
Originally Posted by
cruiser348
It is a fairly light weight kilt and I'm sure that only worsened the effect. .
Seriously, if you enter the driver's side, stepping up left-foot first, I don't care how tall the door sill is. The pleats will have you completely covered from behind. Unless the apron just slides up (down) your left thigh to crotch level, I don't anticipate a problem on the step up. I just simulated a 25-inch door sill in a 4 yard X-kilt, and I don't think I could expose myself unless the wind just took a hand at that precise moment---I guess that's always possible.
As you turn and bend to sit, there may be a little danger. Take every advantage of the door, and let your left leg be between you and your potential audience to your left.
The towel is a great technique, if you ever need to sit and then turn to face forward. If it helps to wrap the towel before stepping up, then go for it!
Now try it in my wife's Z-3, where your bum is about 8.3 cm from the tarmac. That car door is my friend, let me tell you; but the pleats do most of the work.
Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon,
gainfully unemployed systems programmer
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