mnewxcv

i mustve passed 20 XJs today. every clean one i looked at and thought about giving a wave to, was either an old geezer, or some lady in her 40s. I guess I could start waving at the ladies...

crabmushrooms5

XJC1

Yeah, I only wave to cherokee if they have mods. The wave usually comes before I wave so it makes me feel good that I'm doing something right with my jeep.

F1Addict

Most people own Cherokees because they're cheap, not because they're legendary. I never got the wave while stock. I watched. I heard about the wave and I wanted it, I needed the wave. No wave. I waved but nobody noticed, even when done vigorously like a simpleton.

Then I lifted it, painted black stripes on the hood, and got bigger tires. Suddenly, the waves started rolling in. Jeep people notice other Jeep people, it's like a sixth sense. I feel like I notice every XJ and I can tell by the driver if a wave is warranted. If they're checking out my rig, I wave, even if they're driving a stocker because I remember when that was me. Most stock XJ drivers don't notice me or anything else, because they're not Jeep People, they're leaning forward in the seat with a zombie-like focus on the destination and they probably don't even know what kind of car they have let alone what I'm driving.

cherokeeowner123

Im still stock :/ its more economic for me i dont want a "mall crawler" and spend 1500$ on tires and a lift maybe a 2 inch lift with stock tires that would be nice

McCaffrey

Watch out for the lifted Wranglers. At least around here it's pretty common for them to be just for show and the wave will be lost on them. I find it hard to believe anybody would lift an XJ just for show.

cherokeeowner123

Yea i have a 2wd it wouldn't make sense to put all that money in just so i can have more problems, its my only vehicle and i wanna keep it till im dead. Ive gone wheeling stock through dirt fields and empty parks but never crawled over anything i dont plan too because am scared, that ill snap some **** up! I just dont have the money for even repairs! I needa put in a new radio and i already have new tires i just wish they would wave back at me!

McCaffrey

Here's a wave I'm missing out on: There's a cute girl in town with a sick Wrangler and it's defiantly taken offroad. I know it's not her BF's because it says "Jeeps are for Girls" on the back. I've seen her a couple times but sadly I was in my DD so I didn't get any play.

caronaxtr

Couple chicks around here with lifted XJ's, I always wave. At first they just stared at me like I was Chester the molester.... Now they wave back. Funny as hell!!

s346k

initial gut reaction is usually the right one...

crabmushrooms5

Saw a 2-door lifted, tires and with the doors off today we almost waved but we just looked at eachother. Kinda akward like we both were reading this thread.

Now that I think about it, we were heading different ways. Him to the country and me to the city.


Very true

DenimDean

Haha I've done that same exact thing before. Didn't think about waving till it was too late. Pretty funny though

caronaxtr

Lol, kinda expected that response from someone on here... Now they wave, they must be into that kinda thing. Don't know...

Wife: "Do you know that girl?"
Me: "Nope"
Wife: "Sure looks like she knows you!"
Me: "she drives a Cherokee, it's a Jeep thing...you wouldn't understand."

*** silence ***

eat_sleep_jeepXJ

Been down that road lol classic

pisspoorxjguy

Always, most wave back some wave to me first. I remember when I was still stock and I saw another Cherokee and he was all up over his steering wheel try in to see if I had a 2 door (he did) as soon as he did a rather excited wave followed