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Saml01 01-01-2009 10:08 PM

Its really friggin cold; need a sock for my knob.
 
So its like 20F outside, or for those that dont leave their house, really fucking cold.

I have a alum voodoo knob in my car, and it gets really really cold, so cold that the bones in my hand start to hurt.

Anyone sell a cover for it of some sort?

I am about to take one of my old wool socks, cut off the toe portion stitch up an elastic band and just throw that on it till the winter is over.

samnavy 01-02-2009 12:17 AM

First item UP from the bottom... it looks flexible enough you could wrap it around the shifter. Take the element and the knob to a leather shop and have them sew you up a cover. If you've got a Voodoo Magnum, it's gonna be real big, but a regular Voodoo with the insert and cover should still be a fine fit for your hand.
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I'll tell you what though, I just did a little Google searching and this idea has come up on several forums... and idea just waiting for somebody to capitalize on it.

kenzo42 01-02-2009 01:19 AM

Why not just switch back to stock for now?

cjernigan 01-02-2009 01:25 AM

Why not wear black leather cashmere lined gloves to match your black wool coat like the metro NY jew you are?

18psi 01-02-2009 01:30 AM


Originally Posted by cjernigan (Post 347897)
Why not wear black leather cashmere lined gloves to match your black wool coat like the metro NY jew you are?

:bowrofl:

Vashthestampede 01-02-2009 05:48 AM

Your a fucking pussy, try working in it all day.

Vash-

Doppelgänger 01-02-2009 08:47 AM

Srysly? What are you doing, resting your hand on it while you drive? There is a simple solution for this, TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE GODDAMN SHIFT KNOB WHEN YOU'RE NOT SHIFTING! duh.










lol


Or ask your gf to sit on said cold shift knob and take video for us to watch.

jayc72 01-02-2009 10:35 AM


Originally Posted by Doppelgänger (Post 347943)
Or ask your gf to sit on said cold shift knob and take video for us to watch.

Ding-ding-ding, we have a winner.

rmcelwee 01-02-2009 10:37 PM

One of the Miata aftermarket dealers used to sell Kangaroo scrotum sacks to cover your shift knob a few years back. It was advertised as a way to keep the sun off of it so it wouldn't burn your hand.

I'm not making this shit up. The running joke was "wonder if it has hair on it?"

samnavy 01-02-2009 10:57 PM

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suprmn91 01-02-2009 10:58 PM

Wimps...try Maine it's like -20 with the windchill!

Saml01 01-02-2009 11:49 PM


Originally Posted by Doppelgänger (Post 347943)
Srysly? What are you doing, resting your hand on it while you drive? There is a simple solution for this, TAKE YOUR HAND OFF THE GODDAMN SHIFT KNOB WHEN YOU'RE NOT SHIFTING! duh.

I dont live in a place where my house and my destination is connected by a highway. I live in NY, where there are lights and stop signs. I have to shift constantly and even not resting my hand on the shifter is cold.


Originally Posted by cjernigan (Post 347897)
Why not wear black leather cashmere lined gloves to match your black wool coat like the metro NY jew you are?

:fawk:

evank 01-03-2009 01:42 AM


Originally Posted by Saml01 (Post 347821)
Anyone sell a cover for it of some sort?

I can't believe nobody mentioned the Knobmeister, a.k.a. Joe Portas. He makes custom Miata knob socks with your choice of embroidered logos. I bought one several years ago for my first Miata. Then I called him when I bought my current Miata, in a different color, and he offered to give me a new knob sock for free because the original color scheme no longer matched. Very impressive customer service!!

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My only critique of the cover is that it's kind of a loose fit over the normal-sized aluminum Voodoo knob. Maybe it's possible to design an elastic opening of some sort that squeezes tight over the knob .... ha!!!!! I know .... but anyway I'm basically happy with the product.

I'll take a picture some other time, maybe tomorrow morning if I remember. Not going out to my car right now.

bryantaylor 01-03-2009 12:54 PM

it was like 85 here last week.

sixshooter 01-03-2009 01:52 PM

Damn, it's 81*F today.

I could've sworn that most New Yorkers lived here in the winter.

I found the knob cover you were looking for:

http://www.theadulttoyshoppe.com/pic...4-DJ068304.jpg

It's not embroidered, but you could write your name on it with a Sharpie.

cjernigan 01-03-2009 07:36 PM

I was serious about the gloves.


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