My new car smell lasted till i had the Pat rust proofed.

 

It was about two months, a couple dozen tacos, one wet dog, and a puddle of baby spit up later for me that I no longer noticed the new car smell.

 

I had none of gluestick's additional aromas. My new car smell lasted about 3 months.

 

The smell in mine lasted about three weeks- It was Hunting season when I bought it and I was in the woods every other day - replaced the smell with an amalgam of outdoors smells,

 

You know, I was away on business one week this past summer, and the rental agency gave me a brand new Chrysler P.T Cruiser. It had only 100 miles on it, (I was in the U.S-Tennessee), and it had the brand new car smell.
Anyway, we were conducting some meetings in the board room, and i volunteered to go pick up the pizzas, subs and drinks.
I put the seat down in the P.T and went and picked up the food. I was delayed in Tennessee for another week, but would you believe, that the pizza smell was still there when i returned the thing 10 days later?
One of the few advantage of the travelling I do, is it gives me an opportunity to test drive alot of different vehicles. The P.T Cruiser?..Forget it...rough ride...too low to the ground

 

After three months, I don't notice it anymore. However, in both the Patriot, and in my other vehicle, I keep a little cloth bag under the seat filled with poi pourri, which has a Christmasy, cinnamon smell. It lasts for ages, and can be renewed with a spray scent.

 

Last spring when we went camping, I stopped by Safeway and bought a bundle of kindling, which happened to be cedar wood. We didn't use it all, and I left it in the back of my car. At the end of the next hot day I got into my car and it just smelled overwhelmingly of cedar. I decided to leave it in there for the rest of the summer.

 

.. just a thought, you think your nose is used to it at that point? 'cause its started to fade for me as well - but i think it's just cause i'm used to the smell, not because it's been replaced by any smells.. yet.

 

1 week and 350 miles, still going strong with the "new car smell". Then again, I'm a smoker (and so is the gal), so we'll see how well the YES fabric manages with that... Wonder if the YES helps with maintaining the scent... Their website seems pretty cofident in it helping against odors/smoke...

 

the seats maybe, but that doesn't stop the stench from getting all over everything ELSE in the car - like the roof panels etc that aren't covered in the 'yes' fabric

 

I am at a little over 7 months and 7000 miles and the new car smell is still there. A friend got in the Pat last friday, took a deep breath, and commented how he loves that new car smell. Granted I have kept the Pat spotless on the inside.

 

I love that new car smell too, mine only lasted about 2 months. However, I am not sad to see (smell) it go. I saw an article not all that long ago stating the DANGERS of the new car smell. It is caused by all the fresh plastic, glues, and carpet that is in the car. Supposedly one of the gases released is formaldehyde which is a known carcinogen.

 

And it's one of the reasons your front window seems to 'fog' over for no apparent reason (maybe film over is more accurate). It is the release of these gases that stick on the inside of the window-more prevelant with newer cars than old ones obviously.

We've had ours for a few months now and it still has that 'new car' smell to it.

Suz: your nose and it's ability to acclimate to smells is short-lived. (Think of a cooking smell in the house that you get used to, but go outside for a while and come back in. It smells like the cooked food inside again.) This applies to most everybody but I'm sure there are exceptions

 

i'm at almost 8000 miles and i've still got a hint of the new car smell... i think it lasts longer with leather seats than with fabric. also... i'm very careful about letting smelly things in my car.

 

Mine is still there since April, but not as strong.

DJP

 

On my last car [Jetta], it lasted five years. Everybody told me the same.

I hope it lasts forever on my new Pat.

 

Ever notice your favorite cologne/perfume doesn't smell as strong as when u first got it? Your senses get used to the smell and you don't notice it anymore...but everyone else still can.

It might be the same concept for the new car smell. I have a 2006 Saturn at the moment until my new pat arrives...I don't notice the new car smell anymore, but when other people get in...they actually make the comment "I love that new car smell".

Quite possible that the smell is still there and you're immune to it...

Spencer

 

Ever notice your favorite cologne/perfume doesn't smell as strong as when u first got it? Your senses get used to the smell and you don't notice it anymore...but everyone else still can...

That's called odor sensory acclimation. Your brain disregards familiar scents so that you will better detect unfamiliar ones. It's why people with halitosis are unaware of their condition; they've acclimated to their own odor.

 

according to some studies the "new car smell" may not be the healtiest odour to inhale and many cancer causing chemicals are part of that interior air,yes it may smel like something very NEW but I would rather smell the fresh air of Canadian Rockies

and you know I feel the same about all the different chemicals people spray in the air so their living room smells like a mountain meadow,it's an artifical chemical smell and specialy anybody that has small children should first think what they are actualy introducing tio the air we are breathing

 

Ah yes the new car stink! Start smoking in your patriot and it will be gone in no time. :smiley_thumbs_up::smiley_thumbs_up:

 

New car smell--the greatest smell in the world. And totally freakin' toxic. Ah well, everyone needs a vice.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9503413/

Here's an article on how the "New Car Smell" is actually Toxic.

 

WOW thanks! I'll be sure to wear a ventilator now everytime I ride in my Patriot, at least for the next 2 years, can't ever be too careful...I might die of something that didn't kill me when I was younger since everything is much more dangerous now.

FYI, article is titled "That new-car smell might be toxic"...didn't see the word "is" in there.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9503413/

Yes, let's keep the Asian made chemicals in our toys where it belongs.


ppfffttttt

I would coat the interior of my car in new car goo monthly if It would keep the new car smell.

 

I would coat the interior of my car in new car goo monthly if It would keep the new car smell.

Here Here!!

Dang I love that new car smell and would pay big bucks to have that smell in my car for a long time. (those "new car" smelly things suck though)

As for the posts that spoke about your nose being "acclimated" to the smell, you're half right. Acclimation is real...but very short lived. As I mentioned much earlier in this thread, the nose does get acclimated to smells but thankfully forgets them quickly once they are no longer in that environment.
i.e. If you cook something with a strong odor (fish or chicken?) you smell it initially but you get used to it while in your home. However, go to the store or take a short trip and come back a little while later guess what happens? When you walk in your house, that smell is present and you can detect it again.
I wish this phenomenon were permanent so my wife wouldn't get on me about going to McDonalds. Apparently I love McD's but it doesn't love me. I usually hear her complain all night long for some reason.. (damn, can't she get acclimated to that?!)

 

I'm sure I saw a spray in the auto section at Walmart called 'new car smell'.

 

I hope it goes away soon!! might be a while though .. mine is only a few days old
Have you ever noticed how it really smells on a hot day out in the sun for a while with the windows closed? I have to open the windows and let some fresh air in makes me dizzy...

 

ohh different brands of new cars smell different too anyone notice? dodge jeeps have a pretty strong odor so for some thats good news

 

From what I've been reading in the posts, seems that cold climates keep the new car smell in longer. Hot climate + windows open all the time will make it leave sooner. The only thing to worry about is what might replace that smell.

My buddy once spilled an large egg nog cappichino all over his seat and floor. He was too lazy to take a real effort to clean it up properly. His car smelled like vomit ever since!!