What's your preferred driving shoe?
 

This is a weird post but sombody has got to make it. I have trouble driving with dress shoes, running shoes, and boots. They always get caught on the carpet when I let go of the clutch. The only shoes I use now are pumas that look like racing shoes.

Puma's or bare foot.

G-force high tops when it gets serious.

I just got some pilotis (prototipo), used them on the track at barber motorsports park this week and I really liked them. No experience with any others.

On the street i wear sandals. Gay I don't care, I'm from Florida. On the track I wear Nike Sbs.

I think driving with sandals taught me how to drive. Don't want to scrap my foot on grip tape pedals. Heel toe is clean as fuck. :D

I love my Doc martens. Combat boots suck. I have some speed cats, i like the Martens better. I can drive like hell in flip flops. I have actually autocrossed a few events in flops, until they said i needed closed toed shoes. Anything with a thick sole sucks because i cant feel the pedals.

I wear these. You can feel the pedals and they are very comfortable.http://www.zappos.com/images/754/754...-920333-p.jpg?

+1 for Pilotis. I have some older Reebok driving shoes that served me well for 4-5 autocross seasons, but they were too narrow to wear all the time. My Pilotis are much more comfortable.

Which ever ones I have on? Which is usually a set of Onitsuka Tigers.

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You can't guess where it is? Not a whole lot of room to guess wrong. I used to drive with thick sole steel toe work boots (size 13.5 takes up a LOT of room down there) and did OK most of the time. Every now and then my foot would catch on the brake pedal or something. It was equally fun in my RX7 with a stiff clutch pedal, somehow my toe would always get stuck behind the brake when letting the clutch up.

Guessing and precision driving don't mix.

I don't recall the OP bringing up precision driving. Of course then you would want something other than dress shoes or boots. I'm talking in terms of daily driving like 95% of the time is spent for most people here.

Yeah now I see what you were saying. :facepalm: I guess it just comes down to comfort in daily driving.

Chuck Taylors.

My worn Panama-soled desert boots are surprisingly good too

I have a pair of the Piloti Prototipo, but I prefer flat bottomed Vans

I have Puma Speedcats. Very nice to modulate brakes with.

Since they are trendy 'scenester' shoes you can usually pick them up cheap at urban clothing stores, mine were $40. Or even cheap karate shoes would work.

+1 on Speedcats. I have two pairs.

I'd like to buy a pair of speedcats I just hate how narrow Pumas are. Maybe after time I would get used to it?

from car to bar:

http://a2.zassets.com/images/755/755...1-941784-p.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Y_fZL58WmH...Powerpoint.jpg

What brand is that? American eagle?

http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/2...4m_049e26e.jpg

Timberland Titan, size 14.

Only thing that I ever have a problem with "catching" is that the cuff of my left pants leg often gets caught on the hood release handle. Hardly the fault of my shoes, though.

that's the whole point....i've worn mine maybe 20 times ever and had them for over 5 years.

This.

For driving around town I wear a pair of Piloti G16s that I've had for a few years. They are quite comfy.
http://www.ogracing.com/images/produ...RING-SHOES.jpg

For track I have a pair of Simpsons with dat Nomex shizz yo.

If your issue is the heel catching on the carpet, you just need something with a more rounded heel than you'd find on a typical dress shoe or boot. Pretty much any Piloti or Puma would solve that.

I stopped into the Puma store at the mall this weekend. They have some styles that I thought looked pretty good. I'm just not sure if I can get away with rocking them around town being that I'm not a tiny little Asian dude.

He's not kidding. We went to the autocross together last year.

I can see where the thin soles of the Chuck Taylors and the Vans might make a cheap, workable solution.



Don't laugh. I'm still trying to learn to walk in them.

Onitsuka Tigers:
http://dealperfect.com/productpics/sku_22395_1.jpg
http://dealperfect.com/productpics/sku_22395_5.jpg

I tried a pair of these and a pair of pumas. These win hands down in every way. Pumas feel too stiff for my taste and also seem a bit heavy. These are more like running shoes, they weigh basically nothing.

god women are stupid.

I have some Piloti Monacos and never wear them. The rounded back of the heel is nice I guess but the soles are way too thick. I feel the pedals way better wearing something like Adidas Sambas.

No, I'm not kidding in the least. Even given the size of my feet, these things work just fine for driving a Miata. The only thing that's a little different for me is my heel-toe technique. I put the brake pedal right under the ball of the foot, and then roll my foot sideways, so that I operate the throttle with the right side of the boot (the leather part) rather than any part of the sole.

Works just fine.

Now, for driving a Westie, this obviously wouldn't work. :D


A while back, I bought a pair of Converse all-stars. Never could quite get used to them...

Thats why I dont wear my Pilotis much, they are so stiff they numb the feeling.

Alpine Stars 2009 Tech 1-K Kart Shoes

http://www.saferacer.com/images/P/271209_3_lg.jpg

pikolinos.

i'm a sucker for soft spanish leather.

Puma MY-21:

http://www.barolas.gr/ftp/34386201+.jpg

Adidas makes a nice range of driving shoes similar to the Puma Speedcat.

http://www.zappos.com/images/z/9/9/2...p-DETAILED.jpg
http://www.shoecity.com/images/product/large/421798.jpg
http://www.shoes.com/ProductImages/s...aec1148278.jpg

Even Rockport has some...

http://i.ebayimg.com/12/!BY6Vd1Q!Wk~...G1qs!~~_35.JPG

I wonder how these glove shoes would feel.
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/29/glove-shoes.jpg

http://www.boostedmiata.com/gallery2...2/DSC01385.jpg


just because I'm bored.

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Day to day; Fred perrys or nike court force high lux.
On track: speed cats.

I like narrow shoes.

Perfect for curb stomping the heads of people that say Miatas are gay on the way home from the neo-nazi rally.

+1 for chuck taylors. Though I have been eyeing speedcats for a couple of months now, wonder if they last in daily use?

adidas goodyears

I'm on my 2nd and 3rd pair of these.

http://www.energyshops.com/catalog/i...%20brancas.jpg


I bought a pair of Piloti Prototipo only to find out they have thick soles. I put them back on the shelf. The best part was the keychain. If anyone wants a size 10 Blue/grey on the cheap, let me know.
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Or sport some of these to drive? lol

http://www.suplay.com/mmSUPLAY/Image...20Shoe-400.jpg

Not exactly fire-rated, but they're comfy, narrow and light.