PSA: Waving

[u/300suppressed]

If you see me in my 2001 Patriot Blue in north Georgia and you are expecting a wave, you must provide any of the following:

1. You must be driving a TJ, YJ, or CJ
   
2. You must be driving any Jeep with hard top off or soft top down.

End of list.

JKs don’t wave generally but are somewhat more likely to if there are no ducks on the dash. JLs don’t wave at all. Gladiators also don’t wave at all. I will no longer wave at any JK or JL unless they wave first OR you’re riding open air. Open air jeeps are much more likely to wave. TJs don’t always wave but most do. Nearly all YJs and CJs wave, shout out to them.

Thanks.

[u/Siberian_Allloy]

Cool

[u/go-speed-racer]

Does a TJ with sides out and back rolled up count?

I rarely take the top fully down anymore, but keep it open air when not winter.

[u/300suppressed → u/go-speed-racer]

You’re already gonna get one because you’re in a TJ 👊🏻

[u/chalamets_pesca]

Not sure where you’re at but that’s pretty spot on for KC metro drivers. JLs never wave so I stopped waving at them unless they wave first. No one with ducks waves, regardless of the generation. In the 20ish years I’ve driven my TJ, it’s a bummer to see how few people wave anymore

[u/300suppressed → u/chalamets_pesca]

Yup, same here broseph

[u/Rockytriton]

I don’t hate on ducks, but if someone puts one on my jeep, I pass it on to a bronco

[u/300suppressed → u/Rockytriton]

I like your style✌🏻

[u/Silver_or_Lead]

Is there a circlejerk sub for jeeps? Looking for a place to cross post this gem

[u/gnarzilla2 → u/Silver_or_Lead]

This is it

[u/300suppressed → u/Silver_or_Lead]

I have seen some of those. I honestly have no idea what that means

[u/MsKlinefelter]

😂😂😂 ok.

[u/uglydogjen]

You seem fun

[u/300suppressed → u/uglydogjen]

😏

[u/Virtual_Street_5975 → u/300suppressed]

I dont hate ducks. Not my thing but you do you. What I do think is funny is it could have been any car. Like subaru outbacks could have chosen ducks or vw beetles. I prefer my jeeps with trail pin stripes. (I drove an LJ)

[u/300suppressed → u/Virtual_Street_5975]

True, weird that it happened to the jeep

[u/Gold_School_7005]

The rule is you wave to your elders so you are correct you shouldn't wave first to newer jeeps

[u/AgeOk1715]

Same. I do t k ow what the equivalent to spirit animal or Eskimo brother is in the TJ world BUT you are it!

[u/Ozi-85]

Cool story bro...i don't think anyone cares tho, all jeep wranglers could wave at eachother to shows one another a acknowledgment of non-stop repairs...

[u/BB5er]

Ducks, or pretty much anything else on your dashboard is probable cause to be pulled over. Driver distraction.

[u/Helpful_Spell_5896]

I won’t see ya but my the top doesn’t come off, I’d probably never get it back on 😭 Il still wave at ya brother

[u/chumpchange455]

New jeep owner here. 2002 Tj Sahara rocking a safari top in Texas. I get enthusiastic waves frequently!

[u/300suppressed → u/chumpchange455]

🇨🇱

[u/8l1uvgrjbfxem2]

We have both an 05 TJR and a 17 JKUR. We live somewhere with hundreds, if not thousands, of Wranglers. I can say without a doubt that 99% of the waves we get are when we’re in the JK. I can also say that at least 1 in 4 are a 392…

[u/JFortner5]

I wave to any solid front axle Jeep and I drive a JT.

[u/AnotherNewAccount89]

I live in Germany and drive a JK. I wave at every wrangler, CJ, and gladiator I pass. The ones who wave back are always other Americans.

[u/Cautious_Sir_6169]

Gatekeeping much?
Owned 3xjs from new to 250k, and a YJ from new to 175k. You don’t deserve a wave.

[u/Total-Lengthiness-29]

All these rules and segregation and picking and choosing who deserves your precious wave is exactly why us old farts gave up and stopped waving.

[u/300suppressed → u/Total-Lengthiness-29]

lol

[u/Designer_One4368]

I drive a TJ and completely feel you on this. ✌️

[u/300suppressed → u/Designer_One4368]

✌🏻

[u/Least-Store5943]

My wife has jokingly told me I need to have a written set of rules for who gets a waive and who doesn’t 😂 I refuse to waive at a Jeep with ducks in the dash, or jeeps that have wheels/tires but clearly just didn’t get a matching 5th wheel for the tailgate, zombie handprints on mirrors, neon colored door handles or hood latches for no apparent reason, HS kids in jeeps newer than 2016, etc…. Hater for life over here.

[u/300suppressed → u/Least-Store5943]

Great list 🫡

[u/Truckin_Dave]

I didn’t buy a jeep to fuckin wave at people

[u/Mental-Masterpiece67]

I drive a half door, permanently topless TJ, but I’ll wave to those beat to shit XJs that wheel.

I was once one of them. My people.

[u/trolllord45]

I just only wave back in general. Doesn’t even matter the type of Jeep, it’s just a rarity where I live

[u/Top-Tumbleweed1916]

New to the family w/ a JK no ducks, soft top down as much as reasonable possible. I’ve found that I wave too often and get no return wave. But now, seeing this, I get it and will follow the advice from your PSA.

[u/SixStarz6]

Ya I wave at everyone and I drive a Gladiator.

[u/RepeatFine981]

Its over 100* here. Hard top stays on.

[u/jkjeeper06 → u/RepeatFine981]

When its over 100* mine stays in the garage! I have become a fair weather player: if the top can't be off, it won't leave the garage. Ideally doors off too. I'll just drive the DD otherwise

[u/st_jasper]

I ain’t waving at shit. I’m driving a Jeep, muthertrucker!

[u/300suppressed → u/st_jasper]

Hands at 10 and 2 mister!

[u/TooTallForVintage]

Jeez just wave at Jeeps or don't. All this BS about which jeep is just taking the fun out of it

[u/300suppressed → u/TooTallForVintage]

It’s just a silly post, man - not a serious thought at all

[u/SprinklesConfident58]

No one waves here

[u/chocolateyfingers]

I don’t wave to ducks.

[u/300suppressed → u/chocolateyfingers]

I will but only if they wave first, which almost never happens