Platinum Member Overlander21 Posted September 20, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 20, 2022 I don't know about you but since buying a Wrangler in November last year I can still count the number of other Wranglers I've seen on the road since then on one hand Have you spotted any recently? I'll kick is off! Today I spotted a white JK at Teabay services (northbound) in Cumbria this morning around 11am, with a trailer in tow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member frosty Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 if you try that here in Dubai, you will have your socks and shoes off within 2 minutes, they are very popular here, i see hundreds every day, and lots of gladiators, and lots of TJ's too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member MGomes Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 Not many in my area either (so we do wave like mad to each other when we drive past lol) - I did 800 miles with my JL in Cornwall the other week and spotted one other, so not common there either LOL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member doodle Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 See many around area...different times, different types. Always give a wave to most I catch. Even give a salute to the modded land rovers etc as well... All have the same passion .. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Raakhee Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 I know of a Blue 69 plate 2 door Sahara and a Sarge Green 21 plate 4 door Rubicon near me. I've been going for walks in the mornings and came across them. There is a blue 69 plate 4 door Sahara at the gym as well. I've seen an orange Sahara on the roads but that guy is a dick to everyone so I don't count him as being part of the Jeep Life. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member spookie the aardvark Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Raakhee said: I know of a Blue 69 plate 2 door Sahara and a Sarge Green 21 plate 4 door Rubicon near me. I've been going for walks in the mornings and came across them. There is a blue 69 plate 4 door Sahara at the gym as well. I've seen an orange Sahara on the roads but that guy is a dick to everyone so I don't count him as being part of the Jeep Life. @Raakhee calls it going for a walk, i think it's more about finding unwitting donor vehicles 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member leighb4rnes Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 Yeah I have only spotted waved at two while driving the JK. Black 4 JL and a black 2dr jk both in Hampshire. Other than that haven’t spotted a few maroon jk 4 door and a 2dr white jl Sahara on and around the area. We did a little meet and camp for a night a few weeks back. So that was Sophie’s TJ sport, Lance in his 4dr JL rubicon fully overland kitted. so not many one every now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member JimC Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 Why just Wranglers? The Jeep community spreads far and wide and we all have the same badge 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Raakhee Posted September 21, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 21, 2022 27 minutes ago, JimC said: Why just Wranglers? The Jeep community spreads far and wide and we all have the same badge There is an orange Renegade in my road. Another orange Renegade 2 roads down. A black Renegade that parks near Space Station down the road. I've seen a silver Commander on one of my walks and there is a black Commander at the gym too. A fair amount of Jeep around me. And there is a Black 71 plate RAM, 2 roads from me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTJ Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 12 hours ago, JimC said: Why just Wranglers? The Jeep community spreads far and wide and we all have the same badge Renegades are so much more numerous than other Jeeps that I must see at least one a day, most days (already seen one today on the way to site). Apart from the light blue JK that lives in my village I can go weeks without seeing a Wrangler, XJ, ZJ, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member leighb4rnes Posted September 23, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 23, 2022 Well since joining the jeep massive, I wave at them all. I def see more XJs, ZJs and renegades only had a wave back from a few of them. One really bright yellow and black renegade and the odd other. Wranglers are far more rare around me it seems. Noted a silver 4 door JK Sahara in Stockbridge yesterday but I can go weeks without seeing another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member RogerB Posted September 29, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 29, 2022 Isn't it great to be in such an exclusive group. In almost 20 years of Wrangler ownership I see very few in Scotland. I see more when we winter down in Andalusia with our JK. Also when we had our old 4L Cherokee in Oman in the 90s there where loads of YJs, the young Omani's sports car, both great for dune bashing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTJ Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Eight hours on UK motorway network today taking my daughter back to University. Jeep count: Wrangler (JL) - 1 Cherokee (KL) - 1 Renegade - 6 There may have been more, but that is what I saw while trying to keep my eyes on the road 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Overlander21 Posted September 29, 2022 Author Platinum Member Share Posted September 29, 2022 On 20/09/2022 at 21:48, Overlander21 said: since buying a Wrangler in November last year I can still count the number of other Wranglers I've seen on the road since then on one hand This still stands... Where are all the Wranglers hiding?! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Steve and the Morrigan Posted September 30, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 30, 2022 I see a couple occasionally in west wales where I stay 2 have reached out on FB wrangler group - if I’m driving to MK or Cornwall I rarely see en route and usually spot at location maybe 1 every now and again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member tedthefed Posted September 30, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 30, 2022 Just gone from Derby to Lowestoft via M1 -A14- A11-A47. No Wranglers a few Renegades . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member TimC Posted September 30, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 30, 2022 I’ve just been on the A14 today too Ted, 130 miles round trip, one black JKU with soft top. There are many good things about Wranglers ( CJs too but it’s been many a year since I last saw a CJ out on the road, that wasn’t mine ) but definitely one of the good things is precisely that you don’t see them very often. Which is why if I’m in the Wrangler it’s obligatory to wave and flash lights at them and, if possible, convoy up for as long as you can. I’m sorry @JimC but this just doesn’t work with other models in Jeeps range……unless they are modded. I’m more likely to get a wave from a modded Defender or Disco than a Renegade or Grand Cherokee. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member V Posted September 30, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 30, 2022 59 minutes ago, TimC said: I’m more likely to get a wave from a modded Defender or Disco than a Renegade or Grand Cherokee That's my experience too. Driver's of modified 4x4s usually wave whatever the make. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Steve and the Morrigan Posted September 30, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted September 30, 2022 I agree same here re other modded zero from non wranglers - I have a few little ducks just in case I see a comrad out and about - alas does it gathers lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald F Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Saw this one in Falmouth yesterday; looked immaculate, despite a 'MUD' registration. More than you could say for my WK2. I recommended the JOC to the driver, since he didn't know about it. Having driven the entire length of Britain (Shetland to Falmouth) in the past couple of weeks, we have seen about five or six JK/JLs, mostly going the other way, since we daren't catch up with the heavy fuel users who drive those things! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTJ Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I’m expecting to see a few tomorrow, just a feeling I have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member jeepjimboy Posted October 1, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted October 1, 2022 15 hours ago, TimC said: I’ve just been on the A14 today too Ted, 130 miles round trip, one black JKU with soft top. There are many good things about Wranglers ( CJs too but it’s been many a year since I last saw a CJ out on the road, that wasn’t mine ) but definitely one of the good things is precisely that you don’t see them very often. Which is why if I’m in the Wrangler it’s obligatory to wave and flash lights at them and, if possible, convoy up for as long as you can. I’m sorry @JimC but this just doesn’t work with other models in Jeeps range……unless they are modded. I’m more likely to get a wave from a modded Defender or Disco than a Renegade or Grand Cherokee. Hi Tim Same with an (albeit unmodified teehee) E-Boxer Forester. A year & half later only seen 2 or 3 others in the wild with only 1 wave back. Silly boy though still stick my hand in the wind screen when, and if, a Wrangler comes towards me. Old habits etc. Quiet on the E-Boxer section on the Subaru forum as well. Good to be unique though eh Tim 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Trailhawk Posted October 2, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted October 2, 2022 ...one from me today...an Orange JL 61 plate on the Notts subberbs. All shiny and driven like someone who's taken three circuits of a Sunday Lunch carvery. A very relaxed and contented looking man indeed 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member Trailhawk Posted October 2, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted October 2, 2022 Oops...meant 21 plate obvs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Member tedthefed Posted October 2, 2022 Platinum Member Share Posted October 2, 2022 Drive around Lowestoft this morning 1 wrangler , 1 compass and 2 renegades . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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