Yeah it's become a habit for me too....to the point where I am driving the wife's SAAB and I still wave!!!!

We have a good mixture of wavers and non-wavers here in the city. I think it's the lack of education when picking up the Jeep. I didn't know about it until the dealer told me "oh I forgot to tell you one thing about the Jeep, you have to wave to other Jeeps....Jeeps as in Wranglers. You don't have to wave to GC, Patriot, and Compass, Just the Wranglers". I gave him the WTF are you talking about look. But soon enough, I saw the first wave. Pretty cool if you ask me. But yeah, it's about educating those that never owned a Jeep.

 

^^thread was started on September 11, 2011.

 

I try to wave at all Wranglers. They don't all wave back though. It's a "family", like motorcyclists.

 

I wave at every Wrangler.... but probably get a 30% response rate.... like they say....wave at the Jeep....not the driver....then responses are irrelevant.....

It seems to me that many folks are almost embarrassed to wave, or feel uncomfortable interacting with others.... probably a sign of the times....in big urban areas there is almost no response....

 

I'd say I get the wave back 80% of the time. More often than not anyway

 

I try to wave to everyone. I get a lot back, unless its from a soccer mom type which I have found are usually driving a sahara... they never wave back. If I don't its cause im falling asleep or super distraced. Usually I am searching the roads for other Jeeps :)

 

My wave to wave back ratio is about 4:5. It's not so much Saharas (I drive one) in my experience. I believe its a comfort/knowledge quotient. Many times the non-wavers are soccer moms who are still revelling in their own post 20's popularity syndrome. But then there are the newbies with the pumped up kicks attitude too. Basically I wave and don't have any expectations. If I get a wave back I smile and imagine I've gained some fuel milage.

 

An old guy back in the 70's taught me the wave as a young guy...... Just bought my first Jeep the other day....... Waving like crazy.......

 

Don't give up. WAVE
Just modified my Sahara last week and I will WAVE to any WRANGLER I pass.
It's what YOU do that's important, not the others.
YOU know the WAVE is RIGHT and all other none wavers are wrong.
Take care and WAVE.
It feels right.

 

Wow great responses......struck a nerve, and YES I WAVE AT ALL JEEP WRANGLERS....they are the ones feeling bad not I....

Thanks guys/gals.