Driving Shoes (What you wearing?)

[fastandloud]

Converse All Stars...yeah! They actually give good feed back and are old school stylish.

 

[Paul Hawker]

As previously noted, it is going to be hard to beat a $40 pair of Nomex Piloti's from Sportsmen's.

Nomex is warmer, but fire retardent. Plain is cooler, but in a fire not as safe.

I can walk all day in mine at the track, and they look good at the apres party too.

If you are having trouble making up your mind, this is your best shot for your first track driving shoes.

At a previous VOI Piloti had a booth. They sold hundreds of pairs for about $100 each.

 

[PDCjonny]

Driving shoes are as **** as driving gloves for street use.

 

[plumcrazy]

jon, i would say they're even worse than gloves.

i just changed my brand of drving shoe from nike to under armour..

 

[Magnus_]

Driving shoes are great. It makes it much easier to heel toe and you also have much better pedal feel.

I only wish I could find some for a really wide foot. I have bunions.

Now, I just race with a set of wide new balance shoes.

 

[JonB]

The Size Matters....... those of you ballet-footed drivers wont need driving shoes. But if you have 12-C pedal-mashers like some, the SRT10 pedals are very close together for 100% safe clearance between brake and gas.... I constantly find myself toeing the gas pedal with my pinky toe, when I am NOT wearing one of my (numerous) sets of Piloti shoes.

Piloti Please.....and I paid WAAY more for some before the S.G. sale!

 

[Martin]

For drives less than a couple of hours, it's barefoot for me. For longer drives, I've got a couple pairs of Piloti shoes that I got at Sportsman's when they had one of those incredible deals and I could also use a coupon. Every time I've tried to drive either Viper with regular shoes, the edge of the shoe tread will either rest on the clutch pedal when my foot is on the dead pedal (Gen IV) or I sometimes get caught under the brake pedal when I'm transitioning from gas to brake. The Piloti shoes are nice because everything is rounded off and there aren't any edges to catch on things. Also, the heel area is really well designed so that your heel rolls rather than tilts when driving. Also, they support the heel really nicely so you don't get that painful point-contact bruising/soreness from driving barefoot.

 

[bluesrt]

cole hahn nikes for me-- nice and skinney

 

[steve911]

Piloti, Piloti and Piloti. I have more pairs and different styles than I care to admit.... Does Imelda Marcos ring a bell?

 

[viperbuck93]

Flip flops!!!!

 

[shine]

Piloti as well, because I'm a wide size 13 and while I'd rather drive barefoot, it's not as practical most times. The Piloti is a nice narrow shoe that shapes my foot to fit in the space provided, and as others have said, helps a lot in heel-toeing.

My work shoes are Doc Martens, and let me tellya, they're hell to drive in with the extra-wide sole.

Flip flops? God help us all!

 

[vancouver-gts]

Was going to get one of these .Not enough horses under my hood

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[SR 27]

I figure they **** to walk in.

Driving shoes are as **** as driving gloves for street use.

The thing is, you'll look like a dork wearing disco red, blue or yellow driving shoes with anything but a firesuit, although it seems to be the norm in SoCal. If you have to wear business attire I would suggest a pair of Auri's. They are pretty much driving shoes with style and they are walking friendly.I'm happy with mine. I don't have any trouble driving race car style with my size 13 Vans skate shoes either.

 

[SlateEd]

Piloti heel is good for long distances. I take the Viper from Westchester to Rochester (325 miles) in one pass and I appreciate the rounded heel - my Nike Shox were actually painful after 3 or 4 hours non-stop resting a little on the throttle (like cruise control).

As for wearing my running shoes in the car, that's fine too, but the clutch pedal on the Viper actually tore up the sole on my AirMax 360s, which seemed like a waste of good running shoes since the Pilotis are cheaper.

 

[escapedan]

Converse All Stars...yeah! They actually give good feed back and are old school stylish.

Haahaa!! That's pretty good.

I have used Puma's for a while, but do like Piloti. Very comfortable.

 

[steve911]

The thing is, you'll look like a dork wearing disco red, blue or yellow driving shoes with anything but a firesuit, although it seems to be the norm in SoCal. If you have to wear business attire I would suggest a pair of Auri's. They are pretty much driving shoes with style and they are walking friendly.I'm happy with mine. I don't have any trouble driving race car style with my size 13 Vans skate shoes either.

I agree with you. That is why all my piloti's are either black, grey, or tan. Plus, they all look good with my red/white driving suit. I do wear my Pilotis on the street too, from time to time.

 

[spikeone]

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or some other leather shoes I have

pretty much any of these as they are all narrow

 

[JHill9]

Anyone try a pair of these yet? I hear they are the new thing for running.

 

[BlknBlu]

Anyone try a pair of these yet? I hear they are the new thing for running.

I think Bigfoot wore those in the 70's.

Bruce

 

[JohnnyViper]

"Converse All Stars...yeah! They actually give good feed back and are old school stylish."

I agree that is what i recommend and by the way if you go to converse you can have viper and your VCA screen name printed on them for free!!!