Ok Guys... i have just hit 13,000 miles this morning... and i was wondering about the new car smell.. that comes from the olis in the leather.. right?
If thats the case is there a way to get it back? i miss my new car smell.....

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2001 3.2 CL
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Glad to know I am not the only one who likes the new car smell! =) Haha I just sit in my car sometimes and take in the smell.. crazy huh?!!? I only have 2K on my car so I still have the smell I will try to bottle some of the smell up for ya.

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2001 Satin silver CL-S
* no navi, spoiler, mudguards
* wheel locks, full front mask
* fenderwell and door trim
* soon Comptech springs and sways
* 5% tint rear side, back

 

i don't know about you guys, whenever I drive more than an hour in my cls with the new car smell, i'd get really dizzy... sheeeesh, don't get me wrong, I love the smell tho.

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2001 Stock Black/Black CL Type S

 

same here, my friends think im a wacko. i even bought the pinetree air freshner called new car scent. DON"T GET IT. that junx stinks.


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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Cargo Net/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter. Comptech Springs. Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers, Comptech Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.
AEM CAI once they decide to make the dame thing.

gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

 

I have found that using leather moisturizer seems to preserve the new car smell a bit more...that or the fragrance for the moisturizer was "New Car Smell." Oh...never put moisturizer on the perforated part of the seat...you'll never get it out.

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I'm with Silver Lana on this one... would using a leather cleaner/conditioner like Lexol bring back the smell? Or is it one of those, "once it's gone, it's gone" kinda things?

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'01 CL-S
Satin Silver

 

Thanks for posting guys... glad to know i am not alone in my quest for the new car smell....
I am going to try and see if the leather conditioner will help.. i just picked it up from David McDavid Acura... and they say its the best..... so i will post my findings when i apply it this weekend.

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2001 3.2 CL
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I use Zaino leather care products and it definately helps to bring back the new car smell... but leather alone will never trully get that smell back.

Griots Garage makes a product called New Car Scent... and I would bet (guaging on the quality of their products) that it is pretty good. If someone gets it let me know how it is... griotsgarage.com

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S
San Marino Red (Navigation)
PIAA 19173 Ion Yellow Fog Lights
Aftermarket Black Wood Trim Kit

 

hey, I heard somewhere that Zaino leather conditioner has that smell. anyone have experience with this stuff?

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1997 Acura CL 2.2
Frost White / Quartz

 

Buying a new car might be less expensive knowing their products....

Soopa, that is a mean looking mouse you got there.

(I know what you're thinking, "That's what she said...")



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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 19169 & 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, Road Salt Finish by Mass DOT, only 1 scratched rim

 

Thats the BRAIN!!!!!


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2001 3.2 CL
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My 89' Legend still retains that new car
smell everyone is chatting about. The dealer
I purchased this car from must have sprayed
or put some fragrance in the air ducts
because the aroma originates from the air
vents. Especially when the air conditioner
is turned on. Based off this, I would assume
its possible to purchase some can of new
car smell.

I've honestly thought about going back
to the dealer and asking about where I
can buy some more, but they went out of
business. Now a Lincoln dealership took
over the lot. Count me in as a fellow
addict.

Keith


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89' Legend Coupe
2001 CL-S Coming soon ...

 

I have 22k miles on my accord. I can't smell it anymore, but when others get in my car they say they can smell it...

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Please have a crane drop on my car so I have to buy a new CL-S. But wait till I'm not in the car. Thanks

 

LOL! You guys crack me up.

marko: read what I said above your reply about Zaino.

also... about the new car smell from the dealer...

My sister used to have a '98 Prelude... when she bought it the dealer gave her a little spray bottle of "New Car Smell" that had the Honda logo on the label. I bet you could find that somewhere.

Also... I hear Lexus dealers spray all their cars with a "new car smell". Call up one of the parts departments.

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S
San Marino Red (Navigation)
PIAA 19173 Ion Yellow Fog Lights
Aftermarket Black Wood Trim Kit

 

Much of what we describe as "New Car Smell" comes from the plastics- de plasticizing(breaking down), the plastics release chemicals resulting in the smell. This process slows as the car gets older and the smell begins to fade. I have seen bottles of car deodorizor labeled New Car Smell. Try and auto-parts store.

 

I use Air Spencer CS-X3 (Blue cartridge "Squash")

the smell compliments the new leather smell PERFECTLY. It's not a strong or a sharp smell but mild and soothing hehe

To me, in storage, leaving the sunroof just a tad open and having the freshener keeps and preserves the leather smell in cool temps.

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2001 CL-P Blue Sub 6
Polarg BlHybrid M-6 Road lamps
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...725&a=10358832

 

Yeah!!!!! I use that stuff too. It's the best smell out there. Period. Well...second best, right after the new car smell.


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~Phil~!
2K1 CL-S since 6/13/00 named Laetitia! ~Quantum tint~ ~hyper-white road lamps~ ~spoiler, baby!!~ ~Uniden LRD 6599SWS Radar Detector~ ~Shine by Meguiar's Gold Wax~ ~Member of the Scratched Rims Club~ ~Getting a red Acura badge very shortly.~
~Xephyr CAI soon~
Former post count : Over 492!

 

As a former mechanical engineer I can tell you 100% what the "new car smell" we all have grown to love is.

It's GLUE.

Yes, glue. When any new car is built about 20% of it is glued together. Panels, headliners, etc... This glue has a special smell, which we have lovingly dubbed "new car smell". It has nothing to do with the leather or whatever.

Maybe this helps explain why the new car smell makes one of our members feel "dizzy".

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Silver CL-S w/ Navi, Spoiler, Wheel Locks, Trunk Tray, 19169, 9005

 

New car smell on an 89 Legend??!? When was this fragrance applied to your car the most recent?

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2001 Satin silver CL-S
* no navi, spoiler, mudguards
* wheel locks, full front mask
* fenderwell and door trim
* soon Comptech springs and sways
* 5% tint rear side, back

 

I'm creeping up on 9K miles and I was just recently told that I still have "it" -- the new car smell. I guess I must have gotten used to it because I don't think so!

 

So what are you saying, we pour glue on our seats?


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Oh yeah I enjoy the new car smell and my parent's CL still has it haha

 

Is that smell toxic after a certain level?
What about Lexol? I read somewhere that is stinks to high heaven.

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2001 CL Type S.
No spoiler. No NAV either. No fat chics.
no "phat" chics either.

 

Hey that's a good excuse to tell the cop that pulls you over. It must be the glue I've been sniffing. Yeah he'll like that one.

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01 Silver 3.2CLs

 

Now where can I procure this "special glue"?

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~Phil~!
2K1 CL-S since 6/13/00 named Laetitia! ~Quantum tint~ ~hyper-white road lamps~ ~spoiler, baby!!~ ~Uniden LRD 6599SWS Radar Detector~ ~Shine by Meguiar's Gold Wax~ ~Member of the Scratched Rims Club~ ~Getting a red Acura badge very shortly.~
~Xephyr CAI soon~
Former post count : Over 492!

 

I am with you on that one....
where pray tell, may one purchase a sample of this "glue" of which you speak?


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2001 3.2 CL
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If it actually is some sort of glue then I wonder as well if they are certain concentrations/levels where it may be toxic. I know some people cannot stand it and yet some of us here seem to find it intoxicating.. can it be some form of strange drug that we get high on?.. prob not.. just posing the question. =P

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2001 Satin silver CL-S
* no navi, spoiler, mudguards
* wheel locks, full front mask
* fenderwell and door trim
* soon Comptech springs and sways
* 5% tint rear side, back

 

Whatever it is, they need to start bottling it up and selling it to the general public cuz we love the smell.

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~Phil~!
2K1 CL-S since 6/13/00 named Laetitia! ~Quantum tint~ ~hyper-white road lamps~ ~spoiler, baby!!~ ~Uniden LRD 6599SWS Radar Detector~ ~Shine by Meguiar's Gold Wax~ ~Member of the Scratched Rims Club~ ~Getting a red Acura badge very shortly.~
~Xephyr CAI soon~
Former post count : Over 494!

 

Glue huh so if you get the glue wet it will gave to recure and smell agian? j/k but maybe something should have to be reguled in our cars.

 

Not to throw a snag in the glue solution, but when I purchased my Maxima, it was two years old, and it had the new car smell. I purchased it from the Nissan dealership. What's up with that.

dee

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PimpDaddy Gold, Deep Tint, BAAAAAD Attitude

 

Well, when stuff starts falling off in your hands, you'll know they used that "New Car Smell Glue" to get your car ready for sale!

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2001 CL-P Emerald/Parchment

 

My father is a chemical engineer who specializes in fine fragrances etc.His job is to create and produce fragrances used in a wide range of products ranging from perfume to the way Tide detergent smells.I asked him many years ago what might be involved in producing an air freshener that replicated the scent of a new car.He smiled and told me it was unlikely such a product could be made possible,his reasoning was this:the smell or scent is composed of a wide variety of solvents that are used in making the car for instance Toluene is used in many adhesives there are also a wide variety of solvents used in the production of plastics vinyls the paint the car is painted with etc.When the car is new many of these solvents are still evaporating from the materials they are used in,the concentration levels are below any harmful levels ,however since you are entirely surrounded by them you will notice them.My father then told me that in order to make an effective air freshener the scent in it would have to be composed in part on these solvents,but in order to make it effective from such a small package as an air freshener the concentration levels of scent required would most likely make the air freshener a very dangerous thing to have hanging in your car.Number one solvents are usually very flammable number two they are known carcinogens three they can make you dizzy or worse pass out, bottom line

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1992 mazda Miata lowered with Eibach springs KYB AGX adjustable struts Sparco racing buckets 4 point safety harnesses Momo steering wheel lo profile headlite system with PIAA superwhite bulbs Custom audio system Custom gauges Jackson racing supercharger with header and Greddy cat back exhaust and a ton of other stuff 2000 Honda Civic on APEX coilovers Full Alpine Audio system factory fogs with Piaa bulbs Catz ZETA headlamp system tinted custom taillites and on and on

 

Whew...I was just about to dip my seats in a toluene bath.
Instead I'll just dip my hard drives to give them that fresh smell.
I should be back online in a few secs.

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01 CL Type-S, White\Black\Navi\Comptech Springs+Sways\Burl Shifter\Guards\Smokers Package

 

Damn you Jens. Now you tell me this, after I buy a 100 gallon vat of Toluene glue. Damn you.


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~Phil~!
2K1 CL-S since 6/13/00 named Laetitia! ~Quantum tint~ ~hyper-white road lamps~ ~spoiler, baby!!~ ~Uniden LRD 6599SWS Radar Detector~ ~Shine by Meguiar's Gold Wax~ ~Member of the Scratched Rims Club~ ~Getting a red Acura badge very shortly.~
~Xephyr CAI soon~
Former post count : Over 500!! FREAK!

 

Okay, I just learned it the glue, its about mid 80's and my car's very warm and it smells like the new car smell. I just sat in there getting high off that .

hehe.

Tech. Tell me where I can get this glue, Imma glue my room and pour glue in the A/C vents.

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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

 

save me some dude!!!

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2001 Acura CL Type S
Black on Ebony
Navigation, Spoiler, Wheel locks and tint.

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