Hi, anyone else get a static shock when getting out of car. I have a 61 Monte and i am getting them, possible causes please, cures??

Thanks

It's probably your clothes. I used to get loads when I had an Octy and needed shirt/tie etc. Since I changed job I've very rarely had static shocks.

Yep, as Mike says, and footwear affects it too. For my work, I wear anti static, toe protector shoes so I don't damage equipment etc. These help I've found. but it's mainly your clothes that charge you up as you get out. You seat fabric may be different to the last car you had, and maybe you are wearing different clothing too, and it's working well to 'light you up'!

A similar thing can happen, if you are wearing the right type of clothing, if one or two people are using mobile phones very close to you and the humidity is just right. The signals in the wireless band that mobiles phones broadcast on 'excites' the sub-atomic particules at the molecular level in the air around, not just their user, but you too. As they rub together they produce static electricity which is attracted to your clothing. If this were to happen at a petrol station just as you were putting in the fuel fill nozzle there is a potential for a fire/explosion. It's one reason why mobiles are not allowed to be used at petrol stations. Many think it's the actual signal itself which could ignite the fuel, but it's actually the static that the signal can generate that does the deed.

Hi, anyone else get a static shock when getting out of car. I have a 61 Monte and i am getting them, possible causes please, cures??

Thanks

I have had this several times over the past many years and it has happened when the car has had a very slight exhaust leak.

This may sound barmy but that is the case - I have very rarely ever had a static shock from a car but each time it was when the exhaust was blowing so slightly that I had not previously noticed.

I seem to get this quite a bit off my Fabia too.

The way to prevent it is to open the door and before you start trying to get out just put your hand on a bit of the bodywork somewhere near the door seal. Once you are out of the vehicle and standing up let go and all should be fine. It sounds like you will be twisting all over the place but it's dead simple and you get no more static shocks.

-Will

Okay this will solve your issue:

When you exit the car hold the metal of the door as you put your feet on the ground (I hold around the window frame). This will ground you and when you let go of the door you will not get a shock.

haha yeah i get this all the time in my monte, always gets me on the tricep!! makes me jump like mad! i sort of lean to get out and gets me from the metal!

It hurts because when you get close to metal after exiting the car the potential build up of static grounds through one very small part of your hand or finger. If as others suggest you grasp the metal of the door frame as you exit it grounds through the entire surface area of the hand touching the metal of the door so it doesnt hurt.

I know this but still regularly zap myself as I get out, especially in summer.

My Octy would zap me in the ears :(

Thanks for all your sugestions. ill gige it a try

Maybe its time to bring these back in! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Anti-Static-Strip-Stops-Static-Shocks-Travel-Sickness-/360403922874?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item53e9bf6fba#ht_4432wt_907 on second thoughts, id rather put up with the shocks

Maybe its time to bring these back in! http://www.ebay.co.u...a#ht_4432wt_907 on second thoughts, id rather put up with the shocks

Haha, quick question, how do these 'stop travel sickness'?

Maybe its time to bring these back in! http://www.ebay.co.u...a#ht_4432wt_907 on second thoughts, id rather put up with the shocks

LOVL I remember all the boy racers had these