How weird... :thinking: Beats the hell outa me. Try closing the door by the window...just push very gently. That's what I do, that way I don't get fingerprints on my door. I hate when my passengers close my door by pushing the panel. I always run to the other side and wipe their fingerprints off. It just bugs me. :a:

 

i don't want to use the window because it is susposed to be bad for it, or that is what it says in the owner manual. i hate it when people use the roof or the pilar next to the windsheild to get out, the car is not that low, or they are just that fat

 

It's not bad as long as you dont exert an excessive amount of force on it.

 

i get shocked all the time too, its so werid. i think its just static buildup from the inside. i prefer to get shocked 90% of the time than shut it by the window, doing that can bend it over time :nono:

 

You can't bend glass when it's in a solid state.

 

glass is not a solid, its a supercooled liquid. ever been in a really old house and noticed how the glass windows were much thicker on the bottom than the top? thats because the glass has moved ever so slowly over all that time.

 

This is true. Many solids have a crystalline structure on microscopic scales. The molecules are arranged in a regular lattice. As the solid is heated the molecules vibrate about their position in the lattice until, at the melting point, the crystal breaks down and the molecules start to flow. There is a sharp distinction between the solid and the liquid state, that is separated by a first order phase transition, i.e. a discontinuous change in the properties of the material such as density. Freezing is marked by a release of heat known as the heat of fusion.

A liquid has viscosity, a measure of its resistance to flow. As a liquid is cooled its viscosity normally increases, but viscosity also has a tendency to prevent crystallisation. Usually when a liquid is cooled to below its melting point, crystals form and it solidifies; but sometimes it can become supercooled and remain liquid below its melting point because there are no nucleation sites to initiate the crystallisation. If the viscosity rises enough as it is cooled further, it may never crystallise. The viscosity rises rapidly and continuously, forming a thick syrup and eventually an amorphous solid. The molecules then have a disordered arrangement, but sufficient cohesion to maintain some rigidity. In this state it is often called an amorphous solid or glass.

crystalline solids: molecules are ordered in a regular lattice
fluids: molecules are disordered and are not rigidly bound.
glasses: molecules are disordered but are rigidly bound.

It is sometimes said that glass is therefore neither a liquid nor a solid. It has a distinctly different structure with properties of both liquids and solids.

 

Learn somethin new every day.

I stand corrected. But unless you stand there with your hand against the glass for weeks on end, the glass ain't gonna move.

 

I would think the bending risk would apply more to the metal track holding the window than the window itself... either way, tempered safety glass doesn't follow the same rules as ordinary tin or lead float glass-- you could leave that sheet standing straight up for a thousand years and it won't start to trickle.

Returning to the original question, you have a ground somewhere that isn't 100% effective. So energy is left in the chassis of the car following shutdown, until you liberate it by forming the ground-- with yourself. My old Mitsu used to shock the hell out of whoever got out first. Which tended not to be me.

 

im in for the 'getting shocked while getting out of my sol' group

and if i touch the window to close it, i dont get shocked but if i touch something metal or someone else shortly after, i shot it/them, hurts a wee bit more than touching the car