OneAndOneIs2

Tue, Aug 28, 2007

That "new" smell

Apparently, one of the biggest joys of buying a new car is the New Car Smell.

I've only ever owned one new car, and every time I drove it I drove it with the windows wide-open until the smell went away.

Our new sofas were delivered recently. They're leather. Unsurprisingly, the flat has a strong smell of new leather pemeating it.

Unfortunately, whilst I can open the windows, I can't drive the flat around at high speed to get fresh air into it. Besides, it's not very warm.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't see why new things stinking is supposed to be a good thing. Leather is the skin from a dead cow. It smells the way it does because of the tanning process. Historically, tanneries were considered so foul-smelling that they were relegated to the outskirts of town or deep in the country. Hardly surprising, when tanners made extensive use of dung and urine...

Bah humbug.

3 comments • Categories: Omni, Rant, My Life

Comments:

Comment from: alison [Member] · http://www.creativehedghog.com

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when I bought my second hand car, I left it with the windows open etc, because they had added an OBNOXIOUS air freshener to it.

That and the junk in the boot was probably the lolight of the new car experience.

(no scratch that- it was the repairs... but that was later.)

Permalink 29/08/07 @ 11:33

Comment from: oneandoneis2 [Member] · http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/

(yay!)

Second hand car previously owned by a smoker - that wasn't fun. In fact, come to think of it, the only car I've owned that didn't need "airing out" for one reason or other was the one that was my mum's before she gave it to me :o)

Permalink 29/08/07 @ 13:24

Comment from: andrewtheart [Member]