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Old 02-06-2020, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by az968gpw
Did you order a size up, I hope?

no i ordered a size smaller per their statement.Sizing Information

Casual Driving Shoes by Hunziker are designed with comfort in mind. With the improvement of our new contoured insole, this run offers a bit more room than the previous run of Hunziker shoes from 2010. We recommend ordering a half-size down from your standard size or from your previously purchased (2010) Hunziker shoes.
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Ahh, they changed the shoe sizing.
Old 02-07-2020, 02:59 PM
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Piloti Spyder S1 for track days
Old 02-10-2020, 02:23 AM
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update to these shoes: they were delivered without the fancy lighting bolts, so they are all black suede. They feel wonderful on the feets! Went on first drive with them and gotta say they feel great and I can feel the pedals better than in my running shoes. I'll be sporting comfy ones on my 'fun' drives for sure. I guess "don't knock 'em till you try em" works on this one, or at least for me


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Old 02-10-2020, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyfishnick
update to these shoes: they were delivered without the fancy lighting bolts, so they are all black suede. They feel wonderful on the feets! Went on first drive with them and gotta say they feel great and I can feel the pedals better than in my running shoes. I'll be sporting comfy ones on my 'fun' drives for sure. I guess "don't knock 'em till you try em" works on this one, or at least for me
Exactly!!! This is the experience I was trying to describe in post #45. I'm the last guy on the planet that would wear silly "racer" shoes -- I don't even wear anything with a car brand logo on it -- but driving shoes are friggin' awesome for any kind of recreational driving -- especially for 3 pedal cars.
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Originally Posted by nychase

I'm a bit partial to Ferragamo parigis. It's a problem. I also have a ton of older (pre Nike) Cole Haans that are just as good. Sperry A/Os are also a favorite
Never learned to tie a knot, huh?? lol
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Old 02-11-2020, 08:17 AM
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Never learned to tie a knot, huh?? lol
I'd say there are bigger problems.
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Old 02-12-2020, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by De Jeeper
no i ordered a size smaller per their statement.Sizing Information

Casual Driving Shoes by Hunziker are designed with comfort in mind. With the improvement of our new contoured insole, this run offers a bit more room than the previous run of Hunziker shoes from 2010. We recommend ordering a half-size down from your standard size or from your previously purchased (2010) Hunziker shoes.


got my shoes and im happy to report that a half size smaller was correct.
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Those shoes with take at least a full second off your lap times. And you be stylin' doing the laps. Enjoy!
Old 02-12-2020, 09:36 PM
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Wrestling shoes work well.
Old 02-17-2020, 12:45 AM
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Hunziker all the way. I ordered in my regular shoe size, and there is plenty of room. So i would say they run a smidge big. Loved them so i ordered two more pairs.

I previously tried a few different brands for track usage, and all were narrow, too tight, not comfortable ...

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Originally Posted by MadIrish
Never learned to tie a knot, huh?? lol
Somewhere Imelda Marcos is turning green with envy
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Old 02-17-2020, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by peterp
Those complaining about the fru-fru-ness of driving shoes have probably never tried them. I wear anything for normal driving -- which is 99.9% of the time, but for long leisure drives or rally's or group drives in 3-pedal cars, driving shoes can be awesome and feel great. Puma makes driving shoes that look normal and feel great. I bought a set of Puma Ferrari driving shoes at least 10 years ago -- they weren't expensive and they were all black except for a small yellow Ferrari badge. I thought the yellow badges looked a little obnoxious, so I put black duck tape of them, so they were solid black normal-looking shoes. They felt great for driving and the difference in control you have over the 3 pedals is kind of shocking the first time you try them.
So I bought a pair of the Pumas. When I first opened the box, I thought I had mistakenly bought ballet shoes. I haven't driven with them yet but they were comfortable walking from the man cave to the bedroom.
I saved $30.00 by choosing the cheezy BMW themed ones instead of the cheezy Ferrari themed ones.














Originally Posted by SoundnSpeed
vans - the authentic - my wife is a nut for getting me custom color combinations
I've ordered some custom shoes that were supposed to be BMW M-Tech colors. They start out okay but don't fade well.












I was playing around on the Vans website trying some shoes with porsche colors.











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Old 03-10-2020, 01:10 PM
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Thank you for the idea!



Alcantara of course
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Old 03-11-2020, 02:19 PM
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Wow. This thread has really grown some legs! And feet too!

I never would have thought it would have been discussed to this length.

Now that I see some of the forum member's shoe collections, I don't think anyone has a leg to stand on when complaining about extremely costly Porsche parts! (no pun intended)


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