Audi Car Smellers.

saholz · 06-02-2003, 04:28 PM

The Sunday NY Times magazine had a picture and little story about two woman who are actually car smellers for Audi. They have to sit in new Audis and smell them to make sure the odors are mild and inoffensive. I hope they don't have to smell the seats on used cars as well. Tough job.

Stan

April · 06-02-2003, 05:40 PM

The nice ones usually get sold via private party. We'd get the ones with indeterminate grey sticky gum on the steering wheel, seats teeming with crumbs from meals long ago ( and a few fossilized french fries seen between the seats ), broken window cranks, smeared window glass you can barely see out of at night, shift linkage so loose and vague that trying to engage a gear is merely a possiblity - not a guarantee, rattling suspension, and wheezing engine that only reluctantly revs to 4000rpms amid noises that sound terminal.

You'd climb out of them after a test drive or parking them on the back auction lot, and then proceed to scrub down all exposed skin, and take the clothes to the cleaners on the way home.

All the while the customer is insisting the car is worth every penny of blue book, and only needs a little spiffing up ;-)

2.7tDallas · 06-02-2003, 06:26 PM

smell right as the leave the line

April · 06-02-2003, 06:28 PM

Hy Octane · 06-02-2003, 08:14 PM

But that brings a thought.. who smells the women to make sure they dont smell?

06-02-2003, 04:28 PM	#1
saholz New Member Account #: 41915 Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 425	Audi Car Smellers. The Sunday NY Times magazine had a picture and little story about two woman who are actually car smellers for Audi. They have to sit in new Audis and smell them to make sure the odors are mild and inoffensive. I hope they don't have to smell the seats on used cars as well. Tough job. Stan __________________ Stan In the White Mountains of New Hampshire 2009 Audi A4 2.0T sedan. Ice Silver, gray interior with dark walnut trim. Premium Plus package. Also...2009 Corvette C6 convertible. Cyber Gray with red interior, 6 speed manual.

06-02-2003, 05:40 PM	#2
April AudiWorld Uber User Account #: 3127 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 52,730	Ugh, most older used cars are toxic :-( The nice ones usually get sold via private party. We'd get the ones with indeterminate grey sticky gum on the steering wheel, seats teeming with crumbs from meals long ago ( and a few fossilized french fries seen between the seats ), broken window cranks, smeared window glass you can barely see out of at night, shift linkage so loose and vague that trying to engage a gear is merely a possiblity - not a guarantee, rattling suspension, and wheezing engine that only reluctantly revs to 4000rpms amid noises that sound terminal. You'd climb out of them after a test drive or parking them on the back auction lot, and then proceed to scrub down all exposed skin, and take the clothes to the cleaners on the way home. All the while the customer is insisting the car is worth every penny of blue book, and only needs a little spiffing up ;-) __________________

06-02-2003, 06:26 PM	#3
2.7tDallas AudiWorld Expert Account #: 5503 Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 25,190	nooohh. The article is about women who work at the Audi factory to make sre the cars smell right as the leave the line __________________

06-02-2003, 06:28 PM	#4
April AudiWorld Uber User Account #: 3127 Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 52,730	Yes, but a car is only new once... ;-) __________________

06-02-2003, 08:14 PM	#5
Hy Octane AudiWorld Senior Member Account #: 49914 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,230	Thought I smelled a woman when I opened up my new 2003... But that brings a thought.. who smells the women to make sure they dont smell? __________________ 2003 RS6 Avus Silver w/Black Interior. Nav Sirius Satellite Radio Enhanced Exhaust Carbon Fiber Trim Previous Audi's 91 Audi 200 20v Turbo Quattro 94 Audi urS4 20v Turbo Quattro w/ stage 1 Hoppen ECU @ 286hp. H&R Springs/ Bilstein Sport Shocks.. Still have this one.. 03 A6 4.2 . Blew the motor after 8k miles . They couldnt fix it, had stopped production, so was conned into buying an RS6. 03 RS6. Stock except I removed the mufflers and had LaBree make me quad straight pipes instead.

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