Do you get frequently shocked by your vehicle?

[94Mazda626 10+ year member]

It's just your cars way of saying it's tired of hauling your fat *** around. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

It's just your cars way of saying it's tired of hauling your fat *** around. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

I know this wasn't directed at me, but it still FEELS like it was

Lol @ sig...

geo

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

If you were not in Florida, I would say it is because of the cold weather. When the humidity is down, like it is here in Michigan, that happens all the time. Winter is the worst.


geo

Florida is actually pretty dry during this time of year and I usually get shocked when this weather rolls in. I just grab onto the bracket that the door shuts onto while I'm getting out and that just dumps my charge to ground so I don't get shocked.

Holding onto your keys and touching the vehicle with the tip of them is another good way to remove your charge and you won't feel a thing but you will be able to see and hear the pop at the tip of your keys. Hooray physics.

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Dont have shag carpet in your ride //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[infamous_e46 5,000+ posts]

what if your car gave you the

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[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

omg, dont pump gas and talk on the cell while getting shocked, you will blow the **** up

 

[Fender5 10+ year member]

haha

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

In the winter, yes. In the summer, no.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

cover all metal parts of the car with bedliner. Problem solved.

Also dust particles hitting your car while driving can build up an electric charge in the cars chassis.

The tires insulate it from ground, so a piece of chain draging under the back bumper to the ground can help too.

You could fab up a fancy grounding rod thing thats accuated so when you shut off the car it will drop and ground, then retract.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

Yep I do but what I have learn to do is make a fist and almost hit the door fast.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Holding onto your keys and touching the vehicle with the tip of them is another good way to remove your charge and you won't feel a thing but you will be able to see and hear the pop at the tip of your keys. Hooray physics.

That's the way I always do it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Summer not so much, winter from time to time, but I usually wear gloves, so I am golden!

 

[Bender. 10+ year member]

yes it happens to me at gas stations all the **** time. it annoys the hell out of me. come to think of it, i get shocked alot. the other night i went to pet my cat and i guess i had some static built up inside me.. she put her nose to my finger and got zapped. i swear she jumped 5 feet in the air. was funniez

i do it to my cat on purpose alot its hilarious