| Author | Message | ||
| TOM BUCKLEY (Tom_b)
New member Username: Tom_b Post Number: 40 Registered: 6-2003 |
Thomas, No reason to apologize. That's the right answer.  Tom | ||
| BobD (Bobd)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobd Post Number: 1451 Registered: 3-2001 |
Hard to believe the guy bought a 512TR and had never even driven one before??? (Driving shoes or not). | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Junior Member Username: Wax Post Number: 79 Registered: 7-2003 |
"Does anyone know the real reason Italian shoes are narrow and pointed ?" Easier to kill cockroaches in a corner. Sorry. | ||
| Chris Parr (Cmparrf40)
Member Username: Cmparrf40 Post Number: 691 Registered: 3-2002 |
I don't drive any Ferrari without driving shoes, no way to "heel and toe" without them.. Tennis shoes? they are dangerous! | ||
| TC (Houston) (Tec)
Junior Member Username: Tec Post Number: 212 Registered: 2-2002 |
I'm surprised more of you guys don't have driving shoes. I have Piloti's that I usually only wear on drives or track days, but they're nice to have on when I'm doing a lot of "dancing". | ||
| Oldslow308 (Djparks)
Member Username: Djparks Post Number: 480 Registered: 2-2003 |
I had to drive with my shoes off the first time. I couldn't get my right foot on the gas pedal without hitting the brake pedal. The offset screwed me up at first so I kept the toes of my left foot curled around the top of the clutch pedal the whole time. When it came time to bring my very own Ferrari home for the first time I did so in stocking feet, (small price to pay). I now keep a pair of red Simpson sprint car shoes in the car (women think they're cute). I can feel everything through them and they are very comfortable. If I plan on staying at one place for a while I change back into my street shoes. DJ | ||
| TOM BUCKLEY (Tom_b)
New member Username: Tom_b Post Number: 39 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does anyone know the real reason Italian shoes are narrow and pointed ? Tom | ||
| Glen C Winters (Wildwarrior)
New member Username: Wildwarrior Post Number: 28 Registered: 3-2003 |
Driving my 512TR with size 12 tennis shoes I find my self hitting the gas and brake at the same time.Most of the time I wear a narrow Italian shoe & keep my foot side ways & have no problems,just a big smile. | ||
| Norm Plaistowe (Normp)
Junior Member Username: Normp Post Number: 162 Registered: 11-2001 |
I guess there's something about Italian cars and Italian shoes; they just seem to go together. I find that I always have to check what shoes I'm wearing before I get in the car, regular size running shoes or standard dress shoes always get hung up on the pedals or can press all three at the same time. A nice pair of Italian loafers work great for me. | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 600 Registered: 1-2003 |
Even with his experience, could it be that maybe the new owner was a little nervous and excited about his new purchase? Luckily nothing happened. I had a TR for 4 years and never had a problem. | ||
| TOM BUCKLEY (Tom_b)
New member Username: Tom_b Post Number: 37 Registered: 6-2003 |
I know people who drive without shoes for the same reason. I can't do it. I guess my feet are too sensitive and delicate Seriously, in my 88 Mondial coupe the footwell is really cramped and offset to the right to avoid the encroaching left wheel. I had the opportunity to sit in an 89 Mondial t and the difference made by two inches of added width is amazing. The right-offset is much less noticeable. It feels like all the room in the world was added. The ideal shoes for driving are my racing boots. They are a couple sizes smaller than what I wear and very thin soled. The extra small width keeps them from getting hung up and the thin soles give excellent pedal feel. Not at all comfortable for walking. Which is good as they are 20 years old and I want them to last. For street driving I like to wear just a good pair of sneakers. Still, my feet are at an angle and just barely miss hitting the backs of the brake and clutch pedals. As a last resort ----- isn't there a cosmetic surgery procedure known as "foot reduction" ? | ||
| Bart Duesler (The_bart)
Member Username: The_bart Post Number: 273 Registered: 1-2003 |
I keep a shoe horn in my car. "Why?", you ask. Because I only drive the thing with my shoes off. | ||
| Andy Barre (Abarre)
New member Username: Abarre Post Number: 28 Registered: 7-2003 |
No doubt. My car scared the crap out of me the first several times I drove it. Learned quickly to not drive with tennis shoes due to hanging on the back of the brake pedal. Not to mention the lack of power steering at low speeds. I think I was finally comfortable with the car after about 400 miles. Longer than anything else I've ever owned/driven. | ||
| Kelly Hayes (Khayes)
New member Username: Khayes Post Number: 28 Registered: 4-2003 |
The footwell of the TR is cramped to say the least. I guess that helps when your feet are dancing on the pedals. I have had my car for about 2 months but haven't missed the brake pedal yet. I do have lots of problems with the floor mat riding up on the accelerator pedal causing it to run the RPM's up when ideling at a red light. It's too hot in Texas to wear heavy shoes in the summer so I have only driven mine with sandals so far. It might be a different story with tennis shoes or boots in the Winter. By the way, my car ran cool and the A/C worked fine this week when temperatures hit 110 degrees here. Glad to hear that no one was hurt and that someone new owns a great car. | ||
| Jim Schad (Jim_schad)
Intermediate Member Username: Jim_schad Post Number: 1694 Registered: 7-2002 |
I drove a friends TR and had no close calls, but my tennis shoes were getting all tangled up. When I would pick my right foot up off the gas it would hang on the back side of the brake thus delaying my braking. I also drove a friends 328 with Kenneth Cole boots on...big mistake! | ||
| loretta, anthony and company (Ranosportscarco)
New member Username: Ranosportscarco Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2003 |
One of our customers picked up his 512tr today. It's his first exotic. He is a mature adult with many years of track driving experience and takes his cars to the tracks frequently. We are on a slight hill. We back the car out, he gets in and drives away. There is a stop sign a few hundred feet away. As we are looking we notice that he should be hitting the brakes but we see no brake lights. Make a long story short he rolls through the stop sign cuts a sharp right and a car just slides by him. We know something is wrong. This guy is a fanatic about everything including his driving. Turns out that due to the position of the pedals he actually stepped on the clutch rather than the brake. By the time he could react he was in the flow of traffic and by then the best thing was to keep moving towards the curb. We are wondering how many out there have had trouble with this due to the closeness of the pedals as well as the offcenter position. We usually do warn new people about the pedals but this person is the kind of guy you want to be in the car with in an emergency situation, so we really were not concerned, but from now on everyone gets a lesson in 'pedals'. It was not a pretty thing to watch. But luckily no harm done. Anthony |