Smells in cars - what smells remind you of which cars?

[buzzer]

I injected some waxoyle into the sills of my Corolla snotter the other month... Now every time now I get in the car, I am transported back 30 years to when I had A lancia Monte-Carlo which I applied liberal amounts of the stuff...

When I had an Elise, the smell inside took me back to when I used to work close to an upholstery company... it was the glue smell...

I was passenger in an old Starlet the other day where the carpets were wet... the musty smell took me back to a Mini I had 40 years ago...

What smells remind you of which cars?

[odyssey2200]

The smell of an old sack of damp potatoes = Saab 95

[Fire99]

Smell of fear in a classic Mini, in the crawler lane on the M25 in torrential rain, being overtaken by... everything.

I don't think the owner had sorted the 'wet distributor issues'

[Rawwr]

1997 Toyota Carina E.

Smell of fear.

[NHK244V]

wet mouldy cardbourd = any BL product

[sebhaque]

The smell of most shoe shops - the interior of an Audi.

Currently, the smell of McDonalds reminds me of my Giulietta, principally because there's about 7 days (not consecutive!) of sausage and egg wrappers in the pax footwell (company car).

My Impreza also had a distinct smell I noticed in a few places - can't remember them though.

The VX just smells of a petrol station!

[stewjohnst]

Had two mk3 Preludes ten years apart, as soon as i opened door of the second one it smelt exactly the same as the first. Cant dedcribe the smell but it just smelt like a Prelude.

Maybe the electro luminescent dash gives off some weird ass fumes?

Oh and my new 520 smells exactly like my e60 when that was new but thats probably just a general new car and toxic glue smell...mmm carcinogenic loveliness!

[Wattsie]

Late 90's Ford smell! The brothers '98 Escort had it, my '01 Fiesta has it but the '02 Mondeo doesn't. I'm putting this down to different assembly methods/materials employed in production

[cahami]

Old ford thames 15cwt van circa late 50s early 60s have a smell you would never forget they are all the same and i suspect the smell still lingers on today.
its probably some form of carcinagenic plastic they used way back when.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Fire99 said:

Smell of fear in a classic Mini, in the crawler lane on the M25 in torrential rain, being overtaken by... everything.

I don't think the owner had sorted the 'wet distributor issues'

Cure:



Classics always have a fantastic smell of old vinyl/leather/oil/waxoyl/mustiness. Takes me straight back to my dad's Sunbeam Imp Sport

Saab 900 classics always smell the same - leather (if present) and "Saab". Don't know what it is, they all smell like it though!

MX-5 - damp

Saab 9-5 - wax crayons! Due to the glue they used apparently!

[Pig Skill]

TVR's - Glue and Fuel
Any of my father's cars - Farts

[Zad]

Wattsie said:

Late 90's Ford smell! The brothers '98 Escort had it, my '01 Fiesta has it but the '02 Mondeo doesn't. I'm putting this down to different assembly methods/materials employed in production

I think it is the mould release agent on the plastic parts. I know what you mean though, the 1980s ones had a similar smell.

[PumpkinSteve]

Pine air freshener reminds me of my first car, a Renault Clio.

[Waynester]

The smell of sick in a 1980 1.6L Ford Cortina!

My dad had one new as a company car, basic spec, plastic seats...

My little brother always puked in it, when he puked..my sister puked, followed closely by my throat doing the fandango &...puking!

That car stank..

[Smike]

Peugeot 205/309 Gtis all seemed to have a distinctive smell when driven hard, even when new

[chevronb37]

Every time I smell petrol it makes me think of the Exige.

[lost in espace]

Land Rover 109 = EP90 gear oil. And grease.

[ClaphamGT3]

All Triumphs from the seventies smell identical inside