Your tires also play a large role. Some tires build up more static electricity than others.

You can get grounding strips if it's a big problem. They attach to the frame and drag on the ground, dissipating the charge. They work better on my Volvo than my Jeep. I haven't tried them on the G yet.

 

Helpful tip I learned from playing lacrosse on a turf field surrounded by a chain link fence: Make a fist, touch the door with the side of your fist to discharge electricity, still shocks, but doesn't hurt at all.

 

Every single day... story of my life lol...

 

It's never happened with my coupe, but a previous car it happened all the time. I learned to touch some metal before I got out.

 

no i know what ur saying, i live 10 mins from Santa Ana

 

haha yea almost every time i get out

 

Just have to make sure you're not carrying static electricity as you open the gas cap or touch the gas pump handle!

 

whoa, that actually could be dangerous

 

i get shocked everytime i get out, i don't think it should be, since the seats are leather and i have rubber mats under my feet, but it happens....

 

I get shocked all of the time with the G. I never got it with my IS300 but I get it all of the time now. I dunno what it has to do with. I know the weather seems to affect it sometimes too.

 

Static electricity is not a buildup of anything, it is an IMBALANCE between quantities of positive and negative particles which existed beforehand. The electric particles were already there; they did not have to build up. It's an "un-cancelling," an event which occurs between the large quantities of oppositely-charged particles which were already present in matter.

For our purposes, tire manufacturers have been developing "low rolling resistance" tires that improve gas mileage by lowering, what--- rolling resistance! And to lower rolling friction or resistance, they use less of a substance called "carbon black," which plays a key role in dissipating static electricity. But even with the new tires, the vast majority of the static electricity that cars generate is still dissipated through the tires as the car rolls along.

Essentially, the problem is not in the car, it's the tires rolling resistance.

 

gotta love the shocker

 

I know how you can avoid this. Buy a magnetic bracelet. I only wear it when I drive and I leave it in the car. I don’t get shocked n/e more. Mine looks like this. Maybe it’s not ur style and u can gets something different but mine was a gift. It does work so try it.
http://www.gr8pics.co.nz/catalog/ima...f%20rounds.jpg

 

Bump for winter shockings again. This is brutal...

I have learned to just touch the inner door sill/lock mecahnism when i am getting out to dissapate it and make it as painless as possible, but its basically a 90% chance i get shocked.

FU G35 for shocking me every damn time i get out.

 

I get shocked a lot too!!!!