"enjoyment akin to glue-sniffing"

[Taro Toporific]

Love the smell of a new car? Read this
"The distinctive smell inside a new car, often a source of satisfaction to owners, comes from the same form of pollution that causes sick building syndrome, a study in Japan shows.
It said the smell in a new car could contain up to 35 times the health limit set for volatile organic chemicals in cars in Japan, making its enjoyment akin to glue-sniffing... "

[gaijinzilla]

That explains why I used to get headaches sitting inside my dad's new car.....back in 1976

[Taro Toporific]

That explains why I used to get headaches sitting inside my dad's new car.....back in 1976

Actually... for years in the car business, dashboard outgassing has been thought of as "normal."

Hey, he-gokimushi, did I just outgass?

[Mulboyne]

Japan Automakers Toning Down New-Car Smell
TOKYO (AP) - Anyone who's pulled away from the dealer's lot in a shiny, new sedan knows the seductive scent of fresh plastic, paint and upholstery that evokes a rush of pride and consumer satisfaction. But that unmistakable new-car smell may soon be heading the way of the rumble seat: recent research linking it to a toxic cocktail of harmful chemicals is spurring efforts by Japanese automakers to tone down the fumes. Japanese manufacturers, including Toyota Motor Corp., have become the first to set an industrywide goal of reducing cabin concentrations to within government guidelines. The push could spur similar action by U.S. and European rivals, making interior air quality an emerging auto safety issue...more...

[IkemenTommy]

I used to purposely spray that "new car scent" in the car but I guess that wasn't good for you either. But then again.. anything that's good or pleasurable is surely bad for your health.

[Greji]

You just set the heads off Bro! I can hear them now!

".....Hey man, you all messed up. Yeah man, I just did a whole Toyota, You know the whole thing, right up the nose.

It was really great dude! Tomorrow I think I'll do a line of Nissans and maybe an Issuzu dumptruck!..."