ceoart

I almost forgot what the new car smell is like. While I am getting my GS430 Painted my dealer gave me a brand new GS300. It had less than 60 miles on it. Could the smell be the leather tanning they use and could that be toxic? It is a real sweet smell. Might have been worse if it was a BMW :eek:

LexFather

Actually, I find German cars to have a more leather smell, I find Japanese cars to somehow get this stench out....

brendanlim

they have a small bottle at the dealership called new car scent. it costs $3.50 -- rip off, but it smells exactly like the new cars. i'll take a pic tomorrow.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

haha, i don't know why, but i got those lemon air freshener from supermarket, and it actually gives me the smell

Billbosh

I believe the "new car smell" is caused by the glue they use to install the carpet. My mom had new carpet put in her old car and it smelled brand spankin' new. I wouldn't go sniffing it for too long though

ShowGSLuVv

if u dont mind me asking? why are u getting ur car painted?? Another thing, the new car smell is actually from the plastics they release a fume which is the new car smell, I heard it isn't good for u, but the fumes will get on the windows of a brand new car after a couple months, people tell me though that my car still smells brand new and I think it's because I use Lexol conditioner every so often and after that u can really smell the leather,

ShOwGS

robbsneak

My GS always smells like smoke!, kinda skunky and piney really,...lol...nothing i use will ever take it away!?...

ShowGSLuVv

well...... do u smoke? if u do, then what u should do is Quit smoking in ur car, Clean up all ur leather, use vinylex or whatever it's called, and get ur car's carpet shampooed, even the trunk, and after that regular cleaning and conditioning will keep the car smelling like leather

ShOwGS

Jmai22

gee i wonder why???? this is a hard one.

meZoom!

meguiar's "rubber and vinyl shine and protectant " spray stuff gives me the new car smell. i use it to clean the buttons on the radio and junk like that.

ceoart

The whole front End has hundreds of small pits in the paint. It happened at the car dealer. Think they took it for a test ride behind a gravel Truck. The dealer paid for my deductible for my insurance and gave me a brand new GS300 to drive around in for about a week while it is being painted. Insurance company said it will not effect my Insurance rates. Treat it like a cracked Windshield.

ShowGSLuVv

u know one thing I don't understand about Lexus's is why they make the paint so thin, and cheap, becaues I've never seen a car that gets pit marks easier then my GS, my moms 93 infiniti G20 has less pit marks and I mean it has probably ten or twelve on the hood and my GS has like 50 tiny ones so far, I wonder why that is....? and the infiniti has been over a hundred mph so it isn't my speed that does it.... even BMW and Mercedez have awsome paint but lexus doesn't do a good job, what im getting at is if they were to repaint the hood of a car, would it hold up better then the factory paint job did? thanks

ShOwGS

ceoart

Since my dealer painted my hood before and the rock damage is the same on spots the dealer did not paint I would say the paint is pretty close to the factory. At least at my dealership. But this time they are taking a week to paint. So hopefully it will be better.

LVgs400

Lexus paint used to be the best. Then in 96 they said you couldn't use the plastic and stuff they were putting in the paint, so it became alot thinner and easier to chip. But, if you want a neutral smell, most car detailers have a car bomb that is supposed to clear all smells out of the car. Looks like a hand gernade.

blue wax

a REAL Lexus should smell like exhaust fume, burned rubber, oil and fuel. The gasmask should be for free when you buy the car !!!

LMAO........