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RachelPortugal
10-08-2010, 03:28 AM
Several obsevations on the matter of driving in heels.

Most females of my acquaintance keep a pair of flatties in their cars to change into when driving, because either they cannot drive too well in heels or they don't want to scuff the backs of their nice heels. Do gurls here do the same, or do you persevere with the heels?

Strangely enough, my wife has always been able to drive in heels to the point that when she is driving our RV she changes into heels for driving. I too have found that the driving position (no matter how the multi-position seat is set) is such that it is more comfortable driving in heels.

Now this may be an urban myth, but I heard from an acquaintance in Spain that the Guardia Civil there were taking an interest in drivers' footwear and issuing spot fines to people wearing backless shoes or other footwear that they considered caused the driver to not have proper control of the vehicle. So if you are driving in Spain, enclosed flatties are advisable, but we will continue to drive the RV in heels and have a pair of slip-on sneakers at hand to change into if stopped.

Dana921
10-08-2010, 03:55 AM
I drive in heels and enjoy it! I do take care though to not scuff up the back and sometimes also go ahead and slip on some type of flats just so I can do more dancing or walking in the heels when I get where I am going! Heeheee!

Dana

Gerrijerry
10-08-2010, 04:41 AM
Some drive in heels some don't. I bring flats with me because the back of the heels and sides can get messed up. Also I find that the heels if not worn a lot would interfer with the driving. Like anything else you need to be confortable in what you wear and relaxed behind the wheel of a car.

Angela Rose
10-08-2010, 04:52 AM
It is a well known fact in UK that driving in heels can be quite dangerous. There have been several reported accidents where GG girls have caught their heels in carpets or mats under the pedals and so they could not brake quickly enough. It probally does not apply so much in the US as the last time I was there most cars were automatic and did not have so many pedals to operate in UK most cars have three floor pedals. brake, clutch and accelerator.

erickka
10-08-2010, 05:33 AM
I have an old Ford Ranger and I seem to have no problems with the clutch while driving in 5" heels. The seat is worn out and the heels do shift my posiston enough that I sit differently and my legs and back hurt less. In this case (at least for me) heels are a plus.

Jorja
10-08-2010, 06:47 AM
I have been wearing heels for more than 30 years now and I still put on a pair of flats while driving. As some have said the back of the heels and sides can get messed up. I just hate it when I get to a place and find my heels are scuffed and look nasty. Yes, been there, done that! :D

Nicole Brown
10-08-2010, 06:59 AM
Personally, I am one of the ladies who drives in her heels all of the time and has for many many years. I currently drive a BMW convertible which came with thick carpeting and thick floor mats so I do not encounter any scuffing to the back of my heels. I just take care when entering or leaving the car so I do not catch and damage my heels on the door sill. If I am going out and happen to be wearing flats, that's fine so be it, but I have never changed into flats for driving, it just doesn't make sense to me or seem necessary. Besides, I love the feeling of driving in heels...

Sedona
10-08-2010, 07:12 AM
Car makers actually take this into consideration when they design certain models. The pedals on cars that are driven/bought primarily by women often have shorter throws between the stick shift and the arm rest, smaller steering wheels, and have shorter pedals, better for use with heels. My wife's VW is absolutely designed for her, not me.

juno
10-08-2010, 07:54 AM
It also depends on your height. I am tall, and there just is not room for high heels. Maybe that is why Nomad likes driving the RV in heels; they can actually improve the fit for short or average height people in a larger sized vehicle. you can buy various forms of heel protectors to avoid getting scuffed, and there are also some more creative solutions like this one: http://www.gizmag.com/go/7463/picture/35047/

kayegirl
10-08-2010, 07:55 AM
I have some flats in the car, and always change from heels. It's not that driving in heels is any more difficult, but I have spoilt so many heels by driving in them.

Bobbie Taylor
10-08-2010, 09:35 AM
I've often wonder why some ladies change to flats - I for one love the feel of driving with heels and wish I had an extra pair when I'm out in drab!! For the life of me I can not feel any reason not to wear heels driving - either with a Stick or Auto drive!! Could be I just love heels!!!

"Mary"
10-08-2010, 09:39 AM
I'm OK with it. Scared at first and changed, but used to it now. No problem.

Ashleythenewgirl
10-08-2010, 10:06 AM
Funny...I just drove in heels for the first time last night. I actually liked it as the heel height on my boots was perfect and I sort of rested them just right.

yazooey
10-08-2010, 10:44 AM
Driving in heels is definitely preferred over driving in flats by this girl. I do love the feel. I sometimes have trouble with the clutch as I have to use my very tippy toes to engage it because ,my heel gets in the way. Also, Sedona, you are absolutely correct in stating that cars are designed around sexes. I had a Volvo 850 estate for a while. I noticed that whenever I drove with flats by toe would slip off of the accelerator pedal. When I wore heels this wasn't an issue. I actually fabricated an aluminum extension for the pedal.

JulieC
10-08-2010, 12:39 PM
My wife drives in heels all the time. Rather than carry a pair of flats along in the car, there's a pad she keeps there that looks like it's part of the cabin rug, but soft on the top. A heel resting on that would never get scuffed, and it's very difficult for it to move unexpectedly.

Cassi3
10-08-2010, 12:43 PM
I drive a manual transmission and still drive with my heels, but I did get some plush carpeted floor mats to keep them from getting scuffed.

Sara Jessica
10-08-2010, 02:13 PM
Many in our world love heels. Wear them out, wear them at home, whatever. But for safety's sake, invest in some flats to drive in. It's not about how neat it feels to wear heels while driving, it's all about safety. If not for you but for the others on the road.

Lynn Marie
10-08-2010, 02:34 PM
Mustang with standard transmission.

Five inch heels, no problem.

Dash air conditioning vent blowing up my skirt, yahoo!

carhill2mn
10-08-2010, 04:57 PM
I have never understood the "big deal" about driving in heels. I do it a lot and have never had any problems. One does have to be aware that you are wearing heels but I do not see that as a problem. The main concern is to not have the back of the heel of the shoe get dirty.

JulieK1980
10-08-2010, 05:35 PM
I find driving in heels much more difficult than flats. For safety reasons I don't try to drive in heels anymore.

NathalieX66
10-08-2010, 05:38 PM
Ballerina flats for me while driving. The heels go on once I get to the destination.

AKAMichelle
10-08-2010, 05:42 PM
I don't wear heels much, but when I do then I just drive barefoot.

jenna_woods
10-08-2010, 05:57 PM
my self I love driveing in heals, drove in 5'heals today and I have stick shift,

MichelleOhioCD
10-08-2010, 10:03 PM
Always have flats at the ready - heels can get "stuck" in the floormats and I do not need the grief of getting into an accident.

Christy_M
10-08-2010, 10:20 PM
I have an old Ford Ranger and I seem to have no problems with the clutch while driving in 5" heels. The seat is worn out and the heels do shift my posiston enough that I sit differently and my legs and back hurt less. In this case (at least for me) heels are a plus.

In any case, heels are a plus for me!!! :)


Mustang with standard transmission.

Five inch heels, no problem.

Dash air conditioning vent blowing up my skirt, yahoo!

I do love the vent blowing up my dress...

I drive in heels often. It is just like driving in any shoes, you have to get used to the foot placement around the pedals. Once you overcome that, you're a "shoe-in"

Yuk Yuk :)

karennjcd
10-08-2010, 10:56 PM
To me, the shoe scuffing issue isn't a question of heel height but rather how one positions the foot. I don't go out in CD mode, but I do know what when I wear my male shoes I have to take them off when driving because I tend to twist my foot and scuff up my loafers. Nothing wrong with driving in socks. I would imagine the same would happen to anyone, GG or CD, wearing womens shoes, be they flats or heels. So why not just drive in stocking feet and put the shoes on again when you get where you are going? I'd like to think that safety on the road is more important than how one looks, particularly the feet that nobody outside the car is going to see.

Just my 2 cents worth... Karen :)

Diane Smith
10-08-2010, 11:03 PM
I drive in heels around town, but switch to sneakers when I'm travelling a longer distance, say more than an hour or so. This is more to protect my shoes than anything else. I believe I have learned to drive well in heels and it presents no special safety concerns.

- Diane

5150 Girl
10-09-2010, 01:51 AM
I double clutch my truck in in heels.
But usulally I take the Mustang when dressed

RachelPortugal
10-09-2010, 02:26 AM
Mustang with standard transmission.

Five inch heels, no problem.

Dash air conditioning vent blowing up my skirt, yahoo!


In any case, heels are a plus for me!!! :)

I do love the vent blowing up my dress...

I drive in heels often.

It's amazing, the effect that driving in heels can have on some gurls. Me, I prefer to have the windows open and let the warm summer air rush in and lift my skirt. :heehee:

Angela Rose
10-09-2010, 04:10 AM
I'm glad some of you put safety before personal pleasure. Beats me why some of you can't wait until you get where you are going before putting on heels. In Uk I love heels but beecause I want to blend in I never wear more than 2" in town, as you very very rarely see GG's in UK wearing high heels, come to that you very rarely see them in skirts when in town for shopping or on outings. Skirts and dresses are reserved for evening outings to bars and clubs or parties. Young GG's wear jeans and older GG's wear trousers. Probally different perhaps in US, but it wasn't any different when I was last very happy in the US. Good luck to you all and drive safely.

Cheryl T
10-09-2010, 06:43 AM
I drive in whatever I'm wearing that day. Heels or flats, makes no difference to me, I'm just as comfortable either way.

andreah
10-10-2010, 08:09 AM
I drive in high heels all the time and I have no problem at all.

christiek
10-10-2010, 08:46 AM
I would actually prefer to drive in heels. With the way my body is . . . when I drive I have my seat raised almost as high as it will go (vertically) with the seat back almost straight up and the seat pulled forward almost as far as it will go with the steering wheel down as low as it can go. No I am not sort really I'm average but my height is divided almost evenly between my torso and legs. When I wear heels I can push my seat back a little further and down some making it more comfortable. Also the way I see it is in heels your heel is higher off the floor giving you more control over what you are doing. I cant tell you how many times I've been driving in flats and my foot will slip off the pedal sometimes even causing me to hit the brakes at the wrong time on accident. Then again I like to wear heels any chance I can get! Even if they are only an inch and a half or two inches.

Marcia Blue
10-10-2010, 11:04 AM
I wear, what ever I am wearing out, when I drive. The first time I drove en fem, I had on 3 inch heels. I had no problem. On longer drives, I am thinking about throwing some flats in the car. My feet and legs get uncomfortable on long drives with heels over 2 inches.

Alaceann
10-10-2010, 12:14 PM
I keep a pair of slingback heels in my truck to put on when driving, and I just love it. They are strictly for driving so if they get scuffed up it's o.k.

5150 Girl
10-19-2010, 01:13 AM
I double clutch my truck in in heels.
But usulally I take the Mustang when dressed

My affore mentioned truck was used to knock a double wide off it's foundation, (long story) and although it;s still very driveable, the insdurence wants to toal it. The new truck I've already picked out has an auto trans.

RachelPortugal
10-19-2010, 03:11 AM
My affore mentioned truck was used to knock a double wide off it's foundation, (long story) and although it;s still very driveable, the insdurence wants to toal it. The new truck I've already picked out has an auto trans.

Clarification needed:
As you say that your "truck was used", I take it that you were not driving, whether in heels or not. We wouldn't want the wrath of the "always drive safely in flats" brigade to fall upon you.

Translation needed:
I speak English English, although I do understand a lot of American English terms. Hood = bonnet, trunk = boot, fender = bumper, faucet = tap, sidewalk = pavement, automobile = car, line = queue, but what on earth is a "double wide"? I imagine it has nothing to do with cricket, in which the term "wide" is used when the bowler (that's the pitcher) is well off target. Not that we ever say "double wide" if two successive bowls are off target.

For the present, my head is full of visions as to what a double wide is, seeing as it has foundations.

Any how, enjoy your new truck and drive safely, in heels or flats!

Angela Rose
10-19-2010, 04:01 AM
I drive in high heels all the time and I have no problem at all.

Famous last words.

brnbug
10-19-2010, 06:40 AM
that's my next thing to do is drive in hose and heels can't wait.My gg said she would take pictures!!!

Christy_M
10-19-2010, 08:03 AM
Purely assumption but I think double wide in american terms means "mobile home" or "manufactured home" or what some refer to as a "trailer" that people live in. Hence the term "trailer park" although some live in mobile homes on acreage so there isn't any big rule for it, it just means someone's house. At least that is my California interpretation of the term double wide.

Tammy V
10-19-2010, 08:55 AM
I never owned any flats until I had a herniated disc this year and heels became painful. In the past I had often kicked off my heels to drive, but now I wear the flats driving and getting in and out of the car. I save the heels for the club or wherever I am going.

kimdl93
10-19-2010, 10:39 AM
I drive in heels w/o difficulty - both my women's heels and sh*t kickers. The only thing I object to is that the backs of the heels sometimes are worn by gravel embeded in the floor mat.

stefanie
10-19-2010, 11:09 AM
Both....but usually am careful not to get scuffs.....yuck!

MaryAnn40c
10-19-2010, 11:29 AM
I drive in my high heels all the time with out a problem. I own a standard tranny truck and love the amount I have to move my feet.

Loveday
10-19-2010, 12:16 PM
As, I have posted before, I do about two 400 hundred mile trips a week, in a loaded Chrysler T & C. I find 3 to 4 inch heels to be very comfortable - they reduce my leg cramps and help my posture when sitting. I had two lumbar disks operated on 20 years ago - that is why I get cramps. Each person who has had spinal surgery has to find what works best for them. The only thing I have to watch out for is that stilletto heels will punch the carpet so I do use a heavy floor mat.

A double wide in american terms means "mobile home" or "manufactured home" that is trucked in to the property by a large semi-truck. Lately they are being used in tailer parks, but can be found on property ranging from a few acres to several hundred acres. They are manufactured elsewhere and brought to the site. A double wide is usually where the home is brought to the site in two seperate halves, then put together on some-type of foundation. Most of them are very, very nice inside. The key terms to think of is that they are modular, built usually at a factory, and trucked to the site.

RachelPortugal
10-21-2010, 02:31 AM
:heehee:
Clarification needed:
Translation needed:
I speak English English, although I do understand a lot of American English terms. ... but what on earth is a "double wide"?


Purely assumption but I think double wide in american terms means "mobile home" or "manufactured home" or what some refer to as a "trailer" that people live in. Hence the term "trailer park" although some live in mobile homes on acreage so there isn't any big rule for it, it just means someone's house. At least that is my California interpretation of the term double wide.


A double wide in american terms means "mobile home" or "manufactured home" that is trucked in to the property by a large semi-truck. Lately they are being used in tailer parks, but can be found on property ranging from a few acres to several hundred acres. They are manufactured elsewhere and brought to the site. A double wide is usually where the home is brought to the site in two seperate halves, then put together on some-type of foundation. Most of them are very, very nice inside. The key terms to think of is that they are modular, built usually at a factory, and trucked to the site.

Thanks for the American lesson. It is all clear to me now, in the UK "mobile homes" have to have wheels. Usually, once it is parked on its base/foundation a decorative skirt is built to hide the wheels and chassis. Some authorities frown upon these skirts because they hinder the mobility of the home. So mobile homes with skirts can suffer just like men in skirts. :heehee:

valerieg
10-24-2010, 02:27 AM
Love to to drive in heels, but learned last week that I can't manage the clutch in my new car in 5-inch heels. So, one shoe on, one shoe off. Definitely need new mats, though, as the cheap ones I put in the new car tore up the back of my heel. That, and I discovered I blew the heel tap on that same shoe. New taps are on the way and I just broke down and bought 4 pair for every size heel tap I found in the closet. I'm not going to be without replacements ever again.

RachelPortugal
11-04-2010, 02:13 AM
Love to to drive in heels, but learned last week that I can't manage the clutch in my new car in 5-inch heels. So, one shoe on, one shoe off.

Just like in the nursery rhyme "Diddle, diddle, dumpling."

Paula T
11-04-2010, 09:19 AM
I drive in whatever I'm wearing that day. Heels or flats, makes no difference to me, I'm just as comfortable either way.

Same for me. But I wonder how some of the gals that drive in flats only manage to change into their heels when they get to their destination while still in their cars. Especially if they are wearing strappy heels that need to be buckled up:)

Paula Siemen
11-04-2010, 09:43 AM
I usually drive in my heels and yes, I've screwed up several pairs of them. I think I may take the advice of some of you ladies and get some easy on/off flats for driving. The down side is I do love the feel of driving in heels...I don't know why, it just encreases the girl factor. The up side my feet will get some rest from the heels while driving and feel better when I arrive at my destination, and ......it is probably safer to drive without the heels. just my P.O.V..

AlexisWest
11-04-2010, 08:39 PM
I driven wearing heels 2-4" for years, automatics and standards

divamissz
11-06-2010, 11:01 AM
I've driven in heels; just takes a moment to adjust to the different foot angle. If it really bothers me I just slip them and drive in bare/stocking feet.

KellyCD
11-06-2010, 11:54 AM
I love driving in heels!!! I can still do everything that I normally could, and I always drive stick shift.

Angela Rose
11-06-2010, 02:48 PM
There's no danger in driving in 2" heels, I call them almost flats. Danger is there driving in 3" and over especially with stilletoes. Tonight I'm off to Sunny Spain. I'll be en femme when I get there. I'll travel as male due to passport picture and details. I see no point in inviting problems at airport security. I take the view that if I have the right( I don't know who grants all these rights) to dress as a woman, others have the right to object, so why cause agravation when it can eaily be avoided.

Cheryl T
11-06-2010, 03:11 PM
Heels are nice to drive in, but if they are a nice pair I'd rather drive in flats and not scuff up my good shoes.

RachelPortugal
01-08-2011, 09:48 AM
Just spent five days at the wheel of my motorhome wearing 3-4" heeled boots. Not even an aching ankle or calf to show for all the gear changing and cruising without cruise control. Just got a few weird looks when I climbed out of the cab at refuelling stops. LOL.

Kate Lynn
01-08-2011, 10:38 AM
My Jeep has a 5 speed manual transmission in it,and no,I cannot drive it in heels,thats where flats come in handy,my summer car I drive with heels on,it has an automatic 3 speed overdrive,thank Goddess for flats.

MichelleP
01-08-2011, 11:04 AM
My main issue with driving in heels is scuffing up my heels. I seem to do okay manipulating the pedals. I either drive in flats or just slip off my shoes and drive barefoot or in my stockings. The heels go back on when I get to where I'm going.

Maria 60
01-09-2011, 09:24 PM
First time was a bit tricky, but now it's like second nature.

BiancaEstrella
01-10-2011, 05:06 AM
I'm capable of driving in heels but prefer not to. The backs are too liable to get messed up and it's a chance I'd rather not take.

JulieC
01-10-2011, 01:31 PM
My main issue with driving in heels is scuffing up my heels.


I'm capable of driving in heels but prefer not to. The backs are too liable to get messed up and it's a chance I'd rather not take.

My wife solves this with a small, fuzzy pad that has a grip/stop slip surface on the other side of it. It's about twice the size of an index card. Works great. Her heels never get scuffed from it (and neither do mine).

Kaz
01-10-2011, 02:25 PM
Never had any problems at all either in manual or automatics. Just feels natural and right to me.