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static electricity
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:37 amby all_red
I can feel that almost like 7 times out of 10. Whenever I turn off the car then try to close the door I feel that dzzzdzzz!! its not really that but I guess you know what I mean. Its been like that since ever, but didn't think about posting it. I took the car to the dealership to check it and they said everything was fine. Has anyone of you had that before? Is it normal?
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:51 amby FLASH
haha, yea I get that like a motha...especially when its not summer. do you have cloth seats? i do, and I assume that has a lot to do with...taht and my excessive wearing of fleece
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:59 amby all_red
No I got leather. The thing is that I usually drive 4 other cars other than the Solara and never feel that except with my car
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:16 amby indiglosolara
i get that alot..... but then again i have alot of grounding on my car cuz of my underglow neons... my system and capacitor and 2 amps.. and my indash tv.. i think it create enough energy to shock me...
but i go get it about 8 or 10 times i stop my car..
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 1:27 amby Hsakuragi
make sure u don't have that when pupming gas, otherwise KABOOM...it was on the news...
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 7:32 amby townboy2
i have that in summer a lot but so far not in the solara yet coz i brought the solara just a month... but i have my gf brought me those Earth Belt from HK 2 weeks ago that put on the back of the car and proven those Statjc ele. haven't installed yet but i guess it should work out pretty good. Go to auto shop it might has it...
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:37 amby cruze105
yea i get that alot too, i think its because of my cloth seats and cuz of my in dash tv remote
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:14 amby Whatever
I only have that few times, and I hate it that is the reason why I never want to touch any door in Las Vegas. My cousin's accord always does that thoguh and I think it's the cloth seats.
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 2:26 pmby Grazi07
I've noticed it a lot too..... if you touch the window first before metal, it usually doesn't happen
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:35 pmby Mudd
It's normal. Carpet in the car or seats, combined with the dryer weather that winter brings. I just ground myself with my leg whenever I get out of a car. Then, when I get zapped (and it's invariable), it gets my calf and not my fingertips.
commonplace with Jeep grands
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 8:39 pmby mycrobyte
Yep, this is a big issue with Jeep Grand Cherokees. On the BB some users have hinted that certain tires (ones with lower carbon black content) tend to give a shock when you get out of the car because of the ground potential difference.
No zap problems with the solara, but the Jeep always zaps and the camry sometimes did.
What tires are you all running?
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Sat Dec 06, 2003 10:27 pmby hari-bhari
isnt static electricity VERY dangerous at gas stations? on the order of causing explosions...
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Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:34 amby kubi
Ya like hsakuragi said I remember seeing something on the news quite a while back. Someone's car blew up and they died from static electricity at the pump.