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784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Every time I get out of my car and touch the door to shut it, I get an electric shock. I wouldn't mind but they hurt! Anyone have any ideas of how I can stop it happening??
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use some laundry softner sheets on your seat maybe...
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4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
yes
put your hand on the door BEFORE getting out. Keep it on the door when getting out. That way, when your foot touches the ground, you're already connecting to the car and earthing it, and you won't feel it!
Advice from my driving school teacher that is automatic behaviour for me now, and I haven't had a shock off the car in 8 years
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old hand
784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Oh that's fab Birgit, thanks. I thought would must know a trick to stop it
XLenX
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Firstly its a charge that you have built up in your own body most likely by walking around, its unlikely to be your car, as you walk around your body builds up a charge by frictionfrom your shoesor dclothes on your body, that charge needs to be released and so when you come into contact with your car it is released ina static shock which hurts, it hurts more with tips of your fingers, so if you cant ways to stop the charge, release it ina less painful way. try touching your car with the back of your hand first, taht'll hurt less. Have you recently changed shoes? some soles on shoes build up charge easier, or changed the carpet in your house?
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len.............. you can get strips to fit t your car that earth it so you don't get static shocks, sounds like you have a bad earth on your car and possibly a loose wire
pay a visit to halfords, or stop playing with your toaster in the bath
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Buy better shoes...with leather soles... But Birgits idea sound sthe best...
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Location: Perth, Australia
Dont use you breast to discharge it
You can get those little rubber strips that hang down for your car. Grab the car firmly is less painful too.
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Have you tried running from the car as quickly as possible when getting out?
old hand
784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
It has to be me rather than the car- it happened with my last two cars as well. No new carpets/shoes. Do you think it has anything to do with the weather?
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Have you tried running from the car as quickly as possible when getting out?
And I would shut/lock the door + get the kids out........with a long stick? You may have a solution there Ucof
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*imagines batting the kids out of the car with a stick*
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Location: South Wales
Written by: MissCorinthian
And I would shut/lock the door + get the kids out
With remote control central locking and a megaphone
old hand
784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Aah- but you are (wrongly) assuming my lovely children do as they're told. I have a built in megaphone anyway, or so I'm told. A stick would work better. A nice pointy one.
Well, I have been forgetting to keep my hand on the door today, but no shocks
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Well, the car has figured out that you have IT figured out so it's decided to be nice because it can't win anyways.
That is until it turns into this car from the horror stories that bites your leg while you're driving and uses your blood as fuel. Electric shocks were just the testing phase! Bwahahahahaha!
got carried away there, sorry! I need to go out more. "vices are like genitals - most are ugly to behold, and yet we find that our own are dear to us."
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Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Get a bicycle
No, sorry. I always get shocks in cold weather and not just off cars. Gates, people, the television it's just horrible. I'm just full of energy, that's how I see it
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old hand
784 posts
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Yes how very. I get them from shopping trolleys as well...but only in Sainsbury's
Good job I rarely go in there. XLenX
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Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
i get shocks off Sainsbury's shopping trolleys too, but rarely Tesco's ones. Hmm, that is odd.
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Location: My House, United Kingdom
after a while they dont hurt anymore. i used to work in a shop where the shop had airconditioning and the centre it was in had aircon, so the air was completely dry and they had the brilliant idea to put metal handrails on the stairs, and i was the poor guy who had to work upstairs, so every day at least 5 times a day i'd get a mean shock, i got to kinda like it and would do it on purpose in the end, i also got sad when people stole my shocks
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had her carpal tunnel surgery already thanks v much
4,145 posts
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
Köln/Bonn-Airport is the worst. They've got this metal floor, it's just unreal! Especially touching the button for the elevator is like medieval punishment, but with electricity
Well, at least the floor looks nice! 
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