Funky smell in your car?

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Hey…

Am I the only athlete here who has a funky smelling vehicle? I can smell it pretty bad in my car, but it’s starting to smell in my wifes car too since I have to use hers(it has a hitch in the back for the bike) from time to time.

Is there something you can get to combat the odor?

Trae

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Your not the only one. I now use a tuperware box that I put my shoe and stinky cloths in. My last car I ruined by always sitting in the seat after riding. The tuperware really helps.

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Get leather seats.

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Fabreze
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Frebreeze, best stuff ever invented. I use on my martial arts sparring gear. Nothing but my training shoes get that rank, it works.

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a small rat died in the ventilation system of my honda civic…:frowning: I use heavy air fresheners.

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Hey…

Am I the only athlete here who has a funky smelling vehicle? I can smell it pretty bad in my car, but it’s starting to smell in my wifes car too since I have to use hers(it has a hitch in the back for the bike) from time to time.

Is there something you can get to combat the odor?

Trae
My seven year old daughter complains any time she has to ride in my car. Sheesh, no respect.

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I bomb my car with plug-in inserts… obviously without the actual plug in… Place one of those things on the dash of a car parked in the sun and you’ll come back to a ‘Mountain Fresh’ smelling car…

PS- if you do it in the sun, make sure the insert is on somthing other then directly on the dash… what ever is in that stuff will stain the interior…

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  1. I put a big basket in the back that I throw everything into (e.g., shoes, helmets, gloves, clothing, etc).

  2. I’ve got leather seats, which I use a cleaner and conditioner on once every couple months, keeps things smelling fresh

  3. I use Armor All (sp?) wipes to wipe down the dashboard, and front components.

  4. Take anything smelly out as soon as you get home, don’t leave cycling shoes in there for a week.

I hate getting into smelly cars

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Started doing most of my commuting by bike to get some extra miles in and save on gas money. I did not drive my car for about a week and when I did to go buy groceries it did not smell to good due to some food I had forgotten in there. I had to leave the windows down the entire time I was in the store trying to air it out.

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Stop picking up road kill!

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My 13 year old daughter gets in my car the other day as I picked her up from the horse barn…HORSE BARN…she says right away…DAD THIS CAR STINKS!..

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Leather seats…and air it out at a minimum of 120mph.

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The ole’ work horse QX4 will do about 90…

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Bounce sheets under the seat and inthe trunk. You can also shove them in your shoes. Better than odor eaters.

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Yes. Make sure your bottles of Perpetuem and/or Sustained Energy and/or Accelerade and/or Endurox never again leak into the floor carpeting.