Driving glove confession.....

[interloper]

When I started motoring in the mid Nineties driving gloves were deeply unfashionable, you only wore them if you were stuck in the Seventies or were in your Seventies or possibly Eighties...

Roll on a decade and a bit later.... After watching Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes the other half decided a pair would make an amusing early Xmas present for me. The gloves arrived and I decided to take them for a test drive, you know what, they are dead comfy and actually take away the slightly slipperyness of the wheel of bangernomics Mazda, giving a bit more confidence when sawing at the wheel.

So there you have it the ultimate cheap solution for a slippery steering wheel is wear a pair of old school driving gloves. Obviously what I now need is a driving balaclava so nobody will recognise me when I'm out driving with my gloves on.

[anonymous-user]

I wore some once when my heating wasn't working last winter, and got relentlessly ripped the p88 out of by my mum of all people. I suppose yea they were quite comfy, I couldnt bring myself to wear them in normal road driving though..

[340600]

[Motown Junk]

If anyone reading this thread has only a right arm or knows someone who does, I have 2 new RH OMP Tazio fingerless driving gloves (classic leather stringbacks) free to good home!

[nosittap]

I wouldn't be without my driving gloves in winter time, they are black and leather and my girlfriend calls them my 'OJ Simpson Gloves'.

I just need a E38 750IL, a shaved head and black suit to complete the look.

[Riley Blue]

I was given a pair of Les Leston driving gloves several Christmases ago. They're still unworn.

[BliarOut]

Dents

[80quattro]

I have two pairs of driving gloves, one brown, one black. I also wear them whilst outside and its a little parky. I've had a few comments from work colleagues and mates, but thought they were just insanely jealous.

Are they not a good look then?

[andy-xr]

They get in the way of my smoking, otherwise I'd be up for wearing a pair

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

I rather like them, and have a couple of pairs of these: http://dents.co.uk/products/60/Men's-leather-drivi...

Top tip - I found that they stretch slightly, so recommend choosing a close-fitting pair.

Anyone who can get to Dent's factory shop in Warminster will find that they're considerably cheaper there.

[SCRR 180]

340600 said:

Laugh out loud.

I have a 99 C200 estate with toy wood everywhere. I bought some brown leather gloves to finish off the utter tit look.

[MocMocaMoc]

Seemingly putting gloves on me while driving is all it takes to induce go-kart / track day mode. And want to drive at 10/10ths on the limit (I.e like a cock) everywhere.

So I stay away from gloves. And helmets.

[MatthewO]

I have driving gloves, which for a 21 year old is terribly un-cool.

However, add them to a slightly leggy VW Bora, and my woolly cardigan you've got the epitomy of knobbery.

They are black leather though, and have an extended cuff

[s m]

interloper said:

When I started motoring in the mid Nineties driving gloves were deeply unfashionable, you only wore them if you were stuck in the Seventies or were in your Seventies or possibly Eighties...

Roll on a decade and a bit later.... After watching Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes the other half decided a pair would make an amusing early Xmas present for me. The gloves arrived and I decided to take them for a test drive, you know what, they are dead comfy and actually take away the slightly slipperyness of the wheel of bangernomics Mazda, giving a bit more confidence when sawing at the wheel.

So there you have it the ultimate cheap solution for a slippery steering wheel is wear a pair of old school driving gloves. Obviously what I now need is a driving balaclava so nobody will recognise me when I'm out driving with my gloves on.

Interloper planning a drive to the shops...............



Have a good Xmas chap

[Prof Prolapse]

Just no.

[CraigyMc]

Road car? No way.

Karting? I never kart without gloves. http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/karting/gloves/sparc...

[rohrl]

340600 said:

...with the string back for extra purchase.

[V8RX7]

For winter blasts with the hood down they are an essential.

[Mojocvh]

V8RX7 said:

For winter blasts with the hood down they are an essential.

In my "job" it is not unusual to resemble the Michelin man to counter the temperature.

This means than the vans run with NO heating in the cabin, so a pair of climbing gloves are de rigour at the wheel...

[TheHeretic]

If it is cold, I use proper gloves, you know, ones that are waterproof, lined, warm, and so on. tegera leather jobbies, none of this faux golfing glove nonsense for me.

*Exposes chest hair, and cod piece.