Does Your Car Smell?

my buick smells like a locker room because i keep my lacrosse equipment in there

mine smells like exhaust and mildew. It’s old!

You’re right about the “family car smell”. I think the worst-smelling cars are those that have been kidded in or dogged in, becaus kids tend to spill or mash into the seats all manner of liquids and solids, and dogs are just, well, dogs. Nice and all, but in an enclosed space….whew! The Buick is a convertible so I get to blow the stink off more ofetn than youd expect, and it mostly smells of aged viynl in the sun… with a faint overlay of mildew (hey, its a leaky soft-top in WA state, what do you expect?)

I had a box of these weird gimmicky Vicks-infused tissues kicking around in my Eagle for awhile when I had a bad cold, and that smell now seems to be permanently masking the medly of spilled and leaking fluids that the car otherwise reeks of… gear oil is always a big one. It’s kind of a permanent, comforting old-car smell, mixed with Vicks.
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I put dishes of peppermint extract in my Escort GT one winter while in storage to discourage pests (it works), so it now smells minty-fresh over the fragarance of nicely aged upholstery.
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My disel Escort wagon smells of burned oil and dog.
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My parts car smells like nothing except dirty car parts. Which is good, since it’s going to the junkyard soon, and it’d be unhealthy to start seeing it as having a personality.

My Firebird smells like mint and cigarettes, and I wear Polo… but not today…

My car smells like assembly lube, wd-40, and exhaust from a car running way too rich. Not the most appealing smell, but better than fake flowery air freshner stuff.

my car doens’t smell anymore, but a year ago a pack of beer fell from the back seat on the floor and sprayed beer everyhere… it smelled like hell…

I hate my car’s smell, after the dealer’s cheap air freshener wore off, it smells of a mixture of dog and plastic. The fishnet seat material looks cool, but is impossible to clean, I think I’ll have to call the professionals in unless someone has a better idea.

vw crayon smell FTW

oddly enough right now my f150 has no smell…its like it’s between losing the new car smell and getting a different one. But the old ranger i had smelled like a shop.