Napalm Heart wrote:
>
> "« Paul »" <"« Paul »"@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:428BD4BD.47F1B28A@houston.rr.com...
> > Napalm Heart wrote:
> > >
> > > Interesting. I normally wear all-cotton pants and have cloth
> seats in
> > > my vehicles. I get a static discharge when getting out of them
> unless
> > > it is there is high humidity.
> > >
> > > Ken (MI)
> >
> > I bet the seats are a synthetic plastic material.
> > More than likely the entire interior of your vehicle is plastic.
> > Floor mats, arm rests, seat padding, etc.
>
> That may well be, but why is this something that has just started
> occurring after I put new tires on my vehicles?
>
> Ken

I don't know. There are too many variables and unknowns
to arrive at a meaningful answer.

 

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-ECFA18.21522921052005@text.usenetserver.com...
> In article <118vnkjil9pihc2@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Napalm Heart" <olsonfam@iserv.net> wrote:
>
> > > I bet the seats are a synthetic plastic material.
> > > More than likely the entire interior of your vehicle is plastic.
> > > Floor mats, arm rests, seat padding, etc.
> >
> > That may well be, but why is this something that has just started
> > occurring after I put new tires on my vehicles?
>
> This is common with the composition of some tires. They build up
static
> with friction with the road, and can't dissipate it. You become the
> path by which it dissipates once you touch the body of the car.

I have read this somewhere. Something about the amount of carbon in
the tires and the tires meeting desired sidewall standards.