I have been scratching my head over the stinky-clothes phenomenon for
a while now. I experience the same thing with my car. It's not a
gasoline smell, but an exhaust smell. My car is tuned as well as I
can get it, although there may be room for improvement. I know I
didn't have this problem years ago when I bought the car, and I know
that the fuel I used to buy (leaded premium) didn't do this. I have
the feeling that the current formulation for gasoline may be at least
in part to blame for it. It's to the point that when I take the car
on a long trip, I wrap my luggage in large trash bags to keep it from
smelling when I get to my destination.
--
Phil Barnes (peb3@cornell.edu)
Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
'71 TR6 CC61193L (26 year owner)
(currently hiding from the 12" of new snow this morning)
|