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Old 05-01-2005, 11:02 PM
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what up? just wondering if is it your tC still have a smell of brand new??cuz some people use AIR FRESHENER well
never use any AIR FRESHENER, just spray it with FEBREEZE DAMN! it always have a new car smell!!!! all the people who ride in my tC they love the smell of it... cuz it smells like brand new car!! i have my tC for about 2 months it still smell new they reacted like this..... :D :D

how about you tC???
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I got my tC on 4-20. It still has a strong new car smell, maybe b/c i haven't driven at all with the roof/windows open.
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ive had mine for 3 weeks and the new car smell is starting to fade away. maybe cuz i always drive with the windows down and the top open.
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smell is still there 2 months old! woo hOo and i always drive with windows/roof open, when hot of course
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Old 05-02-2005, 12:19 AM
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7months and still got it.
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Old 05-02-2005, 12:44 AM
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my tc is about 2 months old and the new car smell is fading
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Old 05-02-2005, 01:25 AM
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new car smell is over rated...

why do you guys like the new car smell so much? it gives me a headache, along with my friends that rode in my new tC. but when i rode in my friend's spec-v, i got the same headache... so its universal for me, lol.

soo..... what is so special about smelling plastic and synthetic materials? do you guys need the smell to remind you its a new car? just curious, not trying to start trouble. i air'ed out my car the first week i got it to get the new car smell out, lol.
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5 months old, smell is vagely there.
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Old 05-02-2005, 03:20 AM
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Well I have no Tc but the smell it's still there and is a lil bit over a year old. Ride it most of the time with windows up. Here in Oklahoma is cool most of the time, but when the weather warms up the car smells strong.
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IS THERE ANY products that will make the car smell like its original car smell?
my cars smells like in and out : /
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Originally Posted by MesSCIah
7months and still got it.
Yup Me too.
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Old 05-02-2005, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Toji
IS THERE ANY products that will make the car smell like its original car smell?
my cars smells like in and out : /

no. i bought some stuff called new car smell and it smelled like cinnamon. like people have said before the smell that you are smelling in a new car are the fumes and glue.
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yea febreeeze is good
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New Car Smell = Headaches

(But it smells good)
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My tC will never smell new. I'm a chain smoker. Had to smoke in it first week I had it.
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bump. again, i ask why people are so inclined to save that new car smell? its just plastic and glue. get a can of elmers and leave it open over night and you'll get that "new" car smell again.
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The tC and maybe all Scions(?) have a weird new car smell. It's very different from the typical new car smell.
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ive hot boxed mine a couple times, no more new car smell =( lol
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i smoked a few times in my TC,..sunroof open of coourse...heres my trick....put nag champa incence in there unlit....it smells like a pipe/hippie shop in muh ride 24/7 haha
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Originally Posted by epitek
bump. again, i ask why people are so inclined to save that new car smell? its just plastic and glue. get a can of elmers and leave it open over night and you'll get that "new" car smell again.

Elmers glue comes in can's? Really? i always thought it was a squeeze bottle.
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