does anyone else get shocked when they exit their car?

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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 01:21 AM
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does anyone else get shocked when they exit their car?

i get shocked every single time i exit my car. you can even a small blue spark at night when i touch the door! is there a cure for this annoying problem?
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 01:32 AM
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I get it too... it makes me want to murder.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 01:44 AM
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You are not the only ones, I too get it. But its not every time, only sometimes. I also got it from my Dodge Intrepid.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 01:51 AM
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the weather?
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 02:13 AM
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Me too, I get shocked on everything. Every time I'm about to open a metal door I touch the back of my hand to it first just to get the shock over with, very annoying :\ I guess some people are just like that, probably has to do with the clothes we wear or something.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 02:14 AM
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the worst is when you lean a little too close to the window when you get out of the car, and your nipple gets shocked.
or when you get shocked when you try to take the key out of the ignition.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 02:35 AM
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Might be low humidity - I don't think I ever get a static spark on the handle when it's raining or foggy out.

I'll even get that spark at home if the air is very dry, especially after petting the cats. They hate it when I touch their nose and a little spark happens.

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Old Dec 5, 2004 | 03:04 AM
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Every so often.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 03:34 AM
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i stopped getting shocked for a couple months, but it's been happening again lately.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 03:48 AM
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ive just recently start getting shocked by the car.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 04:22 AM
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it used to happen very frequently when i first got my car 2 years ago, and since winter came it's happened a few times now... hmm...???
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 04:45 AM
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lately... think it's the weather....
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 08:54 AM
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ditto on th weather. i used to have a homemade grounding kit and it seemed to stop the static shocks.
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 09:00 AM
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do what Peter Gibbons did and take an electric screwdriver and remove the doorhandles
Old Dec 5, 2004 | 09:41 AM
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So that explains it... I told my wife it was my shocking personality, but alas I'm wrong again- I'll stick to my story with her but very interesting that I'm not the only person getting shocked...



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