Quote Originally Posted by macgreggor
just noticed yesterday,
while going (kilted) to the local mall, it seems MUCH easier to get seated and arranged when i am the passenger! i think it has something to do with the direction of the pleats. lucky gents who drive on the wron...right....other side of the car!
macG
Well, I guess I am one of the "lucky gents" since, as drivers, we sit on the right-hand side of our cars here in the United Kingdom. However, it is still a bit of a 'performance' getting the pleats arranged beneath oneself UNLESS you do as I did! I purchased a car-seat-sized padded turntable (intended for the elderly or infirmed). Costing about £12.00**, this gadget enables me to slide back onto the seat from outside the car, then to swing my legs into the driving position without disturbing the pleats I am sitting on - the seat, in effect, turns with me.

OK, the padding is not quite as luxurious as the car seat and is not best comfortable on long journeys, but the turntable is the answer to a kiltsman's prayer otherwise!

(** As far as I know, these things are not sold in shops or motor accessory stores, but they frequently appear in mail-order catalogues that drop through my letterbox).