years ago I spent a year in NYC, Manhattan at that. What I experienced is people are indeed brusk and seemingly unfriendly on the street, where everyone is in a hurry and competing for limited space. But in homes or shops, people were friendly.

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