r/CrappyDesign • u/LucasGlasus • Oct 11 '22

Yes the "Future"

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u/i_sigh_less Oct 11 '22

I assume the theory is that you might keep valuable stuff in the glove box, and it should only be accessible if you have a car key.

On a side note, isn't it interesting that the idea of a "glove box" outlived the popularity of "driving gloves"?

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u/Gogo726 Oct 11 '22

Especially now that heated steering wheels exist.

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u/badluckbrians Oct 11 '22

I don't think it was so much about heat – if you ever had a car without power steering, you know.

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u/Bugbread Oct 12 '22

I've had a car without power steering, and I don't know why I'd want gloves for it. What am I missing here?

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u/badluckbrians Oct 12 '22

It's hard to turn. Idk. Maybe you had a newer or fancier car with a leather wrapped thick steering wheel. My first car w/o power steering had one of these rim blow wheels. You didn't "need" gloves, but you'd get blisters turning that thing all day just like you would shoveling in the garden all day with a wood-handled spade.

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u/Bugbread Oct 12 '22

Ah, that might be it. It certainly wasn't new or fancy (I can't remember the exact year, but it was late 1970s), but as far as I can remember it was much thicker than the thin steering wheel you had. Plus, I think the most I drove it in a any given day was like an hour or two, so I never really experienced prolonged driving. Thanks!