# Cold weather dopers -- Do you wear your winter coat during your commute? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512 "2012-12-19T11:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/41 "2012-12-20T15:31:51Z")
Frozen car at O’ dark thirty? bundled to the brim. But if dashing about and working up some heat, I still bring a coat but toss it in the back seat. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/42 "2012-12-20T17:13:52Z")
Since I work at home, I don’t wear much during my commute. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/43 "2012-12-20T17:32:54Z")
I can’t stand the bulky feeling of a coat around my shoulders and upper arms while I drive. So I generally wear a cape or ruana on all but the coldest of days, and those don’t need to come off. On the coldest days (which, I hasten to add, are nothing like Michigan or Toronto) I would wear the big coat to the car and drop it in the passenger seat. All cold days require gloves, and they stay on as well. I also nearly always have a pashmina or other scarf/shawl around my neck which stays on all day. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/44 "2012-12-20T19:04:30Z")
My car is in an unheated garage, and my commute is 10 minutes. So I wear a coat in the car, but the coat isn’t as heavy as I would wear if I were going to be outside. > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Shopping hijack - the malls and department stores are shirt-sleeve temperature here all winter, and I DIE shopping in there with my outside gear on. I really hate that. :mad: I was going to mention shopping. I will often not wear a coat, but toss one in the back seat, if I’m going shopping. I’d much rather be a bit cold for the drive and the walk to the door, so that I don’t have to haul a coat around. Now when it comes to shoes, I keep a pair of pull on cold weather boot in the back seat of my car all winter, and I wear my totally non-cold weather shoes for the drive to the office. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/45 "2012-12-20T19:40:26Z")
I wear a purple bandana and red speedo in the car driving to work. Oh wait? _you said winter driving_? I wear an overcoat over the speedo until the car warm up. 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/46 "2012-12-21T01:23:47Z")
I tend to wear a leather jacket for short hops from my house to car and from car to shopping mall or whatever. Not enough to be outdoors for an extended period but OK for short hops and not too bulk in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/47 "2012-12-21T01:47:08Z")
I hate wearing my winter coat. If it is above, say, 25 degrees out, I’ll toss it in the backseat and wear a vest, scarf, gloves. If it’s colder than that I may wear it but never on long trips. I hate that uncomfortable feeling. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/48 "2012-12-22T00:43:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That’s what the lockers are for. What lockers? I’ve never seen lockers at a mall… As for the OP, it depends. I only wear a cold when it’s unbearably cold out (now isn’t that cold yet, so most mornings I wear a fleece hoodie instead) and those days, yeah, I’ll leave the coat on the entire 45 minute drive. ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/49 "2012-12-22T02:28:51Z")
I grew up with a VW micro bus as the family car. Whenever I’m not completely frozen while driving I think it’s a flipping miracle. Childhood PTSD of the freezing kind. ---
**Author:** ![ceilidh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@ceilidh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceilidh)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/50 "2012-12-24T02:05:15Z")
I live in New England and walk to work, so I definitely keep my coat on for my commute in the winter! ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/51 "2012-12-24T02:07:48Z")
Gah. My eyes are tired from computer work all day. I read, “Cold weather _diapers_ --” ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/52 "2012-12-24T02:11:14Z")
I leave my coat on. AND zipped up. (Well, buttoned up.) Many people here in Montreal, when they’re on public transit, leave their coats on but unzip them so that a piece of their coat is touching my legs if they sit next to me. This irritates me much more than it should. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/53 "2012-12-24T02:13:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > That’s what the lockers are for. All the lockers in the malls around here were taken out at least 15 years ago. Too many worries about what someone might leave in them. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-dopers-do-you-wear-your-winter-coat-during-your-commute/644512/54 "2012-12-24T03:32:37Z")
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