What does your interior smell like?

[Freeman]

I've been wondering what other cars smell like when you first open the door.. A few people complain about the smell of the interior of my car and say it smells like oil or gas or even transmission fluid.. I also get "It smells like rubber" a lot.. My guess is the leather. It's particularly strong in the summer months.

On to the point. My car "smells" but I like it.. What does your car smell like?

[AyeJaye]

Wow... that's a really personal question




Honestly... Smoke. Though when I first get in in the morning, I can still detect that freshly conditioned leather smell. At least it doesn't sound like rotting fast food stuffed under the seats. I've been vigilant about my son not eating in the car

[Mensaf]

Honestly, it smells terrible to me if I don't have an air freshener in it, but every time someone comes in they say it smells good in there :idk: Weird.

[Crazy_pilot]

According to my mom, like old car. You can tell the previous owner was a smoker if you turn on the recirculate function on the HVAC.

[NikFu S.]

I don't think mine smells like anything, but my drier vent does currently evac into the garage as opposed to outside (gonna fix that one day), so sometimes the outside smells like lint and then that smell can creep in. :/

[bheinen74]

my svx smells nice, but i have not had it for a summer and hot month. Hope the leather doesnt smell bad then.

Anyhow, my legacy turbo wagon, i hauled a used transmission in it once, and it tipped over in the back and all the tranny fluid leaked out and down into the side. It stunk. It took about 4 years for that to dissipate, in the winter the smell wasnt noticable. In the summer, it stinks. Well, about the time the ATF smell lessened, i had a battery tip over back there, and the acid reacted with whatever was left of the ATF, along with eating the carpet etc. So now it has a funky smell again.