That Smell - What does YOUR bus smell like?

[steve244]

[DuncanS]

I pushed my car out of the garage, took the roof off, fired a bottle rocket and shot it down.

[Jeffrey Lee]

[steve244]

I'm very sure many wear ladies undies.

I'll take this under advisement when I wash mine.
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82 AC vanagon approx 200K miles (3K are mine).
DD is a 2015 Leaf
Road Trip to Hell (FL 2023)
The Vanagon's drivetrain and chassis restomod thread. Best sung to the tune of I Did It My Way...

[steve244]

[dhaavers]

Late to the party…in my van, all I smell is adventure and unfinished projects…



- Dave
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86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"
<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS>

[Sodo]

All I smell is nose hair
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[Vashon]

I have come to beleive that vans smell like what they have endured.
a short list of smells a proper van has sure to acrue :
Beer,wine, seat farts,french fries , pot smoke, sweat, tears, really bad eggs, 3 generations of incense, spilled milkshake, pot seeds, totaly undefinable crud. wd40, motor oil of several weights, numurous other petrol products, old batteries, old glues , new glues ,old boy /girl friend smells (not any farther there)coke, pepsi, seven up, coffee, tea, pop corn, mcdonalds, burger king et, dogs, dogs and other pets,pet poo, old people, really young people, diapers, baby puke , other puke, your puke, burnt eletrical wires, nasty exhaust, camp firesmoke, oh god where did that come from smoke, cedar, cactus, sea brezee, smog funk, morning brezee, gee whiz louweez, Yup smells like vanagon.. did I mention three generations of incense?




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[DuncanS]

[DanHoug]

[Crankey]

I thought there was a hint of mouse pee from the heater box but I'm not sure.
I'm sure a stranger going for a ride would say cigarette butts.

[syncroserge]

I missed the smell of babies in my van for a long time. It is A LOT of fun to travel with little ones.
I associated the smell mostly with baby wipes.

Then I discovered that baby wipes are about the best way to get rid of the smell of diesel after filling up.

So now we wipe the dust off the dash, the stove, the floor...and my hands with baby wipes and we are happy again...memories

[Mckinleyvillian]

ya know, i try real hard to keep the van clean in the event of being pulled over. i know times have changed, especially where i live, but i've got this thing from all the years of worrying on dead and phish tour, guilty hippy syndrome.

so the van don't smell like much, but the longer i own it, i find things the PO stashed away, like matchbox cars in the corner of a bumper or other places. Last weekend I found a jar of weed that had to be close to 20 years old. Jar was doing a good job making sure the van didn't smell like weed
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so many roads i know
all i want is one to take me home

85 Vanagon GL 1.9 stick

[4Gears4Tires]

https://smile.amazon.com/Meguiars-Whole-Refresher-Odor-Eliminator/dp/B00G49DVGG

These can air fresheners work really well. Just like a bug bomb, you set it off and then shut all doors, and get out of there. You don't want to inhale it. There are several brands, I think I used a Griots one before and liked it better. Either way, it certainly gets rid of the post mountain bike sweaty clothes funk that my van will take on. It lasts about a year or so.
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'87 Syncro
Ferric Oxyhydroxide Superleggera Edition

[SCM]

I swear that I'm NOT making this up. I am (AFAIK) the only person in Montana that is trained and certified to use this device.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTQqPhgyV9g&t=12s

I'll have to spend some quality time inside my van but I bet I can tell you all with a high level of accuracy what it smells like (using "odor wheel" descriptors) and how intense that smell is.

But right off hand, I'd say it smells like fun about to happen.
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'91 Westfalia GL Automatic (GTA "Turbo" Rebuild w/Peloquin) and 2.3L GoWesty Engine

[HeinleinTrooper]

I smell smoke--my money burning a hole in my pocket.
That and something that drips and burns off on the exhaust.
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1990 Vanagon Multivan 2.1 WBX AT

[Vashon]

Somewhere some hipster van lifer is going to buy this expensive stuff just to have their van smell cool .
"Smells like wd40 cologne".......

https://www.papermag.com/mschf-wd40-cologne-2659303851.html#rebelltitem5

https://youtu.be/i5VEjs3nj0g

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[dhaavers]