A friend of mine bought a CLK 55AMG with 5,000 miles on it and drove it on a fairly warm day last week and was dissappointed to smell cigarette smoke in the car. Apparently the PO smoked for the 5,000 miles he owned the car. The dealer is going to perform an ozone purge to the inside of the car and says it will remove all the cig smell. Anybody have luck with this or even heard about it?

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

Ozone purge or Wallet purge? Ozone is great for odor removal such as cigarette smoke, as an oxidant it also works well against bacterial scent generators, but does not do especially well against most household contaminants or allergens (UV light works for those.) The efficiency of the odor removal will depend on the equipment used, the filtration used in combination with the ozone and the tenacity of the odors.

Thanks for the reply. Ozone is very nasty stuff. Highly toxic and unstable. I wonder how they do it because I also wonder what happens to vinyl, leather, and wiring insulation when exposed to high concentrations of ozone.

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

Believe it or not,
Trick I learned from a local frozen custard owner. Coffee beans. Choose your favorite bean (mine is French Vanilla) Place the whole beans in a cotton sack and place under the seat. Like charcoal the coffee absorbs odor and at the same time covers the stink of the cigar. Worked twice for me. Takes a while but the car smell great.

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Paul

how big of a bag of beans?

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dtf
1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

The odor will dissipate naturally within 30 to 60 days.

Duke

for best results, open all the windows,
point it to a highway
and take it
to the limit
one more time ...