Wearing the kilt while driving

[Cowher]

A good fabric will shake out within minutes of getting out of the car.

I dont think so. If you press the finest tartan under my fat ham for a hour in a car it's going to need to be steamed to release the wrinkles.
Just sayin'

[string]

No, we don't go through all that rigamarol! It would definitely be hard to keep a straight face if I saw a man using the towel or belt method!

Women have been been dealing with this (entering and exiting a car) with pleated skirts, short skirts, tights skirts, flowing skirts, floor-length skirts, etc., all our lives, and it just becomes second nature to us.

I have never mastered short skirts and getting out of the car. Its always a choice between looking gracefulish or not flashing my underpants. I rarely manage graceful, but usually avoid exposure.

[Riverkilt]

Living in the boonies, 135 miles to the nearest city, I drive kilted a lot. For me, the minor inconvenience of "settling in" is far outweighed by the FREEDOM and comfort of driving kilted.

I just pull my sporran to my left side next to the door, a very convenient receptical then.

Don't use a towel or belt to set the pleats under me - I go ahead and sit down, then raise myself up and sweep the pleats into a reasonable order. I'm more concerned with personal comfort for the ride ahead than I am with pleat alignment.

I've also found that even on long drives - six hours my max - the pleats do well and hang back out soon enough, never enough wrinkles to embarrass myself. I drive wearing hand sewn wool kilts, leather kilts, and PV kilts.

A concern out here in the land of sunshine is sunburning my knees. I take along a large neckerchief to use to cover my bare knees when the sun is on them. Also works as a napkin to protect the kilt if I'm nibbling food while driving.

I remain amazed that kilts - particularly Utilikilt type kilts - haven't become the rage with long haul truckers. Used to urge Utilikilt to set up a booth at a truck show and see what happens. Bet it'd be good. We have our share of kilted truckers and bus drivers on the board.

Its just common sense.

[Father Bill]

I just slide the sporran around to the side. No problem

...and the guys are right on re: wool.

[Zardoz]

I have a smallish sportscar with grippy cloth seats and a fixed steering wheel. I don't have too much trouble sliding in with my PV kilts, but the wool ones don't slide on the seats as easy. I just don't have room in there to lift my butt or do much adjusting.
I take a piece of stiff paper, like brown butcher's wrap etc, don't use newsprint!, and cut a piece about the size of the seat. Place it in the seat and sit in the car sideways, do your sweep and get everything nice, and then rotate to the front, paper and all. I developed this idea by accident, but it's been working OK.

[sirdaniel1975]

Like Jock said, take sporran off if it's an issue.

For keeping the pleats straighter, watch my video on how I get in a car whilst kilted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOZt...e_gdata_player

Hope this helps.

[Chas]

Excellent demonstration! I think it should be a sticky, somewhere.

Of course, we here in the UK are lucky having right hand drive vehicles. I just pleatsweep and sit into the driving seat as if I were sitting in a chair. When I swivel round into the driving position my pleats are in the right direction and will stay there.

As to the sporran, if I am sitting, driving, eating, toileting or dancing close, I push my sporran on to my left hip. Far easier to do if you use a sporran strap rather than chains.

Regards

Chas

[Red Stag]

Just drive naked!

[rlloyd]

Excellent demonstration! I think it should be a sticky, somewhere.

Of course, we here in the UK are lucky having right hand drive vehicles. I just pleatsweep and sit into the driving seat as if I were sitting in a chair. When I swivel round into the driving position my pleats are in the right direction and will stay there.

As to the sporran, if I am sitting, driving, eating, toileting or dancing close, I push my sporran on to my left hip. Far easier to do if you use a sporran strap rather than chains.

Regards

Chas

So that's why the UK has right-hand drive!

[Father Bill]

Try a sheep fleece - works on a motorbike.