My car smells....

[faiiacy]

 
…..like Downy!

Not the worst smell in the world, certainly, but actually not the best either.

And why does it smell like Downy, you ask? You did ask, didn’t you?

Not that it matters, because I plan on telling you anyway.

A couple weeks before Christmas, during a trip to Walmart, ostensibly to buy presents for various people, we picked up a very

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[benkylemom]

Sorry you're Downy in the dumps!

The worst I've ever had a car smell came courtesy of my brother-in-law, who dumped eleven pounds of rice in our car as a bridal gift. The car leaked, it rained, the rice fermented, and for months afterward it smelled like Saki.

[robinskij]

LOL.

Well, better than smelling like puke or floodwater, I guess.

[sus41]

For all non American: what is Downy? *lookstupid*

I spilled milk in the car once. In summer. What a stench!

[faiiacy]

Downy is a brand of fabric softener.

I assume you use this type of product in Europe, but if not it's something you put into the rinse cycle of your laundry that has the effect, other than imparting a (usually) pleasant scent, makes your clothes softer, and eliminates static during the drying.

It works in much the same way hair conditioner does, by coating the fibres of the fabrics, giving them a softer, smoother feel.

In earlier, pre-Irene days I didn't bother to use it, or at best used a cheap generic no-name brand. While these do not have as nice an aroma, I am still convinced that they do have the same softening/anti-static effect. As for the scent, that didn't matter to me because after all, if yuo can't smell it anyway, how would you know? Now of course, Little Miss Sensiti-Nose insists on the brand name fabric softeners. And who am I to argue? If it makes me smell better, all is good.

[sus41]

I thought it would be something like that. Of course we use this, especially here where the water is so hard. In Germany the top brand is called Lenor. ;)