Feels better if you have more girth

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Yep a predictable thread about steering wheel covers.

Anyway after a week off and my beloved company vehicle suffering relief driver abuse by what I can only presume is him biting the steering wheel or digging his nails into it I deceided to invest in a steering wheel cover.

Boring I here you cry, well I thought so till I got my hands on it.

Now what I presume is just a £15 inner tube with some stitching and colours on it has drastically improved my driving style.
Hard to see why but the smooth padded feel and the extra girth has made it a pleasure to get my hands on it, driving forward is more relaxed and even my reversing which wasn’t to bad to start with has improved.

Anyone else got a sweet grip on the wheel or has held something which makes them feel nice.

Oh I do realise its a slippery slope to pelmets and peekaboos like our Robroy but hopefully I can resist.

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I’m glad you’re happy with your new found extra girth, has Mrs DD had a feel yet ? If so was she impressed ?

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I ain’t letting her near it BB she also digs her nails in and squeezes to hard. It’s like she is trying to pull the bloody thing off.

I’ll get her one she can use while I’m away.

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Dipper_Dave:
I ain’t letting her near it BB she also digs her nails in and squeezes to hard. It’s like she is trying to pull the bloody thing off.

I’ll get her one she can use while I’m away.

Get her a black shiny one they normally like them .

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Will do, think she needs one about 14 inches and that size only comes in black apparently.

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Dipper_Dave:
Will do, think she needs one about 14 inches and that size only comes in black apparently.

Tell her to clean it afterwards .

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Why, do you want to borrow it :wink:

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I have a driver who swears by them, but then every other driver who uses his truck, moans like hell and the first thing they do is take it off. Personally I don’t like the extra girth :wink: But maybe that says more about me than I should be sharing on here :blush:

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Dipper_Dave:
Why, do you want to borrow it :wink:

No thanks I’m worried Mrs BB won’t give it back.

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netty201:
I have a driver who swears by them, but then every other driver who uses his truck, moans like hell and the first thing they do is take it off. Personally I don’t like the extra girth :wink: But maybe that says more about me than I should be sharing on here :blush:

It’s one of those, don’t knock it till you’ve tried it things I suppose.

Can see their point though when I had one of those leather jobbies in my first car, years ago, the sort you wrap around and around, it was horrid. Never got it tight enough and it kept coming unwrapped and getting all frayed at the edges.
I cut it off in the end.

Tried a thin flimsy one but that was no good so went the whole hog and got this 18 inch truck one which is great.

Didn’t realise I needed one till I had to borrow another drivers truck.

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I hate them. Natural all the way.

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Radar19:
I hate them. Natural all the way.

I was quite happy with ■■■■■■■■ myself till I got to grips with a rubber one.

Was worried that I’d lose sensitivity though and road feel, but it’s still fine.

Had one of those forklift twizzle nobs years ago but wouldn’t like one now.

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I seemed to have blundered into the script of “Carry on Driving”
Syd James is having a discussion with Kenneth Williams about summat

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I don’t like them, I prefer it without an extension. I’m a Volvo driver, so I already have an average girth. I can understand the need for a scania driver to have one, they have a very small girth. As for man drivers with their large girth, I can’t see the need for one in a man

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I hate to tell you this lads but there is such a thing as too wide. I have little hands so struggle with the extra girth. [emoji1] [emoji1] [emoji1]

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It’s a slippery slope Dave, next to come will be a pair of leatherette driving gloves to grip the girth. It’ll probably feel like someone else has their hands in it

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OVLOV JAY:
As for man drivers with their large girth, I can’t see the need…

MAN driver checking in. Love the girth. Don’t think I could handle much more though.

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Contraflow:

OVLOV JAY:
As for man drivers with their large girth, I can’t see the need…

MAN driver checking in. Love the girth. Don’t think I could handle much more though.

You love the girth on your Man.

What’s that plume of dust in the distance? Its some of the characters from the "■■■■ as thread ". You better get those running legs going dude :laughing: