Weird electrical problem???

If you figure it out then let us all know. It happens to me with about every vehicle I've ever owned. I've just been chalking it up to my shocking personality. :-)

"I can hammer it back into shape later." :wq!

To me it depends on what I wear and the weather and it happens on my daily driver also. Do you have some aftermarket seat covers in=20 there?

To me it depends on what I wear and the weather and it happens on my daily driver also. Do you have some aftermarket seat covers in there?

What tires do you have? The rubber compound used in most tires is made with carbon black which allows the tires to conduct static electricity to ground. Some high performance tires are made with silica rather than carbon, thus insulating the car from ground, thus giving you a static shock as you step out of the car and contact ground.

Try dragging a chain from frame to ground.

Ok here's what you do, before stepping out of the car, grab the top of the door or some other metal part of the car firmly. Then swing your foot around and touch the ground with it while still holding the part of the car you chose and while still seated in the car. The static will go through your foot and shoe and you probably won't even feel it. I've done it for years and it works great. Dan

That is a troll, right?

HAHAHA! my 73 std shocks my girlfriend EVERY time she gets out of it. It NEVER shocks me. It's the funniest thing I've ever seen.

~Anthony

Sure it's common, so far the best solution I found was to hold some metal piece of the car before steping out, I got so used to it with my previous car, that I do it always regardless the car I'm in.

Other reasons could be the shoes you are wearing, the more isolating the less current you'll ground, or even your sweat. People with different sweat behaviour have different skin conductivities, therefore electricity may "prefer" some people above others to run on. Also usually the one that gets out 1st gets the big discharge!

Ant

Shane wrote in this friggin' newsgroup:

I do the same trick and it works. My explanation to this, is that it depends on the clothes. If you wear a wool sweater, you get statically charged while you rub on the seat to get out of the car. It has never happened to me when I wore a shirt or cotton sweater. Some seat upholstery contains whool (or simillar fablic) that charges you whatever you wear.

Bill, '67 Bug.