I put Lexol on my seats now and then, it always has a nice leather smell when I open a door! -----Original Message----- From: Peter Lucas <lucas@xxxx> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: [DML] that New Car smell >So, here's a topic that I don't believe we've covered yet: > >All old cars, no matter how well maintained, seem to end up smelling, >well, old. Smells have a huge effect on how one perceives an >environment, and cars are no exception. When I got my D, it must have >had 20 of those little pine-trees scattered about--I can still smell >their residue. Cars at car shows tend to smell like Armor-All. I >don't want my D smelling like like Armor-All, and I certainly don't >want it smelling like the pine-oil they used in the latrines back at >summer camp. I want it to smell like a new car! So what are the >secrets? > >I intend to eventually take out the seats and carpets and clean and >shampoo everything thoroughly in an effort to get rid of the slightly >musty smell that the pine trees were intended to cover up. > >But, whenever I turn on my heater, I get that "hot dust" smell (like >when a forced-air furnace comes on for the first time in the fall). >Is there anything to be done about this short of disassembling the >whole heating/AC duct system? > >Even a perfect cleaning would at best get us back to "neutral", and >as we all know, a new car smells far from neutral. I've tried various >air freshener sprays labelled "new car" or "leather", but none of >them were even close. > >I guess the real answer is new leather, which I will probably do >sooner or later. But, if anyone knows any less expensive tricks, I'd >appreciate hearing about them. > >--Pete Lucas > VIN #6703 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: >www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > >To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: >moderator@xxxx > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/dmcnews/ >http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications > >