the other day a friend of mine got in my car and we started down the road. then she mentioned that my car smells like crayons. Crayons!!?? i guess i had never noticed before, but she was right, it does smell like crayons. dont know why, i dont think ive ever had crayons in the car.

anybody else's car smell like crayons?

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1991 300 D 2.5 Turbo, 220k
also in the family:
1981 240 D 185k
1991 350 SD 185k
2006 S 500
2005 SLK 350

When I bought SDL, I could swear that it had a distinct smell to it. But, I could not place it. It was not cigarettes. It was not leather. It was not mold. Finally, I have given up trying to identify it and can best describe it as "old man scent". Sort of a mixture of very light cologne and that of a person, LOL. Well, it slowly dissipates every day. It's been six months and I can still sense it.

Mine smells like me or I smell like it, not sure which. :p

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'10 Chrysler T&C Stow-N-Go White. Grandpa's ride.

'13 Chrysler 200 Touring Candy Red. Grandma's ride.

Age and cunning will always over come youth and vigor.

I don't know what mine smells like, I'm in it to much. It seems to smell like a clean car.

What did she smell like Brian?

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

One of my cars had a distinct odor about it: My 2 yr old nephew upchucked all over the backseat.

Yummy, yummy.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

I did not notice any "peculiar" smells to it, Hattie. Nothing that stays in my mind anyway.

Did you notice the "old man scent" on mine, LOL?

The owner of a machine shop that I deal with has a beautiful Audi A4. Beautiful, that is, until you get into it. Then the wonderful upchuck smell invades your nostrils and you cannot wait to get out of it.

I do say that getting rid of such an odor is damn near impossible.

Is it a lease car? Wouldn't that be fun trying to explian to a dealer.

Yeah your car did have a slight "old man scent" to it. Just clean everything in the interior and drive with your windows down for awhile. Mine was very stuffy inside until I cleaned it out, also new floor matts helped mine, the old ones were crusty and just ewww!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

No, he bought it. He paid something like 30K for it and he expects to sell it for 19K after 3.50 years of use, just before the warranty expires. He figures that it costs him only about 3K per year to drive it. I don't believe that it can have a resale value that high, but we'll see. The upchuck smell ought to knock off about 3-4K, LOL.

All of my 300DT's, from the past and present have had a very similar smell, an odor thats distinctive from any other make of car. Just about every w123 ive been in smells like the ones Ive owned.

My guess is that its from the materials that make up the carpets and MB-Tex. I would describe it as a sweet cologne meets vynil. Its especially prominent when the car has been sitting in the sun.

A friend of mine always has said (in reference to all of the MB's that shes been in of mine) that it smells like sugar cookies. My moms w202 C280 has the same smell, mixed with leather.

Theres nothing more comforting than the smell of my MB in the winter with the heat turned on! ok, maybe im going crazy....

I guess its the whole old car smell nostalgia thing.... great thread topic!!!

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Nate

1995 E420
1992 BMW 525i
1984 300D Turbo sold
1993 Volvo 244 sold
1995 Volvo 944T R.I.P!


"The details are not details. They make the product."
-Charles Eames

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Come to think of it the diesel fumes seem to drown out all the other smells!

Quote "start driving this clunker stinks"
-my dad

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Thank God I spread a couple blankets across the benchseat before putting the baby carseat in place. Puke was contained within those blankets.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

I get a diesely smell in mine sometimes, especially when I use the A/C. It does not smell much though.
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

My 1985 300SD smelled of old burlap feed bags.
Aired out the car, searched carefully and found two old burlap feed bags in the spare tire well.
I added an orange scent air freshener it the center mirror.
Now the car has a pleasant odor.

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Thermal & Aerodynamic System Engineering (TASE) Senior vehicle instrumentation technician.
Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH).
Dynamometer.
Heat exchanger durability.
HV-A/C Climate Control.
Vehicle build.
Fleet Durability
Technical Quality Auditor.
Automotive Technical Writer

1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

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My car smells like @$$, or maybe $h!t, or something like that... I can't deciede, it just has that old German car smell, with rotting horse hair padding and rotting vinyl interior...