No, not that my car smells, but rather the distinctive smells of a car. I stopped by a local speed place (http://www.allspeedautoworks.com/service.html) , and they had two cars on the floor that I have had in kind at some point in the distant past. I was amazed that the smell in their old Mustang, and an 80ish Porsche, took me right back to sitting in my own vehicles. It's amazing that the combo of fabrics/vinyl/undercoating and whatever else, retains the combined "scent" of a particular car for so long.

 

You can have it all the time.



that's how they do it

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certain cars develop a certain smell and it's not that new car smell.
Some are good i.e. leather and others are just vile musty smells.

 

As long as the previous owner didnt fart a lot or smoke I can handle the old car smell

 

New hondas with cloth interiors. I had a couple of CRXs and an Accord that all had a certain smell for the first year or so. It was sort of a variation on your typical new car smell. Just like the steering feel, it seemed to be commmon to all Honda products. I can still remember it. Don't know if the new ones share that smell.

 

I love the smell of leather. I've had cars with leather interiors that retained the smell for a long time. But my current three cars, the S2000, CRV and TSX, have leather interiors but no leather smell, not even when new.

 

MGs, new or old, always developed a musty, mildew smell. You could always tell when you were in an MG.

 

that's becuase every MG ever built leaked. Healeys too for that matter.

 

You forgot the Triumphs.

 

and the sunbeams

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