am i the only one getting shocked?!

[Grip172]

everytime i get out a vehicle, if i'm driving or passanger or whatever. I GET SHOCKED from static! it is starting to piss me off! i have to push on the glass to close the doors each time and i look and feel like a dumbass. anyone else experience this?:dunno: :nut: :nut:

[wildrice]

yup, happens all the time.

[GQBalla]

happens to me too!

so i wouldn't worry about too much.

lol it does get super annoying thats for shures

[Stephen81]

it happens like crazy in my tacoma...it actually hurts a bit. i thought i was the only one haha

[RickDaTuner]

in part thats why some people have those things hanging off the bottom of their cars, and this is also why it is not recommended that you enter and exit your vehicle when you are at the gas station

[GC84ever]

I know subaru has an anti-static patch that you can buy and attach to the door.
Why not check into it for your car.

[Vietsta]

i get that too haha

[88CRX]

zaaaaap!

wakes me up at work every damn morning... sometime worse then others :dunno:

[SCHIDER23]

HEhehe same here get shock all the time as well :whipped:

[Milk2%]

i love the shock, wakes the fuck up in the mornings :D
mines pretty strong too, have the battery in the back, made a huge difference in the strength of the shock :thumbsdow

[ianmcc]

As you exit the vehicle but before you get yer butt outa the seat, hold on to the metal door and hold it until you are clear. Works every time cuz your grounding yourself kinda like wearing a grounding strap. Your welcome.

[rc2002]

It's cool at night because you can sometimes see the spark from the shock!

Just kick the door closed with your foot if you're that scared of getting shocked.

[Ashkente]

Stop wearing so much polyester! :rofl: :nut:

[CrvenaZvezda]

i get that too!!!

[SilverBoost]

Wear Doc Martins and you'll be good. :)

haha I dont' kno if that's actualyl true, but I do notice different levels of shock depending on what shoes I have on at the time.

[Hakkola]

I never get shocked, what kind of interiors do you guys have?

[SilverBoost]

^^^

Do you have leather? If so, I don't think it happens. ??

[infected]

Yep^
Never been shocked with a leather interior. :)

[Clanche]

I used to get shocked in my mazda

I have never been shocked once in the BMW.. seems that infected and hakkola dont get shocked either.. maybe the german cars just are built right :dunno: and i dont have leather

[Police]

My moms CRV always shocks me, my civic never given me a shock once.:dunno:

[robpark]

Neither the 325 or M3 shocked me...not once.

My sister's Echo zapped me every time, until she got one of those static grounds...

[schurchill39]

Originally posted by RickDaTuner
...thats why some people have those things hanging off the bottom of their cars...

So thats what those are! I have always wondered that :nut:

[LuxCars]

hahaha, and here i thought i was the only one.

i agree with you , it pisses me off. At one point i was holding my key and the keyless entry remote and closed the door with the same hand. It felt like it went through the key, in the remote and made an even stronger shock.

but i am gonna try that butt thing suggested by ianmcc

[Supa Dexta]

Yeah same here, I always close the door by pusing on the glass or push it closed with my elbow. Hardly feel the shock thru clothing.. But direct to your hand when you forget about it gives me a nasty shock sometimes.. And I used to sell electric fencing, so I know all about good shocks..... :eek:

[max_boost]

Weird. I never get shocked haha

[djayz]

i get shocked going in sometimes but never out

i dont get what a ground strap does...dont the tires ground the car already?

[arian_ma]

Rubber is an insulator hommie

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by schurchill39


So thats what those are! I have always wondered that :nut:

actually it's to ground the car so you get more clarity out of your Stereo system...

[$lick_rYz]

u can get shoes that are ESD (electro static discharge) approved, mostly steel toe shoes have em...

[sCream]

Originally posted by djayz
i get shocked going in sometimes but never out

i dont get what a ground strap does...dont the tires ground the car already?

electricity does not conduct through rubber, so the tires wouldnt do it. Theres a metal strip in the grounding strap that touches the ground im assuming.

[ZedMan]

Originally posted by Supa Dexta
And I used to sell electric fencing, so I know all about good shocks..... :eek:

Ever done the 'trying to close a metal gate but brushed the fence with the chain'? ka-frikkin'-pow :eek:

The material that your seats are made of and what you are wearing can effect if you get shocked or not.

[/////AMG]

Never been shocked.... I'm special... :rolleyes: :D

[theken]

i would think those grounding straps are dangerous :dunno: the tires kinda keep u from being grounded, so what happens if u get hit by lightning? would the ground strap complete the circuit and kill your ass? i think it would

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by theken
i would think those grounding straps are dangerous :dunno: the tires kinda keep u from being grounded, so what happens if u get hit by lightning? would the ground strap complete the circuit and kill your ass? i think it would

That little strap won't make any difference. The car protects its occupants by acting as a partial Faraday cage.

http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/vehicle_strike.html

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by theken
i would think those grounding straps are dangerous :dunno: the tires kinda keep u from being grounded, so what happens if u get hit by lightning? would the ground strap complete the circuit and kill your ass? i think it would

nope, the Body of the car allows the current to travel around you and not through you, if for what ever stroke of chance you get hit by lightning in your car, you would be safe, so long as you don't come in direct contact with any metal inside the car... i forget what the scientific name for your car encasing you in a insulated shell was... haha... man i miss school

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by FiveFreshFish


That little strap won't make any difference. The car protects its occupants by acting as a partial Faraday cage.

http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/vehicle_strike.html



ha beat me too it....
:thumbsup:

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by robpark
Neither the 325 or M3 shocked me...not once.

My sister's Echo zapped me every time, until she got one of those static grounds...

Thats because you have a frameless window :)

[Grip172]

BAHAHAHAH BEST THREAD EVER

[LuxCars]

Hey i tried the suggestion about sitting in your car with your butt to the seat, grabbing the door, and then getting up...

AND IT WORKED, EVERYTIME.(well for the times i opened my car door today.

[gorilla*goggles]

happens to me all the time when im driving my parents jetta
only jetta's tho cause my lude doesnt do it but my friends jetta
also does:dunno: ..itsreally annyonig and i hafta close it by the
glass too lol

[TurboMedic]

never happens in my GTI

[Zero102]

My old subaru always did it, nearly 100% of the time. My mom's grand am does it maybe 80% of the time, but yet my dad's bonneville hardly ever does it.
For some reason my 944, 951 and my golf never did, yet the 944 and the golf had cloth interiors.
Just put one hand on the A pillar to help yourself out of the car, until your body is completely removed from contact with any non-metal piece of the car, then let go. The door should no longer shock you.

[ianmcc]

Originally posted by LuxCars
Hey i tried the suggestion about sitting in your car with your butt to the seat, grabbing the door, and then getting up...

AND IT WORKED, EVERYTIME.(well for the times i opened my car door today.

Your welcome!!!!!!!!

[barbarian]

Originally posted by FiveFreshFish


That little strap won't make any difference. The car protects its occupants by acting as a partial Faraday cage.

http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_pls/vehicle_strike.html

So what one of those Japanese cars with mostly glass, like a Toyota Sera?

[davidI]

I've never had it happen regularly in any vehicle I've owned or even driven but my civic is brutal for it. Every time I hit the metal power locks button I get zapped in the meanest of ways!