[Deano]

I don't let anyone eat food in my car. I keep the interior empty, free of clutter. I keep after the dust about once a month. I've only polished the seats twice using BMW leather care. I do get a musty smell when the air conditioner is used infrequently. I put a bunch of deoderant spray into the cabin intakes, but they did not fix the musty heater/ac. I vacuum the carpets once a month, but have never shampooed them.

What is the best way to get that new car smell? I want the car to smell like a car. I don't want it to smell like a fruity perfume or a bathroom deoderizer. I just want it to smell as clean as it looks.

What do you guys recommend?

[theXman]

You want new car smell, GO BUY A NEW CAR.

[psE60]

Keep a few little trees in your car

[PraiseTheLowered]

that smell are the chemicals that are being released from the leather and trim

try a hvac cleaner from detailersdomain, some good stuff

[dmahon]

Yankee Candle sells a leather scented auto air freshener...same concept as the little tree above, but leather scented.

[superlubricity]

1Z Einszett Klima-Cleaner

[PraiseTheLowered]

superlubricity, on Jun 20 2009, 12:07 PM, said:

1Z Einszett Klima-Cleaner

+1 thats what i use and love it

[richard313]

for the 1Z Einszett Klima-Cleaner, it just cleans the AC to give you a fresh smell right?
I don't think that will give you a "new car" smell.

what kind of leather treatment I can give to my E60 to get the nice leather smell.

[PraiseTheLowered]

richard313, on Jun 20 2009, 02:33 PM, said:

for the 1Z Einszett Klima-Cleaner, it just cleans the AC to give you a fresh smell right?
I don't think that will give you a "new car" smell.

what kind of leather treatment I can give to my E60 to get the nice leather smell.

leatherique leather cleaner and restorer is really the only way to get your leather like the day you bought the car

[sixcard]

Hey Deano try some Beanos!

six

[hondik]

Shampoo the carpets and ALSO !! and that is the most important part - the headliner. Have all the air intakes cleaned and disinfected. That's the only way how to recover the new car smell. Forget cabbie trees and chemicals

[kaiten408]

PraiseTheLowered, on Jun 20 2009, 06:56 PM, said:

leatherique leather cleaner and restorer is really the only way to get your leather like the day you bought the car

I defintitely agree...leatherique is some awesome stuff, makes the leather smell and feel like new, but it is kind of a PITA to use, but worth it to me

[richard313]

I just bought some Little Tree New Car Scent, IMO, not even close, probably going to throw them away.

[kaiten408]

Yeah, i wouldn't think that those would smell that good. Have you tried this stuff called Ozium? It works very well at removing odors from your car, whether it be smoke or just plain stink. It's smells strong at first, but after a min it wears off and it smells like normal again.

[Deano]

Last year I sprayed an entire bottle of Pure Air into the cabin air intakes located beneath the cabin air filters at the back of the engine bay. I replaced the filters as well. This accomplished absolutely nothing. Waste of time and money.

About a month ago I purchased a can of Einszett Kilma Cleaner, but I haven't used it yet. Based on good reviews of it here, I will try it.

I have the BMW leather cleaner/conditioner. I've used it before. It does add a clean smell, but unfortunately it doesn't last very long (I know its main purpose is to take care of the leather). I will look into the leatherique leather cleaner and restorer even though I still have the BMW stuff.

What do I use to shampoo the carpets? I don't want to buy a $1000 car detailer machine, but I will invest some $$ for the right tool.

I took a look at the headliner, and NO WAY would I attempt that. It looks like it's so easily stainable. Plus there are electronic gizmos hiding everywhere up there.

I do not smoke and never let anyone eat in the car. I assure you there's no armagedon supply of Cheerios beneath the rear seat.

The Beano suggestion will be given some serious thought.

I don't care for adding the trees and the like. You just introduce a fake smell that masked the real problem.

I have read about air disinfectants that need to be sprayed into the recycled air vent that is supposed to located some where in the front passenger's footwell. I've looked and cannot find it.