# VOCs, "Newe Car Smell"

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 1, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402 "2012-09-01T20:04:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![PragmaticDan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@PragmaticDan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PragmaticDan)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402/1 "2012-09-01T20:04:57Z")

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Is there any way to accelerate the dissipation of the “new car smell” in a new car, which consists of VOCs being emitted? Thanks! PragmaticDan

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402/2 "2012-09-01T21:38:49Z")

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Rent time at a paint shop and put it in the oven with the windows open.

Park it in the sun with the windows open about one or two inches.

Since the plasticizers have to diffuse to the surface before they evaporate, be prepared to wait quite a while.

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**Author:** ![Joe-Guy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joe-guy/32/124_2.png) [@Joe-Guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joe-Guy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402/3 "2012-09-02T18:25:46Z")

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Wait until it’s older and then buy it.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402/4 "2012-09-02T19:02:37Z")

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"The State Of California has determined that buying a new car can be hazardous to your health and can give you cancer…EEEEeeeeekkkkkk

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**Author:** ![RemcoW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/remcow/32/2471_2.png) [@RemcoW](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RemcoW)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402/5 "2012-09-02T19:06:50Z")

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LOL!!!

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**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vocs-newe-car-smell/74402/6 "2012-09-02T20:20:33Z")

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@Caddyman

I’d like to see a list of things that the State of California says _won’t_ give you cancer.