Can anyone recommend a decent pair of driving gloves at a sensible price ??

OMP Karting Gloves.

eBay.

I got my Sparco ones for a tenner and they are great.

Rally Design sell a budget pair of OMP I think for around £15.

Pat...

Nearest Golfing establishment
(Boom Boom)

[Edited on 2/1/06 by Ian Pearson]

was look at the Contatto glove here http://rallynuts.com/motorsport/OMP_Race_Gloves_1768

Ditch the Nomex in the description and you should be able to get em cheaper.

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=MSPORT&pcode=OMPKK02732-LB

Do you mean like this hellfire ??

golf gloves are very comfortable but possibly not warm enough for a cold day, on the other hand i have some biker gloves that are wonderfully warm, but a bit too clumsy (have slipped on the wheel in the past).

That a pun there Joel? "golf gloves are...... on the other hand....."
Fair enough in UK with some CECs you could use a golf glove & keep your right hand warm on the silencer...

Are you simply trying to keep a better grip on the wheel, or are you trying to keep your hands warm?

Since getting my hands frozen going to Sudbury, I've invested in a pair of winter-grade motorbike gloves - should keep my fingers toasty! Reasonably thick material, but not so that I can't hold the wheel and operate switches.

David

I got some motorbike gloves from the local motor factor/bike shop for £15. They are a little stiff, losing some "feel", but they are nice and warm and the wrist bit is quite wide and adjustable, so you don't get cold wind blowing up your sleeve. I am hoping that with a bit of use the gloves will soften up a bit, too.

I've found motorcycle gloves to be too stiff and awkward for driving the indy and operating switches effectively. They're nice and warm though but need to be, cos on a motorbike your hands take the full force of the wind.

Its slightly different in a kit car though, you've usually got the scuttle to protect your hands from the wind, so don't require gloves with as much padding. Hence the karting gloves.

I've only got a couple of 'Brooklands' aeroscreens and the wind cuts right underneath, straight onto my hands. They get frozen with light-weight gloves, even if I hold the wheel at the bottom.

The bike gloves I've got are the type without the armour-plating - just a bit of padding.

An alternative is a pair of winter-weight push bike riders' gloves. They're fairly well insulated, but lighter. Only trouble is - they're expensive when compared to m/bike gloves.

David

Its to keep my hands warm really, think i'm gonna get the omp base glove to see how i get on (the cars on sorn at the moment anyway )

Got a pair of silk glove liners that I use inside my lightweight driving gloves I was frozen going to the Sudbury meet but my hands were OK

I used to have a pair of them when I rode a bike - can't find them now...

Got a pair of those woolly one-size-fits-all liners... no good at all.

Best thing I ever had on my bike was a pair of waxed cotton mitts with wool mitts inside - could never drive a car in them, though! Can't find the outer mitts either - probably with the silk liners...

rgds,
David

Used to use the silk liners in my parachuting days , it is bitterly cold at altitude this time of year and you need to be able to feel with some parachute deployment systems as you can't see them.