Wearing the kilt while driving

**Mipi** · 17th September 11, 10:44 AM

Driving kilted is the bast way to drive. Longer I drive more I'm grateful to my kilt!

AMEN

**Riverkilt** · 17th September 11, 09:50 PM

Been there - done that. Gotta love Arizona!....okay and in California too....jeez, where else?

**DesertCeltic** · 17th September 11, 11:01 PM

I drive kilted almost everyday and have never worried or had an issue with the pleats setting improperly. The one bit of driving I learned should never be done while kilted is with go-carts. It was a management off-site and I only thought putt-putt golf was on the agenda. I drove with one hand while keeping the aprons down with the other. Came in third though.

**buellboy492** · 27th September 11, 07:00 PM

When driving with pants or shorts, mine tend to bunch up uncomfortably. A kilt solved that for me. I try to carefully sweep the pleats under when I sit down, but sometimes I have to do it twice. The towel idea is good, I will try that one.

**Old Hippie** · 28th September 11, 04:06 PM

Sweep the pleats and take the time to get them arranged.

Push the sporran out of the way or take it off as needed. In the car I take it off, in the truck it isn't in the way.

The only other thing, which I have not seen referenced, is to perform what I call "Windows File Management" -- also known as "Drag and Drop" to put the "lads" in a comfortable position. Only necessary occasionally, and usually only with a canvas kilt that is a little stiff in the pleats and can tend to grab and pinch the delicate bits.

Driving kilted is not a problem. Leaning in over the tailgate to pull stuff out of the back in a stiff breeze may risk full disclosure.

:ootd:

**chrisupyonder** · 28th September 11, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Old Hippie

Sweep the pleats and take the time to get them arranged.

Push the sporran out of the way or take it off as needed. In the car I take it off, in the truck it isn't in the way.

The only other thing, which I have not seen referenced, is to perform what I call "Windows File Management" -- also known as "Drag and Drop" to put the "lads" in a comfortable position. Only necessary occasionally, and usually only with a canvas kilt that is a little stiff in the pleats and can tend to grab and pinch the delicate bits.

Driving kilted is not a problem. Leaning in over the tailgate to pull stuff out of the back in a stiff breeze may risk full disclosure.

:ootd:

That would be the Windows BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!

Chris.

**Cowher** · 28th September 11, 05:57 PM

I wear a xxl T-shirt so I take a XL or large t-shirt and cut off the neck and Sendai it's a tube of cloth. Then I put it on like a shirt but I slide it down over my kilt. That holds it in place during a long drive. I usually just take my sporran off.

I would like to ask the rabble a related question. Does YOUR kilt really just give up the wrinkles? I went to loon NH to the highland games. It's a 3 and a half hour drive away from my home. I had wrinkles in my kilt. I hung up the kilt when I got home and went to bed. Two days later I took a look at it and the wrinkles were still there. I always have to steam my kilts to get the wrinkles out.

I just don't buy into the entire "the wrinkles just melt away" story.

**chrisupyonder** · 28th September 11, 11:36 PM

I find my cheap 5yd 12oz polyester 80% wool 20% needs pressing after a drive but my Lochcarron 8yd 16oz wool tank, which I wore nearly every day while on or 6 weeks holiday all over Scotland, has never been pressed, just hung up each night and looks as good as new. I think its down to the quality of the cloth and the deeper pleats in the tank.

Chris.

**OC Richard** · 29th September 11, 03:57 AM

The pleats on my heavyweight wool kilts usually do fine while driving, except when I've had to pipe in a pouring rain, and get into the car soaking wet.

Then I've had to press the pleats when I get home.

One issue with driving kilted here is the strong sunlight beating down on the kilt. Kilts here get exposed to lots of strong sunlight and they can sometimes fade badly after a couple decades of regular wear.

So, when I drive kilted I fold up the edge of the kilt so that the front of the apron is protected from the sun, the reverse receiving the sunlight.

Fading can be a huge issue here. A pipe band I played in back in the mid 1980s ordered a bolt of heavyweight British Columbia tartan from Lochcarron. Those original kilts, still around, have faded badly, the lovely cherry red having faded to a hideous dull pink.

**Mike_Oettle** · 29th September 11, 01:37 PM

Provided I sit down with both feet on the ground (sweeping the pleats as I go down), then swing into the seat, driving kilted is no problem for me.
That goes for my PV kilt and my 13oz woollen one.
I have not had problems with my sporran, but that might be because it is so small.
Regards,
Mike