Driving Gloves

vrizzo53 · 03-18-2016, 03:41 PM

lol wtf if I saw someone wearing driving gloves they would get a beating

Dwight Frye · 03-18-2016, 04:13 PM

Driving gloves were popular when sports cars had skinny steering wheels made of plastic or had wood rims. And no power steering. They had a definite function. In today's cars, you'll look like a fop.

RumbleFish · 03-21-2016, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dwight Frye

Driving gloves were popular when sports cars had skinny steering wheels made of plastic or had wood rims. And no power steering. They had a definite function. In today's cars, you'll look like a fop.

fop

You just don't hear that one much around here.

I was gonna say look like a ponce but, Fop is more apt.

edub370 · 03-22-2016, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by vrizzo53

lol wtf if I saw someone wearing driving gloves they would get a beating

he says from behind the keyboard lol

Sly Nic · 03-18-2016, 04:55 PM

Could it be that all you people drive hardtops and stay warm all the time?

In a roadster, your hands get cold. To suggest that some one is a fop because they like to keep their hands warm I find to be a bit....shall we say...out there?

Dwight Frye · 03-22-2016, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly Nic

Could it be that all you people drive hardtops and stay warm all the time?

In a roadster, your hands get cold. To suggest that some one is a fop because they like to keep their hands warm I find to be a bit....shall we say...out there?

No offense to anyone who wears them to keep their hands warm in a roadster or if you live somewhere that gets very cold or has snow. I had a pair of deerskin gloves that I wore while in the car for a few winters in Virginia before moving back to SoCal where a cold snap is 50 degrees.

Have a look sometime in the collector car section on ebay at the classic sports cars of the 1950's, '60's and '70's interiors. You will see why driving gloves were invented and popular.

OldGuyFla · 03-24-2016, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Sly Nic

Could it be that all you people drive hardtops and stay warm all the time?

In a roadster, your hands get cold. To suggest that some one is a fop because they like to keep their hands warm I find to be a bit....shall we say...out there?

It doesn't get cold in my roadster, I only have to use the seat coolers. If I used gloves then I would have to keep track of them, I can't even find the TV remote half the time.

Spooler · 03-18-2016, 05:08 PM

LOL, I wore them in the 80's when it was cool to wear them. The ones that only cover half your fingers. Also protects your knuckles if you needed to get out and punch someone in the mouth. Like I said, 80's.

Hotrodz · 03-18-2016, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

LOL, I wore them in the 80's when it was cool to wear them. The ones that only cover half your fingers. Also protects your knuckles if you needed to get out and punch someone in the mouth. Like I said, 80's.

Cops still wear them for that reason!

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Mr Chow · 03-18-2016, 05:23 PM

In 1982, I was 24 and drove a Porsche 911 Targa as my DD, gloves were helpful on cold California mornings with the top off. Fast forward, the kids are out of college, I'm in the market for a coupe. I would not wear gloves in California.

kenchan · 03-19-2016, 06:46 AM

Regardless of wat people think, I think u can get away with wearing gloves in a sports car. Would look silly in a normal car though unless u don't want ur hands tanning or something, reasons unrelated to enjoying a car.

AestheticCM1 · 03-21-2016, 12:33 PM

Every time I get in the car. Lined deer skin in the winter. Deer skin in the fall/spring, peccary leather in the summer. The steering wheel is a bit to slick without them.

abdulisraddd · 03-21-2016, 10:25 PM

lol I cringe when people wear gloves at the gym.... men don't need soft hands!

Haboob · 03-22-2016, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by abdulisraddd

lol I cringe when people wear gloves at the gym.... men don't need soft hands!

Men don't need rough, callused hands either.

Chuck33079 · 03-22-2016, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by abdulisraddd

lol I cringe when people wear gloves at the gym.... men don't need soft hands!

Tear a callus off sometime. Then get back to us on how men shouldn't wear gloves.

03-18-2016, 04:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dwight Frye Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Occupied California Posts: 423 Drives: '09 Tour/Sport/6MT Rep Power: 17	Driving gloves were popular when sports cars had skinny steering wheels made of plastic or had wood rims. And no power steering. They had a definite function. In today's cars, you'll look like a fop. RumbleFish likes this.

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Sly Nic Base Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Calgary Posts: 61 Drives: 2014 PW Roadster AT Rep Power: 15	Could it be that all you people drive hardtops and stay warm all the time? In a roadster, your hands get cold. To suggest that some one is a fop because they like to keep their hands warm I find to be a bit....shall we say...out there? __________________ 2014 Roadster - pearl white with frost leather and black top. Hood struts, tinted glass, HR spacers (20mm front/25mm back), blacked emblems, blue LED lights.

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Spooler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ga Posts: 14,149 Drives: 2013 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 2684394	LOL, I wore them in the 80's when it was cool to wear them. The ones that only cover half your fingers. Also protects your knuckles if you needed to get out and punch someone in the mouth. Like I said, 80's. JARblue, Hotrodz, Ghostvette and 1 others like this.

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AestheticCM1 Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 219 Drives: 2010 370z MT/ST/Navi Rep Power: 2868	Every time I get in the car. Lined deer skin in the winter. Deer skin in the fall/spring, peccary leather in the summer. The steering wheel is a bit to slick without them. 1st likes this.

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03-18-2016, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
vrizzo53 Base Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Jersey Posts: 70 Drives: 2013 370z Touring Rep Power: 11	lol wtf if I saw someone wearing driving gloves they would get a beating

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Mr Chow Base Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 10 Drives: 14 BrSi 370z T/S/7A Rep Power: 10	In 1982, I was 24 and drove a Porsche 911 Targa as my DD, gloves were helpful on cold California mornings with the top off. Fast forward, the kids are out of college, I'm in the market for a coupe. I would not wear gloves in California.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141522	Regardless of wat people think, I think u can get away with wearing gloves in a sports car. Would look silly in a normal car though unless u don't want ur hands tanning or something, reasons unrelated to enjoying a car.

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abdulisraddd Base Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Northridge Age: 33 Posts: 154 Drives: 14 370z SP 7AT Rep Power: 10	lol I cringe when people wear gloves at the gym.... men don't need soft hands!

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