How does your car smell

Neel · 6th April 2005, 11:02

Hi,

It's summer time and definitely the car does not smell nice from the inside. Especially because the A/C creates a lot of moisture inside and when parked in the sun for sometime it gets all heated up and makes it quite unpleasant.

I have tried a few refreshners was not very happy.

1. I was curious to know what the others do keep their cars smell good?
(During Summers and monsoon)

2. Please share any good economical refreshners.

3. Is a Liquid freshner always good, is there any alternative?

Regards,
Neel

haryan · 6th April 2005, 11:59

HI ..
try keeping a fresh fruit like Apple or a guava under your seat ....
Mango also will do quite nicely ..BUT remember to remove the fruits before it ripens and starts to stink ... change a fruit every three days .. your car will smell of the fruit and it is very cheap and Natural ...

ajmat · 6th April 2005, 12:22

Or strip off, sit in your car, tuern the ac+ heating full on, the heat should kill off the bacteria, run it for 10 min, then run for a cold shower and a hard earned beer

Shan2nu · 6th April 2005, 12:44

We use Ambi Pur in our cars.

It's small, easy to attach and very effective. Bacterias' don't stand a "stinking chance". LOL

U should be able to get one at most car accessory stores.

Shan2nu

Jaggu · 6th April 2005, 12:51

i use PLAYBOY !!

its a deo someone gifted and too strong for my taste

vivaid · 6th April 2005, 12:52

well.. i have a fairly elementary approach...
1 ) ensure that the car interiors are cleaned frequently.. every sunday in my case

2) keep the deo of ur choice in glove box.... "the car now begins to smell lik you".. making it a "TRUE" extension of ur personality... and ofcourse the deo comes handy..... also gives u the flexibility to change n experiment...

i frankly am not a big fan of the standard car perfumes.... makes ur car smell so artificial...... and most importantly... takes away the individuality of the car....

cheers.....

speedsatya · 6th April 2005, 14:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by haryan

HI ..
try keeping a fresh fruit like Apple or a guava under your seat ....
Mango also will do quite nicely ..BUT remember to remove the fruits before it ripens and starts to stink ... change a fruit every three days .. your car will smell of the fruit and it is very cheap and Natural ...

heheheheheheh

haha,

instead of throwing away that fruit after 3 days why not eat it the same day after u r done for the day,
how about artificial fruit ,it wont ripen,so it can be used for ever.hehehhe.

instead regular cleaning of the interiors and maybe using ur deo as vivaid said will help .

Ambi pure sukks.

gamerno1 · 6th April 2005, 14:10

i dont like Ambi Pur. so even i have the same question. any good car perfumes?

a friend of mine drives a 800 & sprays deo all over himself inside the car so his car smells the way he wants

Vulken Auto · 6th April 2005, 14:30

In US, famous car deo is "NEW CAR SCENT"

and if you are exotic then take fruits...strawberry in everything , you know what I mean..........

turbo_lover · 6th April 2005, 15:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamerno1

i dont like Ambi Pur. so even i have the same question. any good car perfumes?

:

yeah man i agree ambu pur is really bad .. i had it in mi car for a day the nest day it was removed ...arghhh it was nasty .. too strong the regultor hardly worked ...

neways ...ever sprinkled whiskey in ur car ??? not much ofcourse ..never waste it ...smells wicked whn u enter the car with the A/c is on especially at nite ...
ok , maybe i am weird ..

cheers

aadix · 6th April 2005, 17:42

dont use any freshner
keep the car windows open for first ten mins in the morning and make sure the car is cleaned properly every day.

iceman91 · 6th April 2005, 17:59

i have some ambipure anti tobacco but after my first cigarette it smells heavenly.....best air freshner in my car is on a sat nite when i have smoked up in it

Boom Shiva · 6th April 2005, 18:04

My car smells with its nose. Heh.

revtech · 6th April 2005, 18:20

ambi pur really isnt good at all.i had it in my cars a while back but got rid of them.that regulator thing never works and that liquid didnt really smell good at all.isnt there anythin else that can be used.lately my car has been smellin a lot too

Harrie · 6th April 2005, 20:20

I was using some imported one. Was very good. It was shaped like a helmet. Dont remember the flavour though. Throwed it off after it got over. Couldn get a refill for it. Ambipure gives me a head ache.

6th April 2005, 11:02	#1
Neel BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 178 Thanked: 35 Times	How does your car smell Hi, It's summer time and definitely the car does not smell nice from the inside. Especially because the A/C creates a lot of moisture inside and when parked in the sun for sometime it gets all heated up and makes it quite unpleasant. I have tried a few refreshners was not very happy. 1. I was curious to know what the others do keep their cars smell good? (During Summers and monsoon) 2. Please share any good economical refreshners. 3. Is a Liquid freshner always good, is there any alternative? Regards, Neel
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6th April 2005, 11:59	#2
haryan BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: HYDERABAD INDIA Posts: 345 Thanked: 5 Times	HI .. try keeping a fresh fruit like Apple or a guava under your seat .... Mango also will do quite nicely ..BUT remember to remove the fruits before it ripens and starts to stink ... change a fruit every three days .. your car will smell of the fruit and it is very cheap and Natural ...
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6th April 2005, 12:22	#3
ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 14,864 Thanked: 27,973 Times View My Garage	Or strip off, sit in your car, tuern the ac+ heating full on, the heat should kill off the bacteria, run it for 10 min, then run for a cold shower and a hard earned beer
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6th April 2005, 12:44	#4
Shan2nu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli - Karnata Posts: 5,533 Thanked: 125 Times View My Garage	We use Ambi Pur in our cars. It's small, easy to attach and very effective. Bacterias' don't stand a "stinking chance". LOL U should be able to get one at most car accessory stores. Shan2nu
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6th April 2005, 12:51	#5
Jaggu Team-BHP Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 20,215 Thanked: 15,907 Times	i use PLAYBOY !! its a deo someone gifted and too strong for my taste
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6th April 2005, 12:52	#6
vivaid BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 71 Thanked: 3 Times	well.. i have a fairly elementary approach... 1 ) ensure that the car interiors are cleaned frequently.. every sunday in my case 2) keep the deo of ur choice in glove box.... "the car now begins to smell lik you".. making it a "TRUE" extension of ur personality... and ofcourse the deo comes handy..... also gives u the flexibility to change n experiment... i frankly am not a big fan of the standard car perfumes.... makes ur car smell so artificial...... and most importantly... takes away the individuality of the car.... cheers.....
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6th April 2005, 14:10	#8
gamerno1 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Andheri (w), Mumbai Posts: 408 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	i dont like Ambi Pur. so even i have the same question. any good car perfumes? a friend of mine drives a 800 & sprays deo all over himself inside the car so his car smells the way he wants
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6th April 2005, 14:30	#9
Vulken Auto BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: . Posts: 545 Thanked: 263 Times	In US, famous car deo is "NEW CAR SCENT" and if you are exotic then take fruits...strawberry in everything , you know what I mean..........
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6th April 2005, 17:42	#11
aadix Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: hyderabad Posts: 1,597 Thanked: 14 Times	dont use any freshner keep the car windows open for first ten mins in the morning and make sure the car is cleaned properly every day.
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6th April 2005, 17:59	#12
iceman91 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: melbourne/banga Posts: 1,961 Thanked: 34 Times View My Garage	i have some ambipure anti tobacco but after my first cigarette it smells heavenly.....best air freshner in my car is on a sat nite when i have smoked up in it
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6th April 2005, 18:04	#13
Boom Shiva BANNED Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,055 Thanked: 18 Times	My car smells with its nose. Heh.
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6th April 2005, 18:20	#14
revtech Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,992 Thanked: 38 Times View My Garage	ambi pur really isnt good at all.i had it in my cars a while back but got rid of them.that regulator thing never works and that liquid didnt really smell good at all.isnt there anythin else that can be used.lately my car has been smellin a lot too
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6th April 2005, 20:20	#15
Harrie BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: KA 03, KL 12, TN 38 Posts: 701 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	I was using some imported one. Was very good. It was shaped like a helmet. Dont remember the flavour though. Throwed it off after it got over. Couldn get a refill for it. Ambipure gives me a head ache.
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