Getting Into a Car

[Lazarus Corrino]

This is great.

Thanks guys.

L

[Rodeo_Marine3531]

Well I'm new at wearing the kilt and have not yet have to drive with one on yet. But I have two other problems. Dose anyone know a good way to get in a lifted vehicle? My Chevy Blazer sits on 44 in tires and its kind of a climb and does anyone know the best way to ride a motorcycle with one on, typically a chopper where your legs are a little spread open and your legs are almost all the way extended?

[McClef]

Edited out due to duplication when forums were being backed up.

[McClef]

I wouldn't advise wearing a kilt on a motorcycle. The lack of protection for your skin in case of accident isn't worth the risk.

Besides which, it ruins a perfectly good kilt!

Stick to posing for kilted pictures on your bike like I do!

[sharpdressedscot]

I kinda just sit down holding my pleats in place.

[Dirk Skene]

Hamish did a video on "sweeping the pleats." It's on the board somewhere .

[turpin]

The only thing I'd add for longer drives is that once you'ge got the pleats comfortably positioned, sort of lift up your butt and resettle it to relax any tension on the kilt betwen you and the seat. That tension can cause stretching of the wool and putts stress on the stitching.

[James MacMillan]

Getting into a high truck takes much more practice. For that you must lift yourself up with one of your legs, still getting in from the back and then the normal method applies.

Motorcycles, require an entirely different sweaping motion, and then a tucking process to ensure there is no blow-up.

[Tartan Hiker]

I made a kilt with the pleats reversed with the idea that it would be easier to get into the car. It really doesn't help that much. Don't forget that with reversed pleats you have to reverse the direction of your sweep. Try getting into an American car while simultaneously sweeping your pleats outward with your left hand! The first time I tried it I almost fell down. Still haven't quite mastered it.

[Rex_Tremende]

It's a perennial question. One of the last times this came up, the general consensus was to do the best you can with the butt-first-swing-and-sweep technique and then not worry too much about it, as long as you are comfortable and not trying to incubate a wad of tartan. There was an implication that too much fussing about it was unmanly.

It takes a little practice, I guess, but by now I just plop myself in the car and go. Only occasionally do I clock myself in the head on the doorframe in the process.

Regards,
Rex.