I Farking Hate It

[scumdog]

Sure fire trick is to put your hand on the door striker plate as you get out of the car and before your feet touch the ground.

Works every time.

(but if you have a scruffy greasy car you'll get a dirt hand for the first 10 exits until you hand has wiped the striker plate clean)

[diggydog]

i notice i get zapped even with one foot out of the car and as far as i know with the rubber hanging from ass end, i dont think helps, because ive still been shocked.

[Kendog]

I get shocked off inate objects all the time, the wooden letterbox was a classic! Yesterday I got shocked twice getting out of the car, first time as my leg touched the sill and the ground and then as I shut the door, zap, "you bastard"! It's always worse when there's people about who look at you funny as you swear at your car!
Mrs KD.
PS, grabbing a handful of car before getting out does work..... If you remember to do it or don't have your hands full.

[Sniper]

I suffer from the same thing and the way i found to deal with it, was use you shoulder to push the door when getting out works. Although I do like kicking the door shut and then findind Shadow the Siamese and giving her a shock

[bobsmith]

Will this really work?

I second his method of holding onto a metal section of the door as you get out. I used to get it all the time even in winter and It stopped completely as I now always hold onto the metal frame of the door as I get out of the car.

In fact I used to always get zapped by my girlfriend too whenever we've been driving in the car and I kiss her goodbye. we've solved the problem by always finding another piece of skin other than lips to discharge out static through first (hands work well as it is much less sensitive than lips)

I suppose I'm just an electrifying person...

[edit] - the rubber thing doesn't usually work because usually, it's you that's charged with static not the car.

[yungatart]

If you mean Clive when you get out of a car.... the way to not get zapped it to hold on to a metal section of the door BEFORE you put your feet on the ground. That way you and the car are earthed and no shock.

What he said - oh and throw away your satin boxers, wear cotton ones instead!!

[MSTRS:Me]

Some makes of car may be worse than others for this problem as well. We had a Subarsu that 'trained' us to do the holding on thing. Lost the need for that once we changed cars

[sunhuntin]

ive been shocked just taking money from customers at work. yes..its the person who is charged with electricity, and yes, it can cause an explosion or something if you arent careful. so once your out of the car, stay there till leaving.
i get some shockers off mums volvo...got a beauty today.

[Mr. Peanut]

I never get zapped, and when I do I don't cry about it.

You poor babies.

[Sketchy_Racer]

You peoples are all weird robot aliens!!

Whats a static shock??

[Hawkeye]

Just to put some commen sense into this thread. (sorry guys for being boring). Yes those rubber things hanging down do work. They actually contain a thin copper wire which releases the static onto the ground as you drive along.
The most important thing to remember. You must attach it to the rubber bumper of the car, as rubber is a great conductor of electricity.
Honest - It must be true, as I've seen hundreds of cages with the black rubber thing bolted to the body trims/bumpers

[Hitcher]

I also hate static electricity shocks. I suspect that this comes from growing up on a dairy farm that was festooned with electric fence wires on nearly everything. Compounded by me having a 180 degree-aligned astigmatism that means I can't see things like fence wires, unless I'm wearing corrective lenses. You may sense my discomfort...

When I am the recipient of a good zap, I swear. Loudly. A discharge off the car is generally outside and away from disapproving ears. Supermarket shelves and chiller units generally bring things like mothers-with-children-at-foot and Little-Old-Ladies(TM) into play. Hitcher reaches for tin of favourite beans. Zap. "FUCK!!" Audible sharp intakes of breath and looks of horror from those within earshot. Pointing and mumbling in my general direction in the carpark afterwards as I load my goods into the boot.

[scumdog]

I never get zapped, and when I do I don't cry about it.

You poor babies.

Riiiiight...... never means not ever, nada, zip, none - so how can you have a 'when I do"????

[Disco Dan]

put one of those rubber thingys on the back of the mini, but still the mini tries to deal the death penalty to me! ..no rubber bumber though, just this bent crome thing

..lean over and touch your passenger when you get out so they get the shock too!

[Steam]

Supermarket shelves and chiller units generally bring things like mothers-with-children-at-foot and Little-Old-Ladies(TM) into play. Hitcher reaches for tin of favourite beans. Zap. "FUCK!!" Audible sharp intakes of breath and looks of horror from those within earshot. Pointing and mumbling in my general direction in the carpark afterwards as I load my goods into the boot.

Heh. There was a day at the supermarket recently when everyone seemed to be getting shocks, and I mean everyone. It must have been the dry weather or something. Everybody walked around the supermarket getting shocks every time we reached for a can, and you could hear "Ow, and Crap, and Aii! all around you from the other aisles. It was highly amusing.