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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3227726" data-attributes="member: 665">A few years ago, a reviewer mentioned that Minox MAJ HGs had a bad smell, and some site said the odor from the Minox armoring was toxic. So are some of the volatiles from that "new car smell." Some Fuji owners reported a bad odor coming from their FMTRs. Kenny Jones had a thread on binocular smells on Cloudy Nights, but I can't find it in the archives. What the alphas need is a "smell team" to make sure their bins' fragrance is pleasing to the owners and non-toxic. Jaguar has a "smell team." Toyota reports that it has an ongoing effort to improve the "interior atmosphere" of all its cars. Audi AG in Ingolstadt, Germany, has a "nose team" that smells the interiors of cars and materials samples. Manuela Frank, a member of the team, says that at Audi they are striving for a "low-smell environment." Every morning at 11 o'clock, Frank and her team smell heated-up dashboards or fabric swatches. "This afternoon," said Frank in lilting English, "we are smelling the interior of a finished car."The nose team takes care of its noses by always avoiding strong perfumes and seasonings, and they limit their smell sessions to six specimens over 15 minutes. "After that, you are not discerning," she said. "Like wine tasters, we have rules."<a href="http://www.caranddriver.com/features/secrets-of-that-new-car-smell" target="_blank">That New Car Smell</a>Being that alphas now cost almost as much as used car, should they not also have a smell team? I know Kenny J would agree. </blockquote>

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