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I am tired of all the 4 door bashing that comes when "the Wave" is brought up. There are a lot of JKU's on this forum and according to some of you we don't wave. Well I wave to every Jeep I see and today I saw a heavily modded TJ, I waved and he shunned me, so it's not the JKU or the Jk or an X or a Rubicon it's the driver.
I will admit, thanks to the 4 door, there are more non traditional Jeepers on the road, but in reality you should be thanking the soccer moms and yuppies for keeping the Jeep alive. If it wasn't for them the market would be hurting even more than it is. That is yet another reason to wave to them.
People who don't know about the wave need to be taught. I have personally taught 3 JK's in my neighborhood about the wave just by constantly waving to them. Now they wave to me.
I didn't know about the Jeep wave until a year after I bought my TJ. I was on a trip in Northern Ca and all these Jeeps waved to me until I figured it out. Part of any tradition is to pass it along to the next generation, so quit whining and start waving.
I will admit, thanks to the 4 door, there are more non traditional Jeepers on the road, but in reality you should be thanking the soccer moms and yuppies for keeping the Jeep alive. If it wasn't for them the market would be hurting even more than it is. That is yet another reason to wave to them.
People who don't know about the wave need to be taught. I have personally taught 3 JK's in my neighborhood about the wave just by constantly waving to them. Now they wave to me.
I didn't know about the Jeep wave until a year after I bought my TJ. I was on a trip in Northern Ca and all these Jeeps waved to me until I figured it out. Part of any tradition is to pass it along to the next generation, so quit whining and start waving.
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I am tired of all the 4 door bashing that comes when "the Wave" is brought up. There are a lot of JKU's on this forum and according to some of you we don't wave. Well I wave to every Jeep I see and today I saw a heavily modded TJ, I waved and he shunned me, so it's not the JKU or the Jk or an X or a Rubicon it's the driver.
I will admit, thanks to the 4 door, there are more non traditional Jeepers on the road, but in reality you should be thanking the soccer moms and yuppies for keeping the Jeep alive. If it wasn't for them the market would be hurting even more than it is. That is yet another reason to wave to them.
People who don't know about the wave need to be taught. I have personally taught 3 JK's in my neighborhood about the wave just by constantly waving to them. Now they wave to me.
I didn't know about the Jeep wave until a year after I bought my TJ. I was on a trip in Northern Ca and all these Jeeps waved to me until I figured it out. Part of any tradition is to pass it along to the next generation, so quit whining and start waving.
I will admit, thanks to the 4 door, there are more non traditional Jeepers on the road, but in reality you should be thanking the soccer moms and yuppies for keeping the Jeep alive. If it wasn't for them the market would be hurting even more than it is. That is yet another reason to wave to them.
People who don't know about the wave need to be taught. I have personally taught 3 JK's in my neighborhood about the wave just by constantly waving to them. Now they wave to me.
I didn't know about the Jeep wave until a year after I bought my TJ. I was on a trip in Northern Ca and all these Jeeps waved to me until I figured it out. Part of any tradition is to pass it along to the next generation, so quit whining and start waving.
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I wave at EVERY Jeep I pass (as long as I'm paying attention ), not at the the driver, THE JEEP.
If they don't wave back, maybe they aint paying attention, maybe they don't know about it, but I'll keep wavin anyway.
Hell I'll wave at any obvious off-roader, (lights, winch, hi-lift, etc) whether he's drivin a Jeep or a Chevy, and I guarantee I get a wave back 90% of the time.
For those of you that are getting discouraged, shut up and wave!
If they don't wave back, maybe they aint paying attention, maybe they don't know about it, but I'll keep wavin anyway.
Hell I'll wave at any obvious off-roader, (lights, winch, hi-lift, etc) whether he's drivin a Jeep or a Chevy, and I guarantee I get a wave back 90% of the time.
For those of you that are getting discouraged, shut up and wave!
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I regards to the wave, I don't notice if cars wave at me and sorry if some of them are jeep owers (driving those cars). I guess I notice if a jeep waves or doesn't. But then again, for some odd reason, I have noticed waves. Ok! I think I'm confusing myself here. My point: If you drive a jeep, don't be a %$#@ !!! Just wave at other jeeps no matter if your jeep is 10 feet taller than mine or mine is 4 inches taller than yours!!!
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Ok, I know this has been posted before but I need to get it off my chest. What is going on with the lack of a wave from people?? I mean how hard is it to raise your hand to fellow jeepers? I've been seeing more and more of it lately. Oh well just wanted to complain. Thanks.
But face facts. It's hard to return a wave when you are on your cell phone, drinking coffee, working on your laptop, eating a breakfast sandwitch, and yelling at your kids, while driving to the soccar field
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Originally Posted by berg
But face facts. It's hard to return a wave when you are on your cell phone, drinking coffee, working on your laptop, eating a breakfast sandwitch, and yelling at your kids, while driving to the soccar field
But face facts. It's hard to return a wave when you are on your cell phone, drinking coffee, working on your laptop, eating a breakfast sandwitch, and yelling at your kids, while driving to the soccar field
The scary thing I think I've seen people do all the above while driving their jeeps. Maybe we should put the blame on the dealers...hell they should tell the people what they are getting into when they buy a jeep for the first time.
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New jeep owner had no Idea
I second that. I grew up in the country waving at every one. Moved to an area with lots of cities around and no one ever waved back, so I stopped. I just bought my first jeep a couple months ago, Sahara unlimited. As of right now it is bone stock and I let the wife drive it. I had no idea about the jeep wave until my wife called me and told me she had jeeps waving at her all day. So I told her to wave back, which she was already doing. But a little heads up from the dealership would have been nice, especially for those that look so confused.