Do you ever drive your 993 barefoot? I did today and it's pretty cool...

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04-27-2009, 06:18 AM

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All the time.

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04-27-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Steve 96C4S

...the cooler looking sandles.

Now THERE's an oxymoron...

On subject...all my casual shoes are loafer/slip-on types, and I never wear socks, so I always take my shoes off when I'm driving. I love the feel of the pedals and he carpet...

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04-27-2009, 09:29 AM

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I do it all the time, more so if I'm just going for a drive and don't intend to get out of the car.

I grew up by the beach, so I learned to drive barefoot.

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04-27-2009, 09:52 AM

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Pot-smoking, commie hippies . . . all of you!

j/k, folks, j/k

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04-27-2009, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JDHertz11

So there's now a bunch of "out of the closet" foot freaks here.... Interesting. I guess the warm weather has brought this out of you guys. i suppose I'm the opposite. I live in Miami and I always wear long pants, a long sleeve tee shirt with a shirt over it and shoes and socks 365 days a year. You Northern'ers are a little off........

I guess this is a good thread to say... I am enjoying the images in your sig JD

Keep up the good work.

Back on topic, I guess I need some barefoot friendly aluminum pedals. Maybe the ones with those little rubber nubbins?

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04-27-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Canyon56

debunking the myth: http://web.archive.org/web/200306181..._barefoot.html

Brilliant! Thanks for the info, my mom always told me it was illegal when I was growing up (maybe she had other reasons). Now if I can only find some sheepskin pedal covers!

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04-27-2009, 01:30 PM

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I have never tried the barefoot experience. I will now though. Heck I never even thought of it before, and I'm from Kentucky where we are barefoot 24/7.

Mike

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04-27-2009, 01:35 PM

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while we are here...

There's this guy in our area here by the Cal. Delta... ALWAYS barefoot.
rides a Harley, barefoot
restaurants, barefoot
spring, summer, winter, fall
tough feet.

Only thing he wears footwear for is his job. Concrete work. Cement is caustic.
But he doesn't wear socks.

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04-27-2009, 01:38 PM

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Not a chance.

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04-27-2009, 01:44 PM

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Yup. Keeps the sand out of the mats too.

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04-27-2009, 03:41 PM

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I guess this is a good thread to say... I am enjoying the images in your sig JD

Keep up the good work.

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04-27-2009, 04:58 PM

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In the Caribbean, in my younger days to and from Maracas beach through the mountains, wth drink in hand driving a manual....

and no stinking seatbelt...

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04-27-2009, 05:43 PM

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I did that last year in Portugal beach hopping in a rental car. The sandals kept getting caught and felt unsafe so took them off and drove bare feet. Surprisingly easy to adapt to. I would prefer to drive with shoes with thin soles normally but couldn't be bothered taking my shoes to the beach as well as the sandals.

Harry

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04-27-2009, 07:39 PM

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I don't drive bare-footed, but I use really thin-soled driving moccasins. Love those.

You get a lot more feedback through the pedals, especially if you drive bare-feet. My daughter drives bare-feet all the time. But she does not have alum pedal set in her car.

CP