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OT - interior smell
On Jul 9, 9:52*pm, John > wrote:
> It smelled like someone who sweats a lot and doesn't wash his ass. Probably smells like my shorts do this morning. Was out working fences this morning and a couple of the wolf dogs start howling close by. I **** everytime I have to deal with them as they would just love to eat me. Randy |
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OT - interior smell
In article > ,
John > wrote: > This ain't about ACVW but you folks are straight shooters so I'm asking. > > Oh, and it ain't a Seinfeld joke, either. > > I'm looking at a sporty car. Looks most excellent. Low miles (< 30K). > Seems the owner will let it go cheap enough. > > It is all black and was sitting in the sun, locked and closed all day > when I went to see it at 5PM. The sales guy opened the driver's door and > I slid in and WHEW! It stunk like when you get caught going up the > stairs behind someone with monkey-butt. > > He admitted it smelled like "something" and guessed it was from the heat. > > I might make a low-ball offer (well, I hope it's low-ball) with the > condition that they have the interior freaking PURGED of that smell. > > My question - is it hopeless? Are some smell impossible to remove? I > swear some are invulnerable to all but a nuclear cleansing. > > Tilting on saying No. God, I hate that smell. > > John Boy in MinneSnowta In stinks? -- If guns are out-lawed. Only the Out-laws & politicians will have guns. |
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OT - interior smell
On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:44:25 +0200, Mr.SmartyPants
> wrote: > In article > , > John > wrote: > >> This ain't about ACVW but you folks are straight shooters so I'm asking. >> >> Oh, and it ain't a Seinfeld joke, either. >> >> I'm looking at a sporty car. Looks most excellent. Low miles (< 30K). >> Seems the owner will let it go cheap enough. >> >> It is all black and was sitting in the sun, locked and closed all day >> when I went to see it at 5PM. The sales guy opened the driver's door and >> I slid in and WHEW! It stunk like when you get caught going up the >> stairs behind someone with monkey-butt. >> >> He admitted it smelled like "something" and guessed it was from the >> heat. >> >> I might make a low-ball offer (well, I hope it's low-ball) with the >> condition that they have the interior freaking PURGED of that smell. >> >> My question - is it hopeless? Are some smell impossible to remove? I >> swear some are invulnerable to all but a nuclear cleansing. >> >> Tilting on saying No. God, I hate that smell. >> >> John Boy in MinneSnowta > > In stinks? Pungent odours in cars are notoriously hard to remove, the most known up here are tobaco(as in cigarettes) and Dog(as in four legged animal). All aside from a rotting corpse, they are all almost impossible to remove(The rotting corpse, you cant..). So, unless you can adjust your nostrils to the newfound aroma, I would say let it go, life is to short. Posting here, I take it you are American, there are more than 330 Million of you, so the likeliness of you coming across another great buy is significant. Your milage may vary. J. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |
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"John" > wrote in message m... > Great information. Thanks, everyone. > > Doc mentioned carpet which reminds me that there are no carpets in the > foot area. > > I will presume the smell is curable. It doesn't smell like death. > > Oh, it is a black, 2006 Crossfire. 24K miles. One owner. I will offer $9K > and see what happens. John, i can't believe no one suggested this surefire, guaranteed meathod... http://www.nrsweb.com/shop/product.a...2050&src=champ You're welcome!! |
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Call me STUPID. Thanks for that.
So I consulted a few car freaks at the local bar. It cost me a few bucks. Good folks there. I asked the question regarding the stink and got a friggin chorus from the whole bar, "IT'S A FLOOD-MOBILE". See, we had a couple major flash floods here. Even killed a few people and ruined a lot of homes and naturally took away a lot of cars and trucks. So the bar mavens informed me that some rich folks get only liability insurance on their spendy toys and if the cars are ruined, they can trade them in on a cash basis and the title does not reflect the insurance note indicating it was flooded. So that's the thesis so far. To get the truth a guy would have to put the sales manager under some kind of truth drug. |
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John wrote:
> Call me STUPID. Thanks for that. > > So I consulted a few car freaks at the local bar. It cost me a few > bucks. Good folks there. I asked the question regarding the stink and > got a friggin chorus from the whole bar, "IT'S A FLOOD-MOBILE". > > See, we had a couple major flash floods here. Even killed a few people > and ruined a lot of homes and naturally took away a lot of cars and trucks. > > So the bar mavens informed me that some rich folks get only liability > insurance on their spendy toys and if the cars are ruined, they can > trade them in on a cash basis and the title does not reflect the > insurance note indicating it was flooded. > > So that's the thesis so far. To get the truth a guy would have to put > the sales manager under some kind of truth drug. Check up under the dash, inside the tail lights, and other hard to get to places. Flood vehicles usually still show signs of it. Check the oil for any signs of water. Very few, if any, people can detail a car well enough to rid it of all signs of a flood. Any sign it's a flood vehicle, I'd drop a 0 from the offer... Les |
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OT - interior smell
One thing I'd do is check the car over very carefully for signs it's been in
a flood (such as rust and sand in odd places). Flood water can be nasty and if it soaked into the carpeting and padding of the seats you may need to gut the interior to get rid of it, never mind whatever other damage may have been done. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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