You got the letters mixed up there mate, driving gloves are clearly ftw! Not that I own a pair, but I think if I had a roadster it would be a necessity. Of course, any roadster that I would own would be a proper British one, because men should not under any circumstances drive modern convertibles. Anything after the Triumph TR7 is no good.
I wish I had a nice warm pair of leather gloves last night when temperature was 4.9C at 9pm..
My Wife wore Here leather gloves early this morning
I may run a hose from the heater duct to under the dash to warm My hands.. lol
Warm hands don't come having Your feet nice and warm..
check out all the people wearing gloves in New York when its cold.. We think about what the other person is thinking..
that doesn't warm Your hands up..lol
LEE in Scone.. with temps below 8C every night. [even 0C]
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
yup gloves in any open top vehicle is ftw! especially if you suffer a vascular disease like Raynaud's just like I do. But they have to be thin good leather loosish fit as the cheap tight gloves actually make it much worst by reducing blood flow even further.
why not go all the way with white gloves and suite and helmet too 😂
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
skin cancer prevention or dermatological UV/photosensitivity may be a factor, in this case.
The drivers hands are nearly always in the sunlight in some cars. Another issue with statistical evidence is that men are far more likely to have incidences of skin cancer on their right arm, due to the tendency of the male in the marriage/relationship to do most of the driving.
All very dull and boring information, I know, but not everyone is young and bullet-proof.
A few years back, a young chap in our local car club complained that his fancy driving gloves wore out after only about a month. He was a bit taken aback when I suggested that he stop wearing them to bed.😁
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
Yeah man, if you're wearing leather driving gloves, doesn't matter what car you're in, you have style.
It's like being black, you wear your pants low, you got swagger. People see you and they go, oh shit.
People see you driving with leather driving gloves on, you got swagger too. But most people don't understand...
Uber Kafer wrote:skin cancer prevention or dermatological UV/photosensitivity may be a factor, in this case.
The drivers hands are nearly always in the sunlight in some cars. Another issue with statistical evidence is that men are far more likely to have incidences of skin cancer on their right arm, due to the tendency of the male in the marriage/relationship to do most of the driving.
All very dull and boring information, I know, but not everyone is young and bullet-proof.
umm actually this is a serious problem. not just right arm, both plus the lower half of your face.
in summer my face feels like its on fire and I have to drive with my left arm behind my seat so it doesn't burn. the right arm is just agony some days and I got burnt on the aluminum on the steering wheel few times too.
Used to be anodized black, now its a light copper lol.
one of my mates got a very sunburn right arm when he took a 5 hour trip.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
thanks for reminding me to get them out of the oval so I have them on sat at Wakefield. I'll need them down there. I use them as I don't have a heater in my bug. That's my excuse.
Uber Kafer wrote:skin cancer prevention or dermatological UV/photosensitivity may be a factor, in this case.
The drivers hands are nearly always in the sunlight in some cars. Another issue with statistical evidence is that men are far more likely to have incidences of skin cancer on their right arm, due to the tendency of the male in the marriage/relationship to do most of the driving.
All very dull and boring information, I know, but not everyone is young and bullet-proof.
umm actually this is a serious problem. not just right arm, both plus the lower half of your face.
in summer my face feels like its on fire and I have to drive with my left arm behind my seat so it doesn't burn. the right arm is just agony some days and I got burnt on the aluminum on the steering wheel few times too.
Used to be anodized black, now its a light copper lol.
one of my mates got a very sunburn right arm when he took a 5 hour trip.
you should be on stage. i cant stop laughing.how do you come up with this stuff ? i can just picture it.lol👍👍
I beg to differ. Anything before the TR7 is ok. The TR7 is no good. We have one at work at the moment. It looks like an AMC Javelin and a Leyland P76 conceived a child vehicle and it was the TR7.
waveman1500 wrote:You got the letters mixed up there mate, driving gloves are clearly ftw! Not that I own a pair, but I think if I had a roadster it would be a necessity. Of course, any roadster that I would own would be a proper British one, because men should not under any circumstances drive modern convertibles. Anything after the Triumph TR7 is no good.
helbus wrote:I beg to differ. Anything before the TR7 is ok. The TR7 is no good. We have one at work at the moment. It looks like an AMC Javelin and a Leyland P76 conceived a child vehicle and it was the TR7.
The TR7 may not be a very good car, but what I meant was that it's a proper man's convertible. I would say that the TR7 is sufficiently macho for a man to get away with driving it. A BMW 3 series convertible, not so much, and a Z3 is absolutely out of the question! Hairdressers only.
Definitely a big difference between the macho convertibles and the metro models (convertibles and men).
We have a cool 68 Pontiac 350 Firebird convertible at work at the moment as well. Pull up next to the Z3 in that. The Z3 may be faster, but you have already won the race just by having the Firebird.
One of the guys at work has a 69 Camaro convertible and that is pretty cool too. Oh and one of the maintenance guys has a 67 Mustang convertible.
Combined with the hundreds of convertibles (mainly Austin Healey) that we work on, I now find the plastic bumpered cars very boring.
I had to start wearing gloves because it was really cold in the morning
and the beetle heater takes a while to work well which by then I was 10 minutes away from my destination
I remember buying a pair of driving gloves when I first started driving ,my first car was a frogeye sprite so that fits the profile,but I was too embarrassed to actually wear them. 2nd car being a 2 year old beetle wasn't the right car for them anyway so they disappeared pretty sharpish. What about car coats? I remember my dad having one, just down past your bum, a bit like a short overcoat. Does this make any sense to anyone or am I just too old 🙁 BTW I agree TR7s being crap especially when the TR6 was so good, not to mention the 2,3,4,4a and 5 before it I suppose they should have released it as a Spitfire then it would have had a bit more credibility.
One thing i did have a problem with on these gloves is you loose that 'pure feel' of direct contact with the steering wheel. Also, the grip/friction between the wheel and hand changes and 'slipping' the steering wheel through the hands when exiting a corner becomes hard to judge with these changes.
I think a true pair of driving gloves should keep the upper palm 'uncovered' so it can always be in contact with the steering wheel. Just personal preference i guess, whilst keeping the fingers and upper hand covered and warm (in winter).
Ahh, driving gloves, the memories and soooooo cool, mine were the fingerless variety with padded bits on the palm and mesh (not crochet ! ) backs 👍, so cool, I reckon they and they alone, not the Peugeot 404 🙅, got me laid more than once. soooo cool.😂
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
