My car stinks!

[GrammaCool]

Five days without a cigarette, got in the car today and it smelled like an ashtray! Hadn't noticed that in the past. Guess I'll use some of the money I'm saving on analogs for a good detail job. Unless someone has a cheaper solution? Good news is: I can smell things again! Hooray!

 

[JesByChance]

Congratulations on being smoke free and welcome to ECF forum. Hopefully you'll be able to get that smell out of your car eventually! Good news is that now YOU don't smell like that!

 

[Latif77]

Give it a few weeks and the smell will go away. I had the same issue. Save the cash and buy some juice!

 

[spaceballsrules]

You need some....

 

[FsckCigs]

Congrats on getting off the cigs, and welcome to the forum from a fellow noob. Yep, the car smell is surprising, isn't it? Soon you'll be able to smell the smoke on people's clothes too...and probably think to yourself "wow, did I really smell like that too?" heh. I always thought people were exaggerating when they told me I smelled like smoke...apparently they weren't!

 

[CountSmackula]

A vented container of vinegar will help kill the smell, especially if used on hot days in a parked car with the windows up. I used a heavy plastic cup from a local restaurant with a bunch of tiny holes drilled into the lid. Good thing it's been a warm winter.

 

[JesByChance]

Heck, how about this? I saw the commercials, so it MUST be true!

 

[Trucapri]

It'll subside in a few weeks but if you want to hurry it up, or until you get it detailed, try putting a few pieces of charcoal on a paper towel in the footboard when you park it for overnight. Charcoal will absorb some strong odors! Then for a little added touch, tuck a few dryer sheets between the seats.
Congratulations!!! You'll be smelling many wonderful, and as you've already discovered, some not so wonderful, scents you've never taken notice of!

 

[kfig]

Same thing happened to me. I've been smoke free for 3 days now. Went out today and cleaned my whole car. Added some baking soda in a paper towel under the drivers seat and sprayed a lot of febreeze. Hopefully tomorrow It will be smelling clean. I also used lysol wipes on all of the interior, where the cupholders are etc. I washed anything removable in the house with soap and water and Im hoping that will do the trick. Id try it yourself before you do a detail job,

Kristin

 

[kfig]

Ohhhh dryer sheets are a great idea!

 

[Sundrinkr]

And leave the windows open whenever possible! That worked for me.

 

[throwback]

I noticed the same thing today. Haven't smoked in there since my last cig a few days ago, and it wreaks everytime I have gotten in lately. I can even smell it beyond when my girlfriend can't, so must be my smell slowly coming back!

 

[bushmasterar15]

Welcome to the ECF.

 

[Forkeh]

First, you need to completely clean out your car. Take everything out, vaccuum, wipe down the windows and solid surfaces. Next, take some baking soda and sprinkle it EVERYWHERE YOU CAN REACH! Let it sit for as long as you have time. Preferably overnight, or even a couple days. After that, vaccuum your car again to get the baking soda out.

If the scent persists do it all over again. If you can still smell it. Fabreez all the fabric in your car, and put some baking soda in a little dish, preferably with a lid that you can punch holes in. Or even those fridge/freezer packs, those would be perfect actually. Throw a couple of those in your car and leave them until the smell goes away. It'll go away eventually.

 

[KeithB]

Febreeze worked well for me but you have to make sure you hit pretty much every surface inside your car. I won't recommend it because I don't know if it's a good idea or not, but I even sprayed down in the vents with no noticeable ill effects.

 

[Vape Suzette]

Your sense of smell is really making a comeback! Congrats!

 

[PumaSpeed]

Glad to hear your sense of smell is returning! I also noticed that the taste of foods is getting stronger and better
I used dryer sheets, cheaper than a detail, and you get plenty in a box. Also used a couple of those air freshners that you stick in the vents, and also sprayed the interior down with a few products too, febreeze, lysol, automotive interior spray. lol After a couple of days, smells fresh and clean!

 

[Dandafixr]

Heck, how about this? I saw the commercials, so it MUST be true!

wish my febreze sprayed out butterflys and flowers....

 

[mindshatter]

Big BUMP for the dryer sheets. They really do work to help cover the smell until it dissipates.

 

[nansc]

The Fabreze tha comes in the trigger bottle works real well too,just spray it on all the fabric ,that's what I did and it worked really well.