Which driving shoes
Which driving shoes
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lestershaw

Original Poster:

1,591 posts

189 months

Saturday 19th March 2011
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I havent seen this topic before
Hi i wondered if you use special shoes for driving in your tvr, i wear piloti LMPs and love them, i tend to roll my foot rather than heel and toe, and the wide Piloti shoe is excellent for this, and pretty comfortable too!
what do you wear

Ant.

5,254 posts

312 months

Saturday 19th March 2011
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Quinny said:
Doc Martins work well for mehehehehe
Thought it was an Aston Martin

locodude

510 posts

226 months

Saturday 19th March 2011
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Rigger boots biglaugh or on a more serious note just trainers.

spend

12,581 posts

282 months

Saturday 19th March 2011
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..anything with extra lead in the right insole hehe

I'd just look for anything broad & grippy across the span of the ball of your foot TBH.

Jonny cobra

615 posts

243 months

Saturday 19th March 2011
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G Force racing boot ,

JC

SILICONE KID

14,997 posts

262 months

Saturday 19th March 2011
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I like to wear a pair of 6" stilettos and a mini skirtlaugh or clown shoes!

EggsBenedict

1,796 posts

205 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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got a pair of addidas racing boots. They work well for trakdays and so on. Don't tend to wear them to much when just driving for fun - would feel like a total wannabe.

domV8

1,409 posts

212 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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SILICONE KID said:
I like to wear a pair of 6" stilettos and a mini skirtlaugh or clown shoes!
eeklaugh

Chimpafrolic

9,637 posts

210 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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EASY ONE THIS!

These are my TVR footwear of choice, every time.



To get them just right you need to break them in a bit, once the heal wears down it becomes nicely rounded making the perfect pivot.

I like mine best when they get slightly grimy & beaten up to avoid looking like a Notting Hill ponce.

The rubber soles grip my Leven metal pedals brilliantly, they are nice & slim so you don't catch the edge of the adjacent pedal and because its a canvas boot you get just the right amount of ankle support.

When you stop driving they are equally good for general walking about and you don't look like a pit lane refugee in fancy race booties wink

Oh, and and lets face it they're a timeless design classic just like a TVR Chimaera.

For only £40.00 you can't beat a pair of genuine Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars, just add a TVR to look super cool & get big grins on the cheap cool

PS: This morning my snotty old pair of Chuckies were proven TVR safe to 145 leptons, I think Converse stamp them at a Y rating whistle

Edited by Chimpafrolic on Sunday 20th March 15:22

macdeb

8,760 posts

286 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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Quinny said:
Doc Martins work well for mehehehehe
+1 hehe

macdeb

8,760 posts

286 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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SILICONE KID said:
I like to wear a pair of 6" stilettos and a mini skirtlaugh or clown shoes!
Why am I not suprised hehe

scotty_d

6,795 posts

225 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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I got a pair of these for xmas seem quite good so far but still need some bedding in. Good price too

http://www.speedwellracing.co.uk/footwear/SP2_BLAC...

dbv8

8,676 posts

251 months

Monday 21st March 2011
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450Nick

4,027 posts

243 months

Monday 21st March 2011
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Trainers in winter, bare foot in summer, Sparco race boots on track.

phillpot

17,523 posts

214 months

Sunday 27th March 2011
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Spoilt for choice.......... how cool do I want to look today?





m8rky

2,090 posts

190 months

Sunday 27th March 2011
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^^^^^^^ are you serious ^^^^^^^

Chimpafrolic

9,637 posts

210 months

Sunday 27th March 2011
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Just bought a pair of Puma 917 Mid Drill CVS.

They come with rolled heels straight out of the box so no need to break them in, and Achilles cut outs for better ankle articulation.

Promising £45.00 replacements for my favourite Chuck Taylor Converse?


phillpot

17,523 posts

214 months

Tuesday 29th March 2011
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m8rky said:
^^^^^^^ are you serious ^^^^^^^
Are you jealeous ?biggrin

RichB

56,454 posts

315 months

Tuesday 29th March 2011
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Squash shoes, simple...

Barreti

6,689 posts

268 months

Tuesday 29th March 2011
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I have a pair of Piloti Tamburello, bought at the NEC Classic Car Show last year, sitting in a box upstairs waiting for this summer to begin and the TVR to come blinking and snarling into the sunshine once again.


The Tamburello is a new model for summer 2010 and incorporates the next generation Piloti sole which has been completely re-profiled together with an all new sock liner

This model also features the all important and unique patented "roll control" spherical heel cushioning system which aids heel pain and general fatigue casused by long distance driving.


err, I'm getting geeky again aren't I boxedin