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10-02-2003, 07:51 AM

Judge

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smoke smell in interior

How do you get cigarette smell out of an interior? I am going to look at an RS 2.5 tomorrow night but the bad thing is the owner smoked in it and I cannot stand that smell....will it come out or should I just not look at the car? Just when I thought I found something to look at.......

10-02-2003, 09:39 AM

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10-02-2003, 09:54 AM

andyhidley

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park the car with the windows open for a month............

10-02-2003, 09:54 AM

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Some detailers use Ozone to get rid of the Smell. Check out a few in your area. There are better way's than freebreeze

10-02-2003, 09:55 AM

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Better yet have them take $500 off the price for the "second hand smoke damage"

10-02-2003, 10:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by andyhidley
park the car with the windows open for a month............

its going to snow in about a week here...lol....

10-02-2003, 11:17 AM

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Well that will still work!! *L*

10-03-2003, 04:57 PM

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the smell was the least of the cars issues. It was junk...ragged out....owned by a kid that did not give a damn about it....

10-03-2003, 05:26 PM

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From past experiance with used cars. Smokers in general do not take good care of their cars and SUV's. Now that is not a slam on smokers just and observation.

10-05-2003, 09:23 AM

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Dump a tablespoon or two of vanilla into a box of baking soda and set it on the floorboard. You can leave it in while driving if you can arrange it so that it doesn't spill, like putting it in a shoebox supported by crumpled-up newspapers.

A new modern method might be to try one of those new style air purifiers such as the 'living air classic'

10-06-2003, 01:10 PM

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ozoning it works wonders....i work at a hotel and we have an ozoner...after putting that in for 30 mins, the room does not smell AT ALL, i dunno if that is a temporary solution or not but give that a try

10-06-2003, 03:43 PM

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cig smoke already damaged the interior of the car, thats why it smells like that, basically u cant get rid of it, BUt u can cover up the smell, just like covering up scratches with new paint. basically deduct 500 like that guy said, its fair.

10-06-2003, 05:53 PM

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Call a large local used car store, Ask for the used car manager. Ask him if he could recommend someone local who removes smells from cars. (uses a machine to do it).. If that doesnt work, call another used car manager.

The guy here charges us 20bucks a car. He leaves the machine in for like 4 hours, its a great help. These guys are usually mobile, they should even meet you at work.

Or look in the yellow pages, but calling a used car manager could be a better help.