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Old Jun 20, 2007, 06:23 PM
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Shift Knob Cover? (For those with metal shift knobs)

::flame suit on::

After leaving my car in the hot sun all day and burning my hand several times, I had a brilliant idea (well, I thought it was) of creating a cover of some sort that you could slip over the shift knob to keep it from heating up in the sun (or freezing in the winter?). Apparently I wasn't the first person to think of it. I did a little research and found 1 website that offers such a product... http://www.ricks2k.com/products/AllL....php#KnobSocks

Now I don't know about you guys, but I think these look kinda stupid, but love the concept. Short of buying a sewing machine and fabbing a lovely floral design cover myself, what could be used that would not look like a piece of leather wrapped with a rubber band? Thoughts?

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i have several reasons for wearing driving gloves... this is one of them.
Old Jun 20, 2007, 06:26 PM
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I think resting a small towel over it does the same thing.

But yes, I can still see this image on my hand:

1 3 5
2 4 6 R

lol
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Just put a hat over it.
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get a baby sock.. should work like a champ
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i keep a rag on mine only took 1 time for me to burn my hand
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Originally Posted by mifesto
i have several reasons for wearing driving gloves... this is one of them.
I can just see myself leaving work putting on my driving gloves

I put my oakley bag over mines
Old Jun 20, 2007, 06:38 PM
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hahahaa
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get a baby sock.. should work like a champ
Old Jun 20, 2007, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Last4G63
::flame suit on::

After leaving my car in the hot sun all day and burning my hand several times, I had a brilliant idea (well, I thought it was) of creating a cover of some sort that you could slip over the shift knob to keep it from heating up in the sun (or freezing in the winter?). Apparently I wasn't the first person to think of it. I did a little research and found 1 website that offers such a product... http://www.ricks2k.com/products/AllL....php#KnobSocks

Now I don't know about you guys, but I think these look kinda stupid, but love the concept. Short of buying a sewing machine and fabbing a lovely floral design cover myself, what could be used that would not look like a piece of leather wrapped with a rubber band? Thoughts?

Draw eyes and a mouth on it and it would look like a creepy little s&m mask.
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I use the bag to my sunglasses.
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get a golf club driver cover, if you really want to you can get it embroidered on the top
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I sooo was thinking of the same thing because i have a metal one and man does that thing get hot
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When my greddy counterweight gets hot, i just put on my weight lifting gloves.
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wow...
...shift knob condoms
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One nice reason to not have an MR


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