Offical Wrangler Forum Jeep Wave Thread

[ct-tj]

I got my first wave from a JK yesterday!!! Its about freakin time. I still wave at all of them but this guy was quicker on the trigger. Makes me smile every time.

[soupy1957]

I'm wondering if it was "me" (JK owner from CT).????

-Soupy1957

[tarheel]

Originally Posted by chasm

Hey TarHeel, great to meet you at Topsail! I'm the guy with the Silver Rubicon. I helped Bob restore that Willys CJ3A that he inherited from the family farm. He saw mine on the internet and fell in love with it, so he decided to restore his as a tribute to his father. I participated in the initial tear down and have come down from PA to help with the finishing touches like the canvas soft top that you saw. Jonathan from the CJ3A Page did the lion's share of the resto work on Bob's 3A, as well as a number of other local powder coating and body shops.

If you're interested in seeing more Willys, check out my website posted to the left!

Mike

Great to spend time with both of you! The workmanship rally shows on Bob's CJ3A. I really can't thank you enough for all the info. This was definitely a productive vacation. I look forward to getting some 32's on my TJ this fall and finally getting it off the beaten path. My wife said I grinned for 2 hrs after riding in the Willys
Glenn

[Triple88a]

so yesterday on my way to my gfs house (16 miles away). i saw 17 or 18 wranglers. 4 of them were JKs, and i believe 2 were YJs, everything else was tjs and 3-4 of the tjs were modded. I waved to all of them and got ONLY 1 WAVE BACK FROM ONE OF THE JKs.

[[TheYJGuy]]

Originally Posted by Triple88a

so yesterday on my way to my gfs house (16 miles away). i saw 17 or 18 wranglers. 4 of them were JKs, and i believe 2 were YJs, everything else was tjs and 3-4 of the tjs were modded. I waved to all of them and got ONLY 1 WAVE BACK FROM ONE OF THE JKs.

WOW. Thats as hell.

[Triple88a]

Originally Posted by [TheYJGuy]

WOW. Thats as hell.

take my word, do not move here. If i could i would be on my way but currently i go to college here and business is very very bad to sell the apartment i live in now. Simply lots of things that hold me here and do not allow me to move far away from this dump. I'm foreign (Bulgarian to be exact) and if i leave here, all my friends with the same customs as me are pretty much gone.

[NY94YJ]

I got a wave from a WRX today with Jersey Plates (i'm in upstate NY). Kid Must have a Jeep.....he had a look on his face like "Hey Jee.....uh...ooops I'm in my Suby......"

I'll still take the Wave though Maybe it's someone from the forum on Vacation........'Sorry I didn't wave back..took me a second of surprise to realize you were prob a Jeep Owner with an Identity Problem.'

[Scooter_Trash]

I had a YJ when I lived in VA and NC. Every Jeep owner waved (this was before the days of TJ's and JK's) Here in Kansas, NOBODY waves. Occasionally I get a wave back from a lifted YJ, but other than that nothing. I've almost given up, but I refuse to let tradition die I guess.



On a side note, I also ride a Harley. When I use to ride without a helmet, the other HD riders would wave. I've since started to wear a helmet whenever I ride and rarely get a wave. In fact, now I get more waves from the crotch rocket crowd.

[[TheYJGuy]]

Originally Posted by Triple88a

take my word, do not move here. If i could i would be on my way but currently i go to college here and business is very very bad to sell the apartment i live in now. Simply lots of things that hold me here and do not allow me to move far away from this dump. I'm foreign (Bulgarian to be exact) and if i leave here, all my friends with the same customs as me are pretty much gone.

I know someone who lives out there. She drives a Buick Grand National.

Badass car.

[recon7]

I wave.... stock unlimited, but had a Jeep in the 80's. Most of the time, I get a wave back, no matter the lift... Top off does increase the wave back percentage...

Kevin

[Triple88a]

today i saw 4 jeeps, one of them had at least 35s on it. Some yellow rig.. i almost "poked him in the eyes" waving and i didnt get a wave. I hate it.

[CVFD76]

yea i live in central va and try to wave at all jeeps, but there are a lot of stocks around here too so i dont go out of my way to wave at the stockers, but im always dropin the phone thats on my ear to wave at all jeeps with lifts or that are fixed up.

[chasm]

If y'all are really in need of gettin' "the wave" I'd suggest finding a Willys Jeep to ride around in! Everyone waves at a Willys... hell, I've even had them follow me into the gas station just to say hey.

JK, TJ, YJ, blah blah blah! It all began with a Willys!

[Triple88a]

today i was on my way out.. saw a jeep with 32-33" boggers on it all nice and muddy. Should have asked him where he stole the mud from at the stop light but i forgot. He ask me how the 35s balanced though. I also saw another yellow tj down the road from there. The saw me at the last moment and waved. And at last i saw another stock tj and also got a wave. Its quite nice. i saw 5 wranglers and those 3 waved while the other 2 didn't. One of them was talking on the phone and appeared to be flying somewhere while the other one wasnt paying attention to the road at all.

On a side note, if i wait to get a wave from a willys i'd would most likely retire.

[cavediverjc]

I wave to ALL Wranglers and CJs, but it seems like I have more "returned" waves from modded TJs. Fewer YJs and JKs wave in return, but it's all good. I also wave at all SCOUTS and BRONCOS because they're usually driven by real off-roaders. I see too many soccer moms in JKs (but some are hot, so that's cool), so alot of times I only half-heartedly wave at the 4-doors knowing I probably won't get a return wave.

Oh, and I want to all of the lifted Dodge pickups with GIANT dual exhausts and really big tires whose owners think they've built God's gift to the off-road world....but I don't.

[Triple88a]

Originally Posted by chasm

JK, TJ, YJ, blah blah blah! It all began with a Willys!

No it all started with the BIG bang

[soupy1957]

For the record, all you Rhode Island Jeep Drivers should be ASHAMED of yourselves.........I just spent 4 1/2 Days in Rhode Island (No.& So. Kingston, Wickford, Jamestown area), and passed at LEAST 40 Wranglers, Rubicons, what have you; waving at each and every one, I never received ONE wave in return.

Having family in various locations in Rhode Island, and having gone to college there, I'm very fond of Rhode Island (especially "Beaver Tail") but I'm ashamed of ya'll for NOT returning the "wave."

-Soupy1957

[coyote_94yj]

Originally Posted by SportsGal501

I don't get it...I damn near ran down a guy in a "Scrambler" and waved at him...........he laughed and waved back...I haven't seen one of those since I was stationed at Ft.Belvoir in 1987...talk about old school.....

There is a guy on base here that has 2 scramblers and one is pretty much stock and cherry, and another that he is going to mod the heck out of.

Originally Posted by Scooter_Trash

Here in Kansas, NOBODY waves. Occasionally I get a wave back from a lifted YJ, but other than that nothing. I've almost given up, but I refuse to let tradition die I guess.

What part of Kansas? Cuz I'm in Kansas and I always wave unless I'm not paying attention. I get about 50% waves but most of the non wavers are stock jeeps with old people or chicks in them. I wave to all 2 door jeeps. I have waved at a few JK's and might continue the trend (especially since a friend bought one)but I have yet to get a wave from a JK.

[chasm]

Originally Posted by Triple88a

No it all started with the BIG bang

That's correct! World War 2 to be precise.

[slippy]

lately iv been getting alot of these cool genre of waves. usuelly at a 3-4 way stop and your turning right on red(texas), and you pass another jeep waiting on red...as your turning you can do a wave and see them wave back thru the rear view mirror. or vice virsa. pretty cool.

[Scooter_Trash]

Originally Posted by coyote_94yj

What part of Kansas? Cuz I'm in Kansas and I always wave unless I'm not paying attention. I get about 50% waves but most of the non wavers are stock jeeps with old people or chicks in them. I wave to all 2 door jeeps. I have waved at a few JK's and might continue the trend (especially since a friend bought one)but I have yet to get a wave from a JK.

Lawrence. And mines a 4 door.

[cherokee980]

I throw the peace sign (two finger wave) out the window at ALL my fellow jeepers...

[jamesx2]

Originally Posted by cherokee980

I throw the peace sign (two finger wave) out the window at ALL my fellow jeepers...

same here

[JustGotAJeep!]

i get the wave sometimes, over in the washington dc area... sometimes...

[coyote_94yj]

Originally Posted by Scooter_Trash

Lawrence. And mines a 4 door.

Ahh...Your up by KC. I'm down in Wichita.
Here in about a week or 2 I'm going to drive up to MCI and back.

Guess I'll keep wavin to JK's, maybe the JK drivers down hear will figure it out someday.

[spanky]

i keep seeing the same guy here. our tj's are damn near identical except his is a little newer and is a rubicon unlimited. this is like the only guy who waves to me! argh!!

i initiate it to every modded wrangler i see, and almost every heavily modded jeep (cherokee, grand cherokee, cj's, whatever) and all i get in return is a blank stare.

i honestly dont get it.

[soupy1957]

It occurred to me as I was re-reading this thread, yet again, that the "Forum" itself is a "wave" to other Jeepsters!!


-Soupy1957

[MOz]

Originally Posted by soupy1957

It occurred to me as I was re-reading this thread, yet again, that the "Forum" itself is a "wave" to other Jeepsters!!


-Soupy1957

Excellent point! My sentiments exactly. IMO - More the reason to keep the forum a friendly oasis for fellow Jeepers especially the newer drivers.

[flounder35]

Im about a week into owning my jeep and I already have an identity crisis...No one waves back when I'm on the ambulance or engine, they just stare at me and then I realize I am in a big red thing that is NOT a jeep. Around here the people with the tops down or mud on their's tend to wave back.

[spanky]

Originally Posted by flounder35

Im about a week into owning my jeep and I already have an identity crisis...No one waves back when I'm on the ambulance or engine, they just stare at me and then I realize I am in a big red thing that is NOT a jeep. Around here the people with the tops down or mud on their's tend to wave back.

why do you think they would give you a "jeep wave" when you were not in your jeep? a little wave happy are we??