I AM SOOOOO GLAD I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO GETS GIDDY AND SMILES WHEN I SEE A JEEP! THEY ARE SO FULL OF CHARACTER !!! I Love Wranglers all of them!!! There are NO two alike and they all have thier own character! I am in love!!!! I WAVE at the JEEP and hope that the driver waves back at mine!!! lol I know goofy huh?!

 

Yeah, some wave and some dont. I have been waving at the same jeep that i pass every day on my way home from work for over a year now. He never waves back, but thats ok cause i'll see another some way down the road that will wave back. My youngest son, who is 7 like to see other jeepers wave, he'll always say, "dad, theres another one of your jeep buddies". Makes me smile

 

My wife did the exact same thing. I explained the Jeep wave to her on the way back from the dealer when we bought ours, and she was so excited to spread the love. Here in SoCal, I personally find that a good 90% of JK's ignore me, but the number goes up when it's an older TJ, YJ, or CJ. My wife gets angry and calls local Jeep people rude for not waving back at her or I. It's sad.

 

When folks are obviously not looking, it's okay. However, when they look directly at you and just drive on, it's frustrating! Back 10 years ago I received waves back all the time. Has the JK attracted too many yuppies and soccer moms that just don't understand the Jeep heritage?

 

If someone waves I feel obligated to wave back. Or of someone has nice mods ill wave. But I think it is silly.

My vehicle doesn't define me.

Other than driving the same vehicle, I have nothing in common with most other jeep drivers.

Mini drivers do this. VW bug drivers do this. It's not even unique to Jeep.

I'm just a spoil sport. But driving in the city it becomes more of annoyance. There are so many Jeeps who just own because its an SUV. That's fine for them, but I don't feel like I'm in a club with them

 

Here in Buffalo it seems to be about 40-60 on the wave. It appears to me that most wave backs come from jeeps that have been lifted and / or running larger rubber. I think a lot of the people with stock jeeps are simply unaware of the practice. Recently a friend of mine that purchased his jk about 4 months ago came up to me and asked if I knew I was joining a "cult" when I bought mine. I just laughed and told him to enjoy the ride, jeep owners are a different breed and we all have at least one thing in common, " It's a jeep thing "

 

Tell us how you really feel Crazymike,

"jeep wave"

 

X2! I always tell my boy they are on a test drive or something and dont know any better

 

My daughter gets on to me since I drive a 4 door and typically only wave with the two fingers off the steering wheel....

 

Im teaching my 3 year nephew that he has to wave at other jeeps and that hummers are called "hummer suck"