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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:25:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: YesWe all know it when we smell it, and it's eerily the same regardless of make, model, shape, or size. Is it the new plastic? The carpet? Is there some magic scent that manufacturers impregnate the interior with? Why do all new cars smell the same? (just one of those things that crossed my mind while having my coffee this morning) |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:25:35 AM EDT
[#2]
seat foam
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:26:04 AM EDT
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volitile plastisizers, your breathing plastic...
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:26:19 AM EDT
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I'd heard it was the plastic and adhesives off gassing, and that "if you knew what it was, you wouldn't love it so much."
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:26:37 AM EDT
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It's the smell of debt.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:26:51 AM EDT
[#6]
doubletap
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:26:53 AM EDT
[#7]
yeah mostly formaldyhyde
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:26:55 AM EDT
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You smell the various glues and plastics outgassing as they cure. Probably not the best thing for you.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:27:47 AM EDT
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You smell the various glues and plastics outgassing as they cure. Probably not the best thing for you. This is what I'm going with. Get the windshield replaced and you get the new car smell back for a while. |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:28:14 AM EDT
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It's the scent of UAW greed....
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:28:16 AM EDT
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volitile plastisizers, your breathing plastic... But new cars have smelled great for years........even before the widespread use of plastics. |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:29:45 AM EDT
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It's not dead hookers. I can tell you that. They smell completely different. |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:33:06 AM EDT
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A lot of work goes into making sure that the customer gets that positive association with that smell even as far as artificially creating that smell sometimes
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:38:17 AM EDT
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I'm no chemist, but it is probably a mixture of volatile organic hydrocarbons with dash of phthalates.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:42:11 AM EDT
[#15]
Hexamethylchickendeath
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:43:11 AM EDT
[#16]
It's what most of the posters have said here, new plastics, adhesives, and glues. The smell can't be duplicated, unless you have some or all of those things replaced new.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:47:36 AM EDT
[#17]
Carcinogens.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:49:20 AM EDT
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I call it MethylEthylBadShit
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:50:41 AM EDT
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Quoted:
It's the smell of debt. Not if you pay cash. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:50:42 AM EDT
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Quoted:
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volitile plastisizers, your breathing plastic... But new cars have smelled great for years........even before the widespread use of plastics. but they have always had carpet and leather, with similiar |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:51:08 AM EDT
[#21]
Trimethyl chickenwire, formaldehyde, and other bad chemicals
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Posted: 8/12/2012 7:51:45 AM EDT
[#22]
I'm going with "debt" and possibly also "depreciation."
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:18:39 AM EDT
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So, if I understand this correctly, and I trust the offered opinions, the new car smell is evidence of a hazmat scene
Oh well....I grew up in NJ....it can't be any worse that the superfund sites we played on as kids |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:22:38 AM EDT
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Quoted: yeah mostly formaldyhyde This is what I understood. |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:22:48 AM EDT
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It's "that smell."
"Ooooohh that smell. Cantcha smell that smell? Ooooooh that smell. The smell that's around you."
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:23:52 AM EDT
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yeah mostly formaldyhyde This. |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:29:11 AM EDT
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What is chlorofluorocarbon? for $500.00 Alex.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:29:48 AM EDT
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It is none of that, it is a spray that dealers use on the cars. That's all.
My franchise home office makes new car scents for companies. ETA: You can buy your own bottle of it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/SCENT-Freshener––SMELLS-BOUGHT-FOREVER/dp/B002J7VX4Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1344789120&sr=1-1&keywords=new+car+smell |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 8:31:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: Hexamethylchickendeath I knew it! |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 12:29:42 PM EDT
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In Rolls Royces, Ferraris, Bentlys, Mercedes, BMWs, and Jaguars it is the smell of leather.
I have no idea what the smell is from in plactic cars––but it is probably toxic in some way. |
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Posted: 8/12/2012 12:33:49 PM EDT
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The smell of instant 20% depreciation
smells good 
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Posted: 8/12/2012 12:35:39 PM EDT
[#32]
it is scientifically proven to be a vagina magnet
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Posted: 8/12/2012 12:56:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/12/2012 1:07:42 PM EDT
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VW is the "worst" about new car smell. I have one that is 10 years old and has over 150k miles on it, and I swear it still has some of that "new car" smell.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 1:09:20 PM EDT
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I think new car smell is similar to new shoes smell...
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Posted: 8/12/2012 1:12:07 PM EDT
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Cash, it depreciates faster than the Toyota I paid for with it.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 1:12:56 PM EDT
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VW is the "worst" about new car smell. I have one that is 10 years old and has over 150k miles on it, and I swear it still has some of that "new car" smell. VWs smell like crayons. 
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Posted: 8/12/2012 1:22:34 PM EDT
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VOCs, enjoy the tumor.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 2:41:59 PM EDT
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I read somewhere that most of the smell is the glue used for the carpeting. So I guess you are "sniffing" glue for a while.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 2:47:14 PM EDT
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It's the vinyl dashboard.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 2:49:46 PM EDT
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Sealed in farts from the UAW who built the car. Pretty difficult to get that smell again.
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Posted: 8/12/2012 2:54:59 PM EDT
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It's "that smell." "Ooooohh that smell. Cantcha smell that smell? Ooooooh that smell. The smell that's around you." " the smell of death surrounds you "
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