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Strange question: My 2001 S40 smells like crayons.... S40-V40 2001

posted by  Arro on  Wed May 19 17:47 CST 2010
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So when people get in my 2001 S40, often they sniff and say "You know your car kinda smells like crayons."

Do you guys get this? Do other Volvos smell like crayons?

Background:
My car has never been garaged, in Texas, so it has been exposed to great heat for a decade. It has cloth upholstery.

But, I also keep my car meticulously clean. I shampoo the upholstery about once a year. I keep the carpet vacuumed. I, myself, regularly bathe. And I have never had any crayons in my car.

I know that my old VWs had a particular "VW" smell. Does Volvo have a "Volvo" smell?

Arro Smith
Austin, Tex.








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    Strange question: My 2001 S40 smells like crayons.... S40-V40 2001

    posted by  djrobins on  Tue Jun 22 23:26 CST 2010
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    got ony kids? My dad had the same problem in a 57 chevy he once owned. Turned out one of us kids had dropped a crayon into a heater vent! Dad had more trouble getting one of us to own up to doing it, than fixing it. i blamed it on my sister, but I doubt we'll ever really know.

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