Smoking in your car
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Good link, I am gonna try all these tips out in my new truck and see if the old lady notices.
OldPirate
From the Michigan Posse
Up here in Michigan about the only place we do smoke in the winter is in our vehicles!
MU Mike has it exactly right. Heat blowing on the floor, crack the driver's side window about an inch. Hold your cigar in your left hand. The trick is lots of air coming in, and only one way out. DO NOT put your blower on recirculate. Fresh outdoor air is needed. The only downer to this is that the glass right where the smoke escapes needs a little wipe down every now and then. But all that residue is on the glass and not your fabric, leather or windshield.
Opening too many windows or the sunroof just confuses the smoke and creates swirls. Worse yet, it blows it all right in your face.
Another tip (if you dress nice for work), is to lay your suit coat, sport coat or jacket in the trunk of your car I(or back seat of your truck or SUV). It will remain smoke-free and need less dry cleaning.
I also have one of two car fragrance thingies under the seats--something mild like a vanilla scent that seems to blend well with the cigars.
MU Mike has it exactly right. Heat blowing on the floor, crack the driver's side window about an inch. Hold your cigar in your left hand. The trick is lots of air coming in, and only one way out. DO NOT put your blower on recirculate. Fresh outdoor air is needed. The only downer to this is that the glass right where the smoke escapes needs a little wipe down every now and then. But all that residue is on the glass and not your fabric, leather or windshield.
Opening too many windows or the sunroof just confuses the smoke and creates swirls. Worse yet, it blows it all right in your face.
Another tip (if you dress nice for work), is to lay your suit coat, sport coat or jacket in the trunk of your car I(or back seat of your truck or SUV). It will remain smoke-free and need less dry cleaning.
I also have one of two car fragrance thingies under the seats--something mild like a vanilla scent that seems to blend well with the cigars.
Smoke in your vehicle if you don't mind the smell, simple as that. With 2 newer cars, the newest one the wife bought I have no choice anymore.
There is no smell in my car, that's the beauty of the system we were talking about.
WhiteLightning
This is WhiteLightning!
This is exactly what I do and people don't believe me when I tell them I smoke in the car because they don't smell anything.
Also, don't leave the ashes in your ashtray in the car. The ashes will leave an unpleasant odor.
Also, don't leave the ashes in your ashtray in the car. The ashes will leave an unpleasant odor.
No, that's not accurate at all. You want very little air; you want pressure forcing the smoke out like it's being exhausted.
hdroadglide
BoM x 2, BoY 2011
i've done it the way mike describes for many years. only thing that works.
another +1 for MU Mike
and same here in Maine if I don't smoke in my car this time of year it doesn't get done
No, I think most of us who do it correctly make a habit of it.
For me, it's 3-4 times a week, sometimes 5. Exhausting the smoke, never ashing/leaving cigars in the car, using some air fresheners and cleaning every so often...these are the things that allow us to make a habit of it and it still not smell.
If you smoked as many cigars in my car did not make a difference what you did. Maryland sometimes the wind blows hard or slow traffic with side wind will over power the cars air about 1/3 the time. IF the system works for ya, congrats. I sure miss smoking in the car. That's where I smoked most times the previous 3 years.
WhiteLightning
This is WhiteLightning!
Forgot to add wipe down the inside glass since the smoke will stick to it.
This is what i do when i light in the car & it works perfectly