04-18-2014, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Lobo1186
I must not be understanding correctly. I was under the impression it was the act of wearing driving gloves that made your BIL a tool.
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It was an example of irony....my daughter's off the cuff remark (the humor lies in the fact that it was so out of character for her) echoing out loud a long held observation of mine regarding an in-law, not really a blanket statement about those who choose to wear driving gloves. Just some humor guys.....  .
IMO driving gloves should be reserved for track / autocross duty, but I'm an old fart these days. As far as facades, reputations and posing go I'm well past caring about such things, now GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!
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04-18-2014, 06:26 PM
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04-18-2014, 06:48 PM
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I wear Sparco driving gloves when on the track, because my hands sweat on my Prototipo wheel...never on the street (not intense enough)
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04-18-2014, 08:33 PM
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Sorry, but wearing driving gloves on the street is just ghei. Especially in a convertible.
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04-18-2014, 11:46 PM
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Nooooooo way!
Exception: Heavy snowfall and top down
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04-18-2014, 11:59 PM
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Driving gloves oh dear!! Perhaps if you have a polished quality timber wheel or heaven forbid a plastic timber lookalike wheel maybe thin leather gloves are justified. String backed gloves in an open car are the pits. Using a good old Australian description you would definitely described as a "bloody wanker"
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04-19-2014, 05:33 AM
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In the dead of winter and heat of summer driving they help make it comfy to hold the wheel. Granted I dont have any
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04-19-2014, 05:45 AM
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Cool, super stylish actually Jake. I'd say go for it. Brown look gent while the black looks a bit 'mafia' / 'the driver' kinda style
Not an old fart yet....Saturday afternoon Playboy style still works for me lol 
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04-19-2014, 06:03 AM
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Agree. Gloves when you drive and gloves when you shoot. Sunday afternnon Playboy style.
Last edited by Davev; 04-19-2014 at 06:07 AM.
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04-19-2014, 06:37 AM
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The two posts above could not have made my point better.
Hey Nine8Six, what ever happened to the 993 project you referenced several months back?
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04-19-2014, 06:42 AM
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Pass on the gloves. But I'm in for the scarf.
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04-19-2014, 06:44 AM
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Originally Posted by coreseller
The two posts above could not have made my point better.
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Core man... you have to think out of the box sometimes 
I don't wear gloves myself but try to add a touch when I take the roof down. Diving an old Porsche... might try to look more cool than the car a bit.
Friend Jake here got a good idea I think. King of the Road. Don't agree?
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Hey Nine8Six, what ever happened to the 993 project you referenced several months back?
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you know what> I can't wait to show you. Painted metallic black. No wheels yet and still jammed behind 10 other of my indy's cars. He is doing his at the same time. Hang on a bit more
(exterior is fixed, interior is compl ruined :/ )
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04-19-2014, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Nine8Six
Core man... you have to think out of the box sometimes
I don't wear gloves myself but try to add a touch when I take the roof down. Diving an old Porsche... might try to look more cool than the car a bit.
Friend Jake here got a good idea I think. King of the Road. Don't agree?
you know what> I can't wait to show you. Painted metallic black. No wheels yet and still jammed behind 10 other of my indy's cars. He is doing his at the same time. Hang on a bit more
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We're gonna have to agree to disagree on the driving gloves thing, for me the mental image personifies "1970's Cheesiness", where's JD when we need him.
Can't wait to see the 993....... .
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04-19-2014, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by coreseller
where's JD when we need him.
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I've been working very hard lately to get him out. At the risk of getting slap savagely. Nothing works. Thinking about going flipping smart cars myself see if that would do it.
GO FIND HIM
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04-19-2014, 08:41 AM
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Style Police:
If your gloves are cooler than you, it might help...dunno with what...
If you are cooler than your gloves, they probably will cost you some coolness points, especially in summer time... 
see, no gloves needed
...although back then they would have been otay.
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04-19-2014, 09:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coreseller
"1970's Cheesiness"
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Okay we are all on the same page then, some of us just have a thing for 70s cheesiness. 
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04-19-2014, 09:06 AM
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some of us just have a thing for 70s cheesiness. |
I don't know what that is, but I do anyway
you get the idea
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04-19-2014, 09:25 AM
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Now I feel kinda weird for 'pre-arranging' myself for a Porsche Nine Eight Six roof-down event.
Often confused if I should wear my best TAG watch (huge piece), the aviator style shades or the Harley-davidson cool dude ones, wearing my gifted official Ferrari cap or one of my wife's oversized GAP hoody (pretending Justin Beiber). What else....
Looking good in MY boxster is a must (anyone, even my dog), or it stays parked there.
Gloves.... hmmmm. Not sure but I'd like to see it before
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