June 30, 200421 yr Well, they suck anyway... I got one of those tree-shaped air fresheners (vanilla) and hung it on the shifter of my OBW. It was laying on the plastic fakey-wood console trim for a few days when I decided to get rid of it. The nice-smelling substance in the freshener had a nasty chemical reaction with the plastic trim- it melted the clear coating which had become all rippled and started to peel off. Not horribly noticable unless you know where to look, but jeez!
June 30, 200421 yr Aren't those supposed to go on the rear-view mirror? Why'd you put it on the shifter?
June 30, 200421 yr Great buckets of spoot! Darn stinky pine trees! P.S. if you hang it on the rear view, everyone can see it and will know you have a stinky car.
June 30, 200421 yr I hate the #$% things but now I know why! Thanks, Glenn 82 SubaruHummer never had an air thingy in it. 01 Forester never going to...
June 30, 200421 yr Author Aren't those supposed to go on the rear-view mirror? Why'd you put it on the shifter? Didn't want to get it tangled up in the little soccer ball that my daughter gave me to hang in the car. The car didn't even smell bad- I just thought the vanilla would be nice. Maybe I'll call around to the boneyards and see if I can find a replacement... bajavwnsoobnut- I'm gonna have to take a look at the packaging on those stinky trees to see if there's any kind of warning about this little phenomenon- if not, maybe I'll write the company and see if they'll pony-up some cash for some new console trim.
July 1, 200421 yr Much better to get a Nodding dog thing to dangle in way of your vision! They dont smell at all, and especially dont smell like real live wet dogs.
July 1, 200421 yr Author I believe there are disclaimers on the package. Yup- something like "hang freely / no contact with surfaces" Oh well...
July 2, 200421 yr Thanks for the advise... I do like the air freshners...(not the trees though) and I would have never even thought about the affects it could have on my NEW Subbie.... Id hate to have to go hunt down a company that hurt my Subbie... Vicky
July 2, 200421 yr I've been hanging fresheners from the dome light...it's out of the way there, no contact with "un-authorized" surfaces. Just my 2 bucks
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