When people put air fresheners in brand new cars...

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 04/26/2016 at 17:04 • Filed to: None

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:09

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And the air freshener is “New Car Smell”

Urambo Tauro > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:09

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How else are you going to cover up the stench of depreciation?

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:09

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You turn into a black guy?

jkm7680 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 04/26/2016 at 17:09

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I actually did see that. Brand new Rav 4.

jkm7680 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/26/2016 at 17:10

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Yes Zoidberg, exactly.

HammerheadFistpunch > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:10

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some people salt their soup before tasting it too...humanity is a sham.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:10

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Or clear plastic seat covers...

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 04/26/2016 at 17:13

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Or my wife’s patented move: adding Sriracha to anything before tasting.

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/26/2016 at 17:14

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Well I know I like sriracha...and I don’t know if I like this...hmmm, I know!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:16

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I’d do that, love me some coconut little trees!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:16

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jkm7680 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 04/26/2016 at 17:17

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get out

TheHondaBro > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/26/2016 at 17:17

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And has question marks hovering around him. Sketchy.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/26/2016 at 17:17

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Well that I can understand, especially when it’s something that came in packaged or frozen.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/26/2016 at 17:18

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Or seat covers at all. “I bought a nice car with leather seats, but I’m going to cover then in spandex, and polyester from O’Reily’s so the next person who owns this car can enjoy the seats.

DoYouEvenShift > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:19

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I dont blame them, some new cars have weird smells.

Hyundai/Kia have a weird industrial chemical smell.

VW smells like melting Crayons.

Takuro Spirit > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:19

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Some people REALLY like Black Ice.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 04/26/2016 at 17:20

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I got some rhythm. It was shocking.

jkm7680 > Takuro Spirit 04/26/2016 at 17:20

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I don’t really mind it, I had quite the collection of air fresheners in my A4. Then in my A6.

But now that I have new car smell, I don’t need none of that crap.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 17:21

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no. an orange little tree will forever hang from my mirror, rather it’s a 1995 Civic, or a brand new F-150.

jkm7680 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 04/26/2016 at 17:23

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get out

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 04/26/2016 at 18:23

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Make much more appealing to a potential buyer... They’re making some nice seat covers out of neoprene wetsuit material.

Svend > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 18:34

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I’ve got Yankee Candle vanilla scented air vent air freshners in mine because I like the smell. They went in on day three of getting the car, they would of went in straight away but only found them on the third day after getting the car.

The car has leather interior and smells nice but I like the vanilla scent more.

JRapp: now as good as new again > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 18:43

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I have never owned a new-new car, but cars that are new to me, I always do that, and it’s generally more of a “I claim this as mine” kind of thing. Like a collar on a dog. But it’s not a generic smelly tree. It’s almost always an “Estonia” Wunderbaum tree that’s more like a touch of personalization, and not to produce a smell necessarily.

jkm7680 > JRapp: now as good as new again 04/26/2016 at 18:57

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Speaking of which.....

A week before my old car became too expensive for me to maintain (Audi A6), I ordered a few Wunderbaums from Croatia.

Next old German car I have, they’re going in.

JRapp: now as good as new again > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 19:17

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Yea I moved my Estonia Wunderbaum from my Audi A6 that became too expensive to maintain (4.2L chain guides, valve damange, etc..) to my Acura.

jkm7680 > JRapp: now as good as new again 04/26/2016 at 19:20

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Shit, really? Hahah.

We both used to have A6s with Wunderbaums that we sold because they cost too much to maintain? That’s pretty cool actually.

JRapp: now as good as new again > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 19:25

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Seems to be a trend there... I had a 2005 C6 A6 with the 4.2L. The chain guides went, taking some of the internals with them. The dealer quoted me Ten Thousand Dollars to fix it (used cars in similar conditions were running under $10k around here). Indy shops would have put a new used engine in there for roughtly $6-7k. I figured it was time to get out, and sold what was left of the car for a bit under $5k, paid off what was left of my loan, and used what was left to get the Acura MDX for now...

jkm7680 > JRapp: now as good as new again 04/26/2016 at 19:28

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I had a one owner ‘00 A6 with only 100k on it, bad clutch and a bunch of other small problems that would be considered wear items and much cheaper on any other car. No other real problems ever before then though. It was a reliable car for the first 15 years of its life.

Couldn’t stomach the $5,000+ repair bill. Really nice car, took great care of it also.

JRapp: now as good as new again > jkm7680 04/26/2016 at 19:40

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Yea I sometimes wished I had opted for a really clean C5 A6 instead of the C6, maybe a 4.2L with the wide-body, but at the time the C6 seemed newer and flashier for the same price. It wasn’t a totally clean one though - multiple owners, some minor previous accident damage, some wear and tear.. It did last me a good 70k miles until it finally imploded at 150k or so. There was some minor chain rattle from early on, but the dealers all said that “that’s normal, they all do that”.

jkm7680 > JRapp: now as good as new again 04/26/2016 at 19:43

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The 4.2 was a preeeety sexy engine for the C5. A few people were running them over 300k and having them still hold up fine. I chose the 2.7t though because manual.

My A6 still looked good for the age and I still got compliments from strangers from time to time, but it still was kinda beat at the same time.