Originally Posted By: CATERHAM
Originally Posted By: dparm
I guess I'm wondering why you would wear leather gloves if you have a leather steering wheel. Sweaty palms or something? Do driving gloves make you look like a tool? I feel like only people who drive old MGs and Alfas can get away with them. ;-)
If you have sweaty palms driving gloves will protect your leather wrapped steering wheel but in a modern car you WILL look like a tool wearing them other than at a track event, And never ever wear brightly coloured Nomex driving gloves on the street unless you want to be branded for life as a "TOOL".
I've worn suede-palmed, but BLACK ONLY material backed actual racing gloves (but most of them were; SHORT gauntlet, non-Nomex, non-FIA/SFI "karting" gloves), on the street, IN THE SUMMER, until my kids told be it was dorky/"TOOL" like, and refused to drive with me, so I stopped. (But still do wear them in the winter, at least then I have the cold as an 'excuse'!
)
The only reason I've done this is because I have Sparco
suede covered steering wheels, which I was
trying to keep from getting matted-down, and did this to save the 'nap' of the suede.
The summer sweat and oils from my hands DO kill these wheels, but it would cost 5x + more to recover them, then to just replace them, so that's what I do now, ~ every two years or so.
What do the 'high-zoot' Teutonic super coupe/sedan drivers (AMG Black Series/Bimmer Ms/P-car GT2/3s, etc.), who have BIG BUCK
factory suede covered wheels do, just keep shelling out $2K-$3K every time they matt theirs down???!!
