ssbeagle
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Remembering the ssbeagle LJ 06
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Post by ssbeagle on Jun 14, 2006 13:50:24 GMT -5
I've had days like that. It does make you feel kind of small. Hang in there. I wave at most of the Wranglers, unless it's a big intersection or they're a few lanes over. Around here, it seems most who do wave keep it down to a "cool" wave. Their hand stays on the wheel, but the fingers raise a little for a wave. I guess that way, if you're ignored, it's less noticeable. If they aren't waving, either their minds are somewhere else at the moment, or they're just not jeep on the inside.
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Post by zion06 on Jun 14, 2006 23:02:35 GMT -5
Not in California!!!! I met a guy at the parking lot at Coachella a couple of months back, he moved to LA from Connecticut and he said that Jeepers on the east coast wave but not in California and I think it's true! I never got a wave from anyone in San Diego!! I need to be educated...is it a special wave?? I should start waving to people!!
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Dixiefried
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Reactionary Target
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Post by Dixiefried on Jun 15, 2006 14:44:25 GMT -5
Not in California!!!! I met a guy at the parking lot at Coachella a couple of months back, he moved to LA from Connecticut and he said that Jeepers on the east coast wave but not in California and I think it's true! I never got a wave from anyone in San Diego!! I need to be educated...is it a special wave?? I should start waving to people!! Haven't been runnin anywhere near me then..I always wave, or at least offer the 2 finger salute.  |
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kb5xg
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Just Empty Every Pocket
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Post by kb5xg on Jun 17, 2006 9:27:21 GMT -5
Almost home, 900 miles on vacation score stands as follows,
Waves-4 No-waves, your an idiot- 8 so about 1/3 of the people wave. Some of the no waves were didn't see the jeep on curvy mountain roads, things. And I have 3 I didn't wave at as I didn't see them in time to wave, they are not counted. Also I did not count any on divided 4 lanes at 70+ mph. Which is almost 300 miles of the vacation. Did notice on 4 lanes the other people looking at the jeep. Did get better results from modified jeeps but not always.
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Post by treeofliberty on Jun 17, 2006 10:27:21 GMT -5
This is my second experience with a wave crowd. My first was when I bought my '69 vette, back in 1993. Not much has changed for me. Back then, I got most of my return waves from classic vettes. Now, with the Jeep, I get my best success rate from modified rigs. So now I'm to the point where I go to condition yellow when a Jeep approaches. If it is modified, I instigate a wave. If not, I'm ready to return a wave at a second's notice. And I'm such a Jeep geek. Getting a wave still makes me smile. |
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tex
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In the doghouse as usual
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Post by tex on Jun 17, 2006 12:32:04 GMT -5
I live outside the city limits. Everybody waves at everybody. I even exchange waves with a black H2 almost every day. In smaller city limits, I wave at all CJs and Wranglers and 75% return or initiate a wave. In Dallas, only about 25% wave, but alot of that is on 8 lane divided highways. Women wave less because they are weary of perverts.(I'm guessing)
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Post by lwbjeep on Jun 27, 2006 12:48:34 GMT -5
Not in California!!!! I met a guy at the parking lot at Coachella a couple of months back, he moved to LA from Connecticut and he said that Jeepers on the east coast wave but not in California and I think it's true! I never got a wave from anyone in San Diego!! I need to be educated...is it a special wave?? I should start waving to people!! <-YES It's really just for fun  or could there be more to it   -The Jeep Wave- |
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Post by scotty355 on Jul 21, 2006 11:44:59 GMT -5
I never really got any waves in my xj but when I bought my lj 2 weeks ago I was recieving waves all the time. It sorta was weird because I am used to the wave while riding my bike but never realized that the jeep fraternity did it also.
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Post by Jeeper9 on Dec 16, 2006 8:22:02 GMT -5
Since I've had the Wrangler Unlimited, I've received (and given) a lot of waves from other Wranglers. When I had my 2002 KJ, I seldom, if ever, received a wave from another jeep until I modified it with a lift and larger tires. My sense is that the wave is more closely linked to the Wrangler folks than to other jeepers unless your *J is heavily modded.
And, like all of you, the Jeep wave can make my day! Yup, it really is a Jeep thing that others probably just don't understand (although my wife thinks it's kind of neat)
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Post by klabat on Dec 17, 2006 23:30:00 GMT -5
I will always wave (if I'm paying attention). I also ride a bicycle and a motorcycle, so the wave also applies there. More often than not I will wave if I'm driving my wife's car, too. My experience has been that most will return the wave (especially the mail guy with the Right Hand Drive TJ!)
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