[DeTomaso] Driving Gloves

[Mark McWhinney]

I also drove up 35 yesterday, walked across the Golden Gate, and drove up
into the Marin Headlands.  80 degrees and not a cloud.

Unless it is hot, I wear the full Nomex gauntlet racing gloves which can
look a little silly especially if I am wearing shorts and a tee-shirt, but
they do keep the fingers warm.

I also have the 12" wide, thick-padded leather wheel which grip better and
are easier on the hands on those long trips or harrowing track-days.

If you don't like the boy racer driving gloves or the gauntlet racing
gloves, you could try mechanic gloves.



-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Trevor Fougere
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:58 AM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] Driving Gloves

Having gone through my own 11 months of new owner hell...fixing everything
in site...I finally have the car at a point where it is truly
driveable...God it feels good to be able to trust the car!!!!
 
So...I took off at the crack of dawn yesterday and had a wonderful 250 miles
round trip down to Watsonville and back...down via 35 and 9 on the peninsula
and back via the Pacific Coast Highway...really nice...light traffic in both
directions...got to boogy on several occasions...avoided the law...and they
are all over 17.
 
Anyway...it was fairly cold in the morning so I wore unlined "dress" gloves
to keep my hands warm.  Only to discover that my grip on the wheel was
VASTLY improved.  Making me wonder why I have never ever ever worn driving
gloves before...except in the dead of winter back east in my misspent youth.
Ski gloves hardly qualify as..."wow i can really feel the wheel..." I ended
up wearing the dress gloves all the way home even though it was 80F. No
sweaty palms...no slipping on the wheel...but they are a bit bulky for
"fingertip" type touch situations while driving.
 
So...I'm asking...what do people wear...and/or recommend...for real driving
gloves... I'm not looking for full Nomex gauntlet racing gloves...
 
Thanks
 
Trevor Fougere
#3797
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