Driving Gloves WTF!

On my way to work this morning I saw a bloke driving his Z4 roadster with black leather gloves on.

WTF!

Anyone else notice other things that doesnt make sense for people to do?

yep, driving around in old vw's when there are all of these good, cheap, newish cars out there...

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]

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 😂

My thoughts to vlad put your helmet and suit on.

I forgot to mention he had a hardtop on so it was not like he was cold.

Just looked like a punce!

I think if a cowboy can wear leather gloves anyone can..lol

otherwise they might shoot You.. lol

the close fitting calf hide leather gloves...

I don't know if helmets keep Your heat warm ...lol

LEE

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.

Very old school wearing proper leather driving gloves,

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.😁

driving gloves=style................ period

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.

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.

vlad01 wrote:

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.

I wish i had leather driving gloves this morning.

My hands were freezing in the beetle.

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.

waveman1500 wrote:and a Z3 is absolutely out of the question! Hairdressers only.

Haha 😂! The hair dresser must be doing pretty darn well on a hair dresser's salary to afford one of those 😀

More likely to see one in a charade convertible of a ford capri convertible, probably with driving gloves lol.

Plenty available for reasonable prices on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/Clothing-Merchandise-Media-/6747/i.html?_nkw=driving+gloves&_catref=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282

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).

This pair will certainly keep you warm, and aren't scummy looking:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FIRST-MFG-MENS-VENTED-KNUCKLE-DRIVING-GLOVE-FI131GEL-3X-/220834744604?pt=Apparel_Merchandise&hash=item336ac6c91c

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.😂

donn wrote:I reckon they [......] got me laid more than once. soooo cool.😂

Gloves can get you laid? What if you just wear one driving glove, Michael Jackson style?

be sure to be wearing a glove 😂 if its a one night stand

driving gloves have a purpose,

How are you supposed to challenge others to a dual without them!

modulus wrote:

donn wrote:I reckon they [......] got me laid more than once. soooo cool.😂

Gloves can get you laid? What if you just wear one driving glove, Michael Jackson style?

Then you get laid only once 😠 thought that would be obvious🤪

sander288 wrote:How are you supposed to challenge others to a dual without them!

Crikey Shaun, it's DUEL.🤪

It's bad enough having to read adds for DUEL cabs, without you doing the reverse.😂

Sorry Greg, I wasn't around when it was common place! 😂

HappyDaze wrote:

sander288 wrote:How are you supposed to challenge others to a dual without them!

Crikey Shaun, it's DUEL.🤪

It's bad enough having to read adds for DUEL cabs, without you doing the reverse.😂

You're lucky you 'chickened out', and won't be at Wakefield Park........otherwise I'd whack you with BOTH driving gloves [dual?], and challenge you to a duel. Swing-axles at five paces would be appropriate.🙄

I will be wearing my Kmart woollen fingerless gloves all weekend. Cool factor will not be of any concern. I bought them for last year's supersprint and left them at home. Wasnt happy.

Never mind about the "Cool factor"......It's the "Wind chill factor", Chris. Put your gloves in the car NOW, if you haven't already done so.👍

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.

The TR7 ended production in 1981. Most of them were coupes with roofs - the drophead convertible was made in very small numbers. All of them would have rusted away by now. The TR7's 2-litre Dolomite engine made 78 kW (105 hp).

As for convertibles since 1981, any decent VW enthusiast would clearly rather have a Golf Cabriolet, an infinitely better designed and better built (by Karmann) vehicle. Our models imported from 1990 to 1993 came with a 1.8-litre 70 kW engine and five-speed gearbox. The Mk3 Cabrio from 1995 had the 85 kW 2.0-litre engine from the Golf GL - more power than the TR7! The current model Golf Cabrio has the 118TSI engine - 118 kW.

Of course from 2005 there's also the VW Eos, with its power hard top and the same 147 kW engine used in the Golf GTI. In Europe they could also have the VR6 engine but sadly these were not imported here.

Men can drive Volkswagen convertibles wthout any infantile insecurities about their sexuality. Except for the New Beetle Cabrio, perhaps. But chicks love em.

I drive a new beetle cabrio with no issues at all. In fact I love driving it and the roof is down nearly all of the time and I still have the flower in the case as well.

If you feel your sexuality is defined by the type of car you drive, it is not the car that is the problem.

Yogie

modulus wrote:

donn wrote:I reckon they [......] got me laid more than once. soooo cool.😂

Gloves can get you laid? What if you just wear one driving glove, Michael Jackson style?

well there's proof! he was always blowing bubbles 😂

Yes of course you're right - I was kidding about the New Beetle Cabrio. Much rather have one of them than a bloody TR7.

I had leather driving gloves in the glove box of my '69 911 Targa. Didn't seem gay when I wore them on a few occasions, especially when I was whipping some dude in his RX3...... 😂

Wish I had driving gloves this morning, holy crap!
Hands are freezing, need like, one of those heated steering wheels or something!

Well, instead of something, driving gloves sounds like a better alternative...

h wrote:

modulus wrote:

donn wrote:I reckon they [......] got me laid more than once. soooo cool.😂

Gloves can get you laid? What if you just wear one driving glove, Michael Jackson style?

well there's proof! he was always blowing bubbles 😂

Or you don't get laid, you just "beat it".

An interesting thing of note is that Karmann were responsible for the styling of the TR6 (from the TR5 which shared the same body style as the TR4 and 4a).I don't know who styled the TR7 though.....probably no-one will own up🙄

Driving the 4000km old golf cabrio loaner down the F6 today. I have to confess I put the top down, cranked George Thorogood's blue highway through the bluetooth. I felt like a prize dick, and I was absolutely loving it. I couldnt stop grinning. Joy of the experience or looking at myself with scorn I dont know, but it was fun either way. Never been in a convertible of any kind before.

It was cold though, even though outside temperature was a balmy 14. The top will be up on the Hume tonight.

ancientbugger wrote:An interesting thing of note is that Karmann were responsible for the styling of the TR6 (from the TR5 which shared the same body style as the TR4 and 4a).I don't know who styled the TR7 though.....probably no-one will own up🙄

Michelotti designed the TR 4 body.

A british leyland designer Harris Mann was responsible for the TR7.
Also the Morris Marina Austin Princess Austin Allegro. sorry for all the bad language on a VW forum
Marina ! oops their i go again !

Stop it L469, you'll get sent to the Gay porn section DB always talks about.

did i mention clubman . MINI CLUBMAN !

Back to the subject of gloves they say the designer wore gloves lol
didnt want to leave any prints on the prototype i dont think he used his real name kind of like a pseudonym

Along with dark glasses and a white cane

L469 wrote:did i mention clubman . MINI CLUBMAN !

Crikey mate, thats worse than saying 'Range Rover'

SebastienPeek wrote:Wish I had driving gloves this morning, holy crap!
Hands are freezing, need like, one of those heated steering wheels or something!

Well, instead of something, driving gloves sounds like a better alternative...

Best thing on a beetle is the windscreen demister..
as soon as it gets hot... I use it to warm My hands... lol

Weatherman said tonight to put on gloves tomorrow morning.
lol
LEE

Other than in the rain I always drive my cab with the roof down (mainly 'cos you can't see the holes in the roof ....must see about getting the new one fitted!) and if it's cold I just put the heaters on as they work perfectly, I just can't see me getting driving gloves as my sons would never stop taking the pi*s🙁 . Harris Mann eh! Sounds a bit German to me, see revenge for WW2- design absolutely crap cars and bring down the British car industry completely👍

ancientbugger wrote:Other than in the rain I always drive my cab with the roof down (mainly 'cos you can't see the holes in the roof ....must see about getting the new one fitted!) and if it's cold I just put the heaters on as they work perfectly, I just can't see me getting driving gloves as my sons would never stop taking the pi*s🙁 . Harris Mann eh! Sounds a bit German to me, see revenge for WW2- design absolutely crap cars and bring down the British car industry completely👍

might be something in that you know what designers are working on the inside at the most popular korean car manufacturers ?. only so far the seem to be doing well out of the partnership!