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Just as an aside, I was very surprised how well the mufflers cleaned/shined up with a little solvent and elbow grease...
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I've begun to enjoy an odd yet delightful part of my 996 ownership. After a nice evening drive I'll pull the car into the garage and close the door. Minutes later I'll open the house to garage door and I'm greeted with the intoxicating smell of leather and machinery. I've parked many a car in the garage and never noticed anything like it. Do all Porsches smell so divine?
BTW, 800 miles into my Porsche experience and I've yet to experience an IMSB failure. Or mice.
You've obviously never been on a pirate ship.
And, yes, the smell is on my top 5 loves for the car. Although I have a coupe so it has never made my garage smelly, that sounds nice. If only Glade read this forum.
"Leather and machinery" ? Uh... I'm not going there
Porsche "parfume'" = Oil, asphalt/tar and engine/muffler heat...very distinct! Just as an aside, I was very surprised how well the mufflers cleaned/shined up with a little solvent and elbow grease...
Ok ok ok... we know you're like the red-headed kid that just experienced sex for the first time, but sniffin' a Porsche is down right weird man.
It's kinda of funny, I grew up in the middle of cattle central and man, raw hide doesn't smell that great to me. It's nasty!
It's all those chemicals they bath into the leather that gives it a characteristic smell. My 996 had some of the nicest leather sports seats, but you couldn't smell anything close to the classic musk of top grain leather. Now if you get in my Volvo... now WOW.. I'm not sure what chemicals they infused in those seats, but boy, they smell nice... even after 5 years of ownership.
I dunno man, gotta watch when you sniff your Porsche.
Apparently after your date gets out of the car as you drop her off at home, this is not an appropriate time to sniff her seat. Wait until she goes inside first.
It's definitely leather. That's part of the Porsche "perfume". Now we just need a thread on the last remaining sense...taste. I'm not going to lick my car.
Exactly what mine smells like. My wife hates it especially when I leave the screen door open to the garage and the smell comes in the house. I was concerned there was something wrong with it.
