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Dec 5, 2005 | 11:34 AM

#26

VoiD

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From: Northern Virginia

myth or not just becareful when you're at a gas station.

Dec 5, 2005 | 11:55 AM

#27

Mini2Go

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From: Steelers Country

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wagnbat

It's your clothing. Jacket, socks... Whatever you wear thats fluffy...

Ok, I was going to go with you on this ...until you got to the "fluffy" bit!

Nothing that I wear is fluffy. Nothing.

Now that that's clear

, I'll still work with you on the "rubbing against you" bit.

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The solution would be to somehow ground yourself. Such as getting a simple grounding strap from an electronic workbench (like $4 @ radioshack), and ground yourself to a metal part of the car... Maybe the shifter? Grounding straps usually have break-aways...

While I have one of these for the tech work I do, and it is a legitimate suggestion, I don't see me "strapping" myself in every time. :impatient

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And one last thing. Touching someone else may discharge it too... And probably make you feel better about the whole thing as well.

Ahhh, my favorite!

If only I motored WITH someone more often. I typically commute solo. (I'd love to find a carpool mate or 2 - but my journey is an atypical one at best.)

Thanks for the thoughts... I will probably just use a different part of my hand to touch the door with.

Dec 5, 2005 | 12:10 PM

#28

MGCMAN

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From: Cincinnati, Ohio

I'm shocked and dismayed by the contents of this thread. No on second thought, y'all are shocked. I've never had a problem but I have three things going for me:

1) Leather seats
2) Rubber Floor mats
3) an a member of the undead, my kind generates no static electricity.

Dec 5, 2005 | 03:27 PM

#29

Donna/Mike

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From: Moved from Leesburg, VA to Oceanside, CA Nov. 2003

What color is your MINI? Electric Blue?

Kidding of course...

Donna

Dec 5, 2005 | 04:57 PM

#30

Hounddog

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From: Albuquerque, NM

Shocked

Mine has cloth and rubber mats, get zapped everytime. My wifes is Leatherette with rubber mats, no static discharge.. &*^A&#

Dec 10, 2005 | 02:59 PM

#31

n3nyongmini

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From: Houston Texas

yep me too

ALWAYS in the MCS : cloth seats, carpet never in the old MC: leather, same carpets.. is there a pattern here of MCS' shocking but MC's not or did I miss someone???? Derek

Dec 10, 2005 | 04:46 PM

#32

The MINITOR

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From: Austin, TX

I was never shocked in my MC with leather seats and carpet, but always in my MCS with leather seats and diamond plate.

Dec 10, 2005 | 04:50 PM

#33

skillet

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From: Cornfields of Indiana

I had the same issue as you. Some of the jolts were extremely shocking (sounded as if someone had shot a cap gun off...). I recently toned down the voltage to maybe 1/10th of the shockness that was there previously by installing the Mini rubber floor mats. Hope this helps.

I'm a cloth seat MCS