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gordonb50 · 11-07-2010, 10:13 PM

Has anyone notice static electricity generated by the center console? Every time I move my arm across it, I can feel (and see) the hair on my arm moving. It only happens on the drivers side of the console, along the ridge between the shifter & the storage compartment. FWIW, I had my wife drive it, and she noticed it, too. This is the kind of weird stuff that always happened in my Vettes over the years. I wouldn't have expected it in the Camaro.

Huck1974 · 11-07-2010, 10:23 PM

You have been abducted in a previous life.

egad09 · 11-07-2010, 10:32 PM

I agree with Huck.

heRS · 11-08-2010, 02:34 AM

I am remarkably in love with the fact that my RS does not shock me. It's one of those little things I love about my Camaro. My Cobalt always shocked me. My Mazda pickup is already shocking me and today's the first day I've drove it.

Sterling · 11-08-2010, 02:37 AM

What you feel is actually coming from the chick magnet. There is no getting around it my friend...

gordonb50 · 11-08-2010, 08:06 AM

Chick magnet - I wish. Being a product of the '60's, maybe all those good times I can't remember was an abduction or 2. But all joking aside, this is really happening.

pennor · 11-08-2010, 01:02 PM

Gee... Static Electricity? What's that about?

Oh Yea! I forgot! I live here in the Pacific Northwest. Static electricity doesn't form in the rain and fog!

Johnnyma45 · 11-08-2010, 04:51 PM

I get shocked but good every time I touch the doors. I can't see it generating but I've taken to closing the door with my fist, shocks less that way.

ga0358 · 11-08-2010, 04:57 PM

I get shocked just leaving my office cube...but strangely enough, nothing from my car, I used to get the snot shocked outta me in my Colorado....

TommyTSquared · 11-08-2010, 04:57 PM

Bill 1ss/rs m6 · 11-08-2010, 05:06 PM

Just make sure you discharge it before you fill er up!!

gordonb50 · 11-08-2010, 05:14 PM

I understand about getting shocked getting out of cars. I was in northern Arizona on a job assignment where single digit humidity was common. After a few major jolts, I quickly learned to step out and ground to the bottom of the door frame with the back of my leg. Then, close the door and go about my business. What I'm talking about isn't that severe, but it makes me wonder if there may be a loose wire (?) in the console.

11-07-2010, 10:13 PM	#1
gordonb50 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Longview, Texas Posts: 14	Static Electricity Has anyone notice static electricity generated by the center console? Every time I move my arm across it, I can feel (and see) the hair on my arm moving. It only happens on the drivers side of the console, along the ridge between the shifter & the storage compartment. FWIW, I had my wife drive it, and she noticed it, too. This is the kind of weird stuff that always happened in my Vettes over the years. I wouldn't have expected it in the Camaro.

11-07-2010, 10:32 PM	#3
egad09 Drives: 2010 CGM 1SS Camaro Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: The Woodlands, TX Posts: 527	I agree with Huck. __________________

11-08-2010, 02:34 AM	#4
heRS Raised by Wolves Drives: IBM 2010 2LT RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 5,981 View My Garage	I am remarkably in love with the fact that my RS does not shock me. It's one of those little things I love about my Camaro. My Cobalt always shocked me. My Mazda pickup is already shocking me and today's the first day I've drove it. __________________ Tori click the sig pic to view my build thread

11-08-2010, 02:37 AM	#5
Sterling Drives: 2010 Camaro 1LT/RS M6 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairhaven, MA Posts: 5,882 View My Garage	What you feel is actually coming from the chick magnet. There is no getting around it my friend... __________________ Trifecta tune, Vararam Intake, VMAX throttle body and manifold insulator, RxPerformance Catch Can, , MRT v1.0 and Louvers, Barton shifter, BMR strut tower brace, RED dome light and Plasma LED DRL's, fieldgoal00's Halo 1 harness, hood spears/side stripes, rain guards, custom bowtie, Team LLT badges, headlight and foglight covers, taillight and side marker covers, backup light covers, WeatherTech floormats

11-08-2010, 04:51 PM	#8
Johnnyma45 Former Camaro Owner Drives: 2011 Dodge Charger R/T Join Date: May 2010 Location: Carrollton, TX Posts: 604 View My Garage	I get shocked but good every time I touch the doors. I can't see it generating but I've taken to closing the door with my fist, shocks less that way. __________________ 6/9/10-3/30/11. RIP ROXY... :(

11-07-2010, 10:23 PM	#2
Huck1974 Account Suspended Drives: 2011 2SS Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Springfield, Mo Posts: 833	You have been abducted in a previous life.

11-08-2010, 08:06 AM	#6
gordonb50 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Longview, Texas Posts: 14	Chick magnet - I wish. Being a product of the '60's, maybe all those good times I can't remember was an abduction or 2. But all joking aside, this is really happening.

11-08-2010, 01:02 PM	#7
pennor Drives: 2011 2LT - 73 Corvette 454 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 240	Gee... Static Electricity? What's that about? Oh Yea! I forgot! I live here in the Pacific Northwest. Static electricity doesn't form in the rain and fog!

11-08-2010, 04:57 PM	#9
ga0358 Drives: 2010 ABM LS Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Acworth, Georgia Posts: 935 View My Garage	I get shocked just leaving my office cube...but strangely enough, nothing from my car, I used to get the snot shocked outta me in my Colorado....

11-08-2010, 04:57 PM	#10
TommyTSquared Drives: RSSS Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 2,492

11-08-2010, 05:06 PM	#11
Bill 1ss/rs m6 Drives: 2015 1SS/RS M6 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Johnston, R.I. Posts: 180	Just make sure you discharge it before you fill er up!!

11-08-2010, 05:14 PM	#12
gordonb50 Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Longview, Texas Posts: 14	I understand about getting shocked getting out of cars. I was in northern Arizona on a job assignment where single digit humidity was common. After a few major jolts, I quickly learned to step out and ground to the bottom of the door frame with the back of my leg. Then, close the door and go about my business. What I'm talking about isn't that severe, but it makes me wonder if there may be a loose wire (?) in the console.

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