[Jettaguynj]

I truly hate this trend, so car-cringe.
Like...."here's my gloves on display!!!"
But if it makes others happy.....

I judge in silence.

Those are clowns! I am NOT employed with the circus. I drive 60k miles a year on a school bus and they make a real difference.

 

[SoTxBill]

Just wondering!

I was watching some old Motorweek reviews and couldn't help but notice the driving gloves along with the Fonz leather jacket in a lot of reviews. I had a pair back in the 90's, but I don't even remember what happened to them. Nowadays most "sports" cars come with thick Alcantara steering wheels, driving gloves are completely unnecessary and possibly awkward.

Does anyone still use "driving gloves"?

Example:

They went away with OJ....and his bronco.

 

[GLI Dan]

Those are clowns! I am NOT employed with the circus. I drive 60k miles a year on a school bus and they make a real difference.

See, that makes sense. One turn at an intersection and you've probably made as many motions on the wheel as I make on my entire drive into work.

 

[whalemingo]

I'm wearing a pair right now. In case I do drive something today, I'm faster into the car. I live my life one 24 hour endurance race at a time.

 

[Air and water do mix]

I used to wear them back when I daily drove VWs. Well, I wore them in winter when I had an aluminum shifter. Occasionally when I didn't my hand would try to stick to it.

Now? No. Just no.

 

[Senior Member]

I'm wearing a pair right now. In case I do drive something today, I'm faster into the car. I live my life one 24 hour endurance race at a time.

What brand, depends?

 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I drive with gloves regularly when it's cold outside. Any glove is a driving glove if you're wearing them while driving.

Kind of like shoes.

 

[Cooper]

I have a pair. Occasionally grab them on a cold day when I just want a light, thin glove.

 

[Cooper]

Fantastic place in PA for shearling has motorcycle gloves.

You searched for deerskin gloves - Sickafus Sheepskins & Shearlings

 

[Cooper]

These are the ones I have. $165 for old Coach driving gloves? I don't think so.

NWOT Vintage Coach Black Leather Men's Driving Gloves - Etsy

 

[whalemingo]

What brand, depends?

No that's the brand of diaper I wear. The gloves are Isotoner. The liners match my scarf

 

[Sepp]

I'm not dissing the use of gloves while drivng.
I have a pair of Mechanix gloves for the Escort, as it has an alcantara wheel, and its a really twitchy car to drive on the road. The extra grip from those is really nice..and as a bonus it keeps the wheel looking like new.

 

[Air and water do mix]

What brand, depends?

Depends are butt gloves.

 

[garageless]

I grew up doing lots of manual labor and then sport climbing. Anymore, I wear gloves all winter regardless of the task at hand. My hands feel better in gloves and I tend to bang them up pretty bad if I'm not gloved while doing anything fiddly. Mild arthritis, fewer callouses, and fragile older skin make gloves a no brainer. If I was a pale skinned person gloves would protect my hands from the sun.

 

[worth_fixing]

not at all, not for me anyway.

not in the winter, not under spirited driving.

skin is enough

 

[chucchinchilla]

I have some in the 356 which I occasionally use when it's cold out since I don't have HVAC in that car. They also help provide better grip on the bakeolite steering wheel. I guess period correct thing for a period correct car.

 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

skin is enough

Woah there buddy, a little protection goes a long ways.

 

[dubdaze68]

When I first started driving in the early 90s, I bought myself a pair, because teenager. I liked them, but I have weirdly shaped hands and fingers, so most of them don't fit me correctly. I would only do it now if I had a wooden wheel or something. I did learn my lesson on wearing gloves in certain situations a couple of years ago. Because gloves don't fit me, we went Karting for an hour, like, high speed karts on a really long course, and they offered gloves, and I declined. MAN, did I have blisters after that.

 

[BRealistic]

You guys wearing driving gloves also wearing branded driving shoes for proper heal-toeing to Harbor Freight?

 

[ValveCoverGasket]

With the wooden wheel, manual steering, and retro design, I was planning on getting a pair to use in my Daytona replica.

But outside of edge cases like historics and race cars it's kind of an oddity.

even just wooden steering wheels in general...

my w124 had a wood nardi - thats now in the mg - and the 124 was a daily driver sometimes id wished i had a slightly better grip on the wheel... but the douchcanoe factor was a little too high to make the jump