P.Lo
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To each his own bud.Im not waving at anyone. This shit is ridiculous.
No reason to ridicule, what other Jeep owners like to do when crossing paths.
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To each his own bud.Im not waving at anyone. This shit is ridiculous.
I bet you're a riot at parties...Im not waving at anyone. This shit is ridiculous.
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 believe Jeep people are inclusive and Wave at all Jeeps. Lets remember, the Jeep wave was around long before the Wrangler. I am a new Jeep owner (four weeks). Its my first Jeep. I have a Gladiator. I haven't seen another on the road yet. But what I have seen, unfortunately, is a fair amout of ugliness reguarding how my Jeep looks by very young people in their Wanglers. So, may be me thinking Jeep people were inclusive....was not really true.I saw someone else ask in another thread “do we still wave at wranglers?”
I want to talk about the Jeep Wave in general.
I’ll start by giving some context: I bought my first jeep in 1995 and it was a 1987 Wangler Laredo. Brown, much like the one in the photo.
Back then, you could go three or four days without seeing a single Wrangler. When you did you really did want to wave at that person; they shared something with you that not everyone understood: an absolute love of something uncompromising, uncomfortable, inconvenient, a singularly focused off road machine. It was a brotherhood. It was really cool.
I only had that Jeep for a few years, it was an absolute shit show mechanically; not a smart vehicle to have for a 19-year-old in college.
Fast forward to 2015, and I bought my second wrangler, a 2015 Rubicon Hard Rock. Copper brown of course.
I quickly noticed something: I practically had to keep my “Jeep Wave“ up for my entire trip. I’d see 15 Wanglers on the way to baseball practice. Wranglers had lost their exclusivity, their coolness. I wasn’t too keen on waving to the soccer mom in her jacked up, mean face Wrangler.
Regrettably I sold it a few years later.
All this is to say as soon as Gobi becomes available for 2021, I will order my Gladiator Mojave.
I’m probably not going to be waving at the 30+ Wranglers I’ll be seeing every day.
You can bet your ass I’ll be throwing it up to the Gladiators...Looking forward to that exclusivity again!
I saw someone else ask in another thread “do we still wave at wranglers?”
I want to talk about the Jeep Wave in general.
I’ll start by giving some context: I bought my first jeep in 1995 and it was a 1987 Wangler Laredo. Brown, much like the one in the photo.
Back then, you could go three or four days without seeing a single Wrangler. When you did you really did want to wave at that person; they shared something with you that not everyone understood: an absolute love of something uncompromising, uncomfortable, inconvenient, a singularly focused off road machine. It was a brotherhood. It was really cool.
I only had that Jeep for a few years, it was an absolute shit show mechanically; not a smart vehicle to have for a 19-year-old in college.
Fast forward to 2015, and I bought my second wrangler, a 2015 Rubicon Hard Rock. Copper brown of course.
I quickly noticed something: I practically had to keep my “Jeep Wave“ up for my entire trip. I’d see 15 Wanglers on the way to baseball practice. Wranglers had lost their exclusivity, their coolness. I wasn’t too keen on waving to the soccer mom in her jacked up, mean face Wrangler.
Regrettably I sold it a few years later.
All this is to say as soon as Gobi becomes available for 2021, I will order my Gladiator Mojave.
I’m probably not going to be waving at the 30+ Wranglers I’ll be seeing every day.
You can bet your ass I’ll be throwing it up to the Gladiators...Looking forward to that exclusivity again!
I guess I thought that Jeep people were inclusive. I bought my first Jeep three weeks ago. I havent had an issue with some people not waving. I have had a fair amount of ugliness from youth driving their Wanglers who dont like the look of my Gladiator. Lets remember, the Jeep wave started long before the Wrangler. I guess thinking Jeep people were inclusive was not really true.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?
In my case, every time my JT is doorless and I meet another doorless Jeep (JT, JL, JK, TJ, etc.), it’s a 100% Wave success rate!So in my book any Jeep you can't take the doors and top off and go adventuring gets no wave.
Since my last post, I’ve seen more Jeepers waving. Most of them were in JL Wranglers (I purposefully make the distinction here). I have yet to see any aggressiveness from ANY driver I’ve come across. Now stupidity, on the other hand...I guess I thought that Jeep people were inclusive. I bought my first Jeep three weeks ago. I havent had an issue with some people not waving. I have had a fair amount of ugliness from youth driving their Wanglers who dont like the look of my Gladiator. Lets remember, the Jeep wave started long before the Wrangler. I guess thinking Jeep people were inclusive was not really true.
Ah, so you wave at naked things..........In my case, every time my JT is doorless and I meet another doorless Jeep (JT, JL, JK, TJ, etc.), it’s a 100% Wave success rate!
I gotta ask. ACL Destroyer? Did you destroy your own or other peoples' ACLs? Also how?Im not waving at anyone. This shit is ridiculous.
Hassan chop!I gotta ask. ACL Destroyer? Did you destroy your own or other peoples' ACLs? Also how?
I gotta ask. ACL Destroyer? Did you destroy your own or other peoples' ACLs? Also how?