Do you smoke in your car? (F150, 2009, seats, truck)

[TechGromit]

I was at a traffic light the other day and saw a guy smoking a cigar in a BMW, and thought he's destroying that car. So it had me thinking how many people smoke in there car. Personally it I would never buy a used car where someone smoked in it. It destroys the resale value, you could get another smell to overpower it, but with the other smell wears off the smoking smell will always come back. Also it's impossible to clean the rugs and seats of the smoke smell, short of replacing everything made of cloth material inside the car, cleaning the cars ventilation system the smell is impossible to get rid of.

[evergraystate]

Smokers are disgusting no matter where they do it.

[caspian65]

I don't smoke, so the question doesn't apply. But, I had a friend that bought a 2 yr. old F150 Platinum truck that someone had smoked in. This is a very nice vehicle, probably right at $50k new. He thought they would be able to get rid of the smell, but it never went away and he traded it in 3 months later.

I think smoking is disgusting, but it's none of my business what people do or what they do in their cars. Wish they wouldn't throw their butts out in the road though. In a lot of places it's considered littering.

[southernnaturelover]

Not only the smell, but the smoke will turn everything a dingy yellow, especially the headliner.

[Grandpa Pipes]

In spite of all the anti-tobacco morons if I want to smoke my pipe in my truck I will enjoy a pipe or two to hell with the rest of the world and nannies that populate it. They can bugger off.........

Do I worry about re-sale value? Hell, no! I drive what I own until "the wheels fall off". Does my truck smell inside of tobacco? No since pipe tobacco doesn't stink.

Oh yes, I predict that this thread will fill up with anti-tobacco morons adding their 2 cents on how much they hate the smell of smoking. That's not the topic which they will all overlook!

[Me007gold]

Originally Posted by Grandpa Pipes

In spite of all the anti-tobacco morons if I want to smoke my pipe in my truck I will enjoy a pipe or two to hell with the rest of the world and nannies that populate it. They can bugger off.........

Do I worry about re-sale value? Hell, no! I drive what I own until "the wheels fall off". Does my truck smell inside of tobacco? No since pipe tobacco doesn't stink.

Oh yes, I predict that this thread will fill up with anti-tobacco morons adding their 2 cents on how much they hate the smell of smoking. That's not the topic which they will all overlook!

You mean like the 3 posts directly above you? When I smoked, yes I smoked in the car. widnows/sunroof open, ozone in the vents and the smell never stuck around

[evergraystate]

Originally Posted by Grandpa Pipes

In spite of all the anti-tobacco morons

Have fun with the throat and mouth, and lung cancer.

[Cape Cod Todd]

When I used to sell cars smokers would come in with their stinking trade ins and some were really bad. Most of them would get whole saled some we would keep and put a ozone machine in overnight and it would usually take care of the smell. My sister is a smoker and her car stinks and if she leaves anything in the car for a few days it takes on the odor. Being a non smoker I'm very sensitive to it and it is gross.
Cars that stink like smoke do fetch less money when they are traded in.

[fennec2009]

I am not a smoker but don't mind if someone wants to smoke in my car. It helps that I have leather seats because 1) there is less material that can absorb the smell and 2) I don't have to worry about burns on the seats. Plus the weather here is usually great so I almost always have my windows down and sunroof open so most of the smoke goes right out the windows....and the things usually being smoked in my car are not cigarettes anyway and don't have the stinky smoke like tobacco does . I haven't noticed a bad smell but maybe someone who is never around smoke could.

[TechGromit]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

Cars that stink like smoke do fetch less money when they are traded in.

Any idea how much?

Originally Posted by fennec2009

... so I almost always have my windows down and sunroof open so most of the smoke goes right out the windows....

I'm sure this helps, but you have to remember smoke is a gas, it gets into everything.

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

Most of them would get wholesaled some we would keep and put a ozone machine in overnight and it would usually take care of the smell.

It may have covered up the smell in the short run, but eventfully the smell would return. (probably after you sold the car) Unless your ripping out anything cloth related, cleaning all the surfaces and replacing them, the smoking smell always comes back, maybe not as strong, but it's still there.