Best driving shoe
- Thread starter dmo
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Shropshire, UK
Flip flops are about the worst to drive in, although there's more pedal feel than heavy leather walking boots with a thick sole. Barefoot much easier!
I usually just wear my normal shoes, Vivo Barefoot for the most part. Thin soles, wide toe box, comfortable.
I usually just wear my normal shoes, Vivo Barefoot for the most part. Thin soles, wide toe box, comfortable.
I’ve worn proper race boots on track for the last 20+ years, necessitated by the narrow pedal spacing in my Westfield. However, it’s only more recently that I’ve being wearing specific shoes to drive on the road - these Onitsuka Tigers.
They’re absolutely perfect for heel-and-toe with great pedal feel and grip, and look fine with casual clothes. However, I get some strange looks when I crawl out my Exige at a petrol station wearing them with a suit
They’re absolutely perfect for heel-and-toe with great pedal feel and grip, and look fine with casual clothes. However, I get some strange looks when I crawl out my Exige at a petrol station wearing them with a suit
When you have uk size 14 or Euro size 49 its doesn't matter what you wear you can cover all three pedal with one foot.
But I'm not in a race car so it doesn't matter what you wear.
But I'm not in a race car so it doesn't matter what you wear.
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That's it...I've officially heard it all now. Fecking 'driving shoes'. Never heard the like.
I can imagine the conversation "do you know where my keys are dear, oh and my specific driving shoes". If I said that to my wife, once she stopped laughing she would.......actually I don't think she would stop laughing.
Let's see when you're wearing hand made Fernando Fenucci Italian driving gloves for when your oot in the fauxrrari
Back in the day, I so envied dear Uma in that two piece yellow tracksuit and yellow Mexico 66's, how she could make such a simple outfit look so unbelievably sexy. Later, I learned that the outfit was a homage to Bruce Lee in Game of Death, anyway such an iconic shoe and would love a pair.I’ve worn proper race boots on track for the last 20+ years, necessitated by the narrow pedal spacing in my Westfield. However, it’s only more recently that I’ve being wearing specific shoes to drive on the road - these Onitsuka Tigers.
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They’re absolutely perfect for heel-and-toe with great pedal feel and grip, and look fine with casual clothes. However, I get some strange looks when I crawl out my Exige at a petrol station wearing them with a suit
I've never bought shoes specifically for driving, any sort of trainers are just fine.
Although when I was driving automatic Sprinters for online shopping deliveries on a part-time basis for 18 months I wore steel toe-cap boots and I couldn't drive a manual BMW in them.
Although when I was driving automatic Sprinters for online shopping deliveries on a part-time basis for 18 months I wore steel toe-cap boots and I couldn't drive a manual BMW in them.
No choice - there isn’t space for normal shoes in my size in my Lotus without covering both brake and throttle pedals.
I’m surprised you didn’t have a similar problem in your Z3 before you changed the interior. When I was looking to buy a Z3M Coupe, during test drives the toe of my boot would catch under the dash when I was using the throttle.
Perhaps there’s more room in a non-M Z3. Or perhaps you’re a man with diminutive appendages. Something else that must make your wife laugh
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I’d forgotten that. Great films and worth rewatching for many reasons