That new car smell....

[tboy]

once again, I am proven correct. I've been telling people for years that that "new car smell" isn't all that healthy. It is just all the plastics etc gassing off and from my work in the plastics industry, that ain't good for you....

Now I'm proven correct:

https://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/2444/new-car-smell-linked-to-cancer-birth-defects-report

"Ah, take a deep breath of that new car smell. The scent of happiness, isn't it? And: toxins. Bromine, chlorine, lead, and heavy metals--all found in car interiors--have been linked to a wide range of health problems."

click on the link for more......

 

[Boing]

You are always right Tboy :bomb: :whip:


Not really :music:

 

[Esco!]

You can buy new car smell spray bottles in stores: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...=3566l3566l0l6543l1l1l0l0l0l0l127l127l0.1l1l0

 

[Caesarsalad]

Brother, everything is linked to cancer. Don't believe everything you read.

 

[Swagger]

Brother, everything is linked to cancer. Don't believe everything you read.

Read on Caesar.

The scent is a medley that arises from the off-gassing of the plastics, leathers, and textiles in the car's interior. The chemicals, suggests Ecology Center, the report's authors, contribute to a variety of acute, long-term health concerns. Bromine, chlorine, lead, and heavy metals--all found in trace amounts--have been linked to a wide range of health problems such as allergies, birth defects, impaired learning, liver toxicity, and cancer.

 

[Maurice Boscorelli]

Makes a good argument to by used then.

 

[Art Mann]

The other argument, which is hard to refute, is this:

Buy the car coming in off a three year lease at 50 k on the odometer. Sell it within three years before it hits 100k. These are the best years in the life of a vehicle. Some sucker (or business that didn't care) paid all the initial depreciation, that instant 10k drop driving off the lot, plus a few more months worth. Any initial bugs have been worked out. You get the benefit of a few trouble free years with minimal depreciation. Then you sell just as the car is about to start depreciating more quickly again and about to encounter age related repair problems.

Buy at 2-3 years old, sell at 5-6.

Never pay new car sticker prices, never inhale those insidious new car chemical smells.

 

[tboy]

The other argument, which is hard to refute, is this:

Buy the car coming in off a three year lease at 50 k on the odometer. Sell it within three years before it hits 100k. These are the best years in the life of a vehicle. Some sucker (or business that didn't care) paid all the initial depreciation, that instant 10k drop driving off the lot, plus a few more months worth. Any initial bugs have been worked out. You get the benefit of a few trouble free years with minimal depreciation. Then you sell just as the car is about to start depreciating more quickly again and about to encounter age related repair problems.

Buy at 2-3 years old, sell at 5-6.

Never pay new car sticker prices, never inhale those insidious new car chemical smells.

Yup, one more reason to buy a slightly used car as opposed to new.....

I can't recall where I read it but I think it was in germany, once they build a new office building, they furnish it, complete with all electronics, and turn everything on for a month. Then they totally exchange the interior air for exterior to vent off all the gases from upholstery, carpet, and the same oils etc from plastics. One thing offices are notorious for is never letting in unconditioned air. I know back when I worked corporate it was a major problem......

 

[LickingGravity]

I am proven correct.

Will you ever recover from the schock ? :biggrin:

 

[Jesus]

The other argument, which is hard to refute, is this:

Buy the car coming in off a three year lease at 50 k on the odometer. Sell it within three years before it hits 100k. These are the best years in the life of a vehicle. Some sucker (or business that didn't care) paid all the initial depreciation, that instant 10k drop driving off the lot, plus a few more months worth. Any initial bugs have been worked out. You get the benefit of a few trouble free years with minimal depreciation. Then you sell just as the car is about to start depreciating more quickly again and about to encounter age related repair problems.

Buy at 2-3 years old, sell at 5-6.

Never pay new car sticker prices, never inhale those insidious new car chemical smells.

Agree 100%.

 

[tboy]

Will you ever recover from the schock ? :biggrin:

LOL already have....it's not often that concrete evidence is ever brought forward but it IS nice when it does happen lol.....

When it happens with a buddy or something, I usually get a mumblemumblemumbleassholemumblemumblemumble....that shows a distinct lake of class. When I am proven wrong, I do give a humble apology.

I was recently proved correct at work whereby a much more experienced carpenter and I were working on somethine, I said "I think we should do this..." and (of course) he said "you're off your rocker...." Then the boss shows up and says "You guys will have to this...." and damn, I hurt my shoulder patting myself on the back. The kicker? The other carpenter didn't even have the class to acknowledge that what I had said was correct......showed me a LOT about him......