Do you smoke in your car? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

healer · 09-14-2006, 06:55 AM

The subject came up at work a few days ago. One of the guys commented on how people who smoke in their cars have no respect for it, which I heartily disagreed with.

I only have two issues with in-car smoking. One is having at least one window in the car open to allow enough fresh air in. The other is the use of the car's ashtray. I detest it. I use my ashtray to keep spare change and a small lighter and throw my ash and cigarette butt out the window. Not the most environmentally friendly way of doing things, I know.

What are your thoughts?

Esoteric · 09-14-2006, 07:02 AM

I don't smoke cigs, but I don't mind when people smoke in my car as long as they crack the window a bit like you said, to let in fresh air. I normally have my window all the way down anyway (I rarely use my AC.) I also use my ashtray for spare change so they throw the butts out the window too.

kurty[B] · 09-14-2006, 07:02 AM

I don't smoke, but I no longer allow smoking, or eating in my car. I do not have an easy way to hook up a vacuum and go to town on the interior of my car (until my house is finished), and it's just so much easier. Don't have to worry about burn marks, or any stench leftover, or finding old lettuce rotting away under my seat.

shesus · 09-14-2006, 07:17 AM

I don't smoke in my car. Well, one I don't drive, but on the rare occassion that I am in a car, I don't smoke. Even on road trips, we pull over at gas stations or rest areas to smoke.

For one, it stinks up the car and lowers the value. Also, the nicotine or smoke or something eats away the glue for the fabric on the ceiling of the car and makes it saggy. And also it covers the windows with a film.

When I was younger I smoked in my car. I didn't use the ashtray, I just rolled down the window.

ngdawg · 09-14-2006, 07:28 AM

The first four years I had my car, I would NOT smoke in it. Then I had something coming up that was making me nervous enough to break my own rule. I'm sorry I did....even keeping both front windows open as I light up, smoke and a couple of minutes after I'm done doesn't change the lingering odor.

healer · 09-14-2006, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ngdawg

I'm sorry I did....even keeping both front windows open as I light up, smoke and a couple of minutes after I'm done doesn't change the lingering odor.

The only car I've experienced the 'lingering odour' in is my Dad's. He uses the ashtray and leaves the butts in there forever which just makes the odour that much worse.

Maybe it's because I'm so used to the smell of my own car that I just don't notice anymore?

Grasshopper Green · 09-14-2006, 07:52 AM

I don't smoke, and I don't allow smoking in my car, although the issue has rarely come up. One of the few instances that I can rememeber was when we picked up MIL from the airport in Raleigh; it was a 2 1/2 hour drive back to our house. She smoked when we stopped for gas and for a bathroom break.

politicophile · 09-14-2006, 08:28 AM

Cigarette smoke is one of the most pervasive odors I can think of. Odor-cide, Febreeze and other such products seem powerless to get rid of it. Also, smoking makes you die, as does being exposed to second-hand smoke. Those are plenty good reasons for me to catagorically prohibit smoking in my car.

snowy · 09-14-2006, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by politicophile

Cigarette smoke is one of the most pervasive odors I can think of. Odor-cide, Febreeze and other such products seem powerless to get rid of it. Also, smoking makes you die, as does being exposed to second-hand smoke. Those are plenty good reasons for me to catagorically prohibit smoking in my car.

Agreed. I don't smoke and I sure don't let other people do it in my car. Yuck.

cookmo · 09-14-2006, 10:32 AM

I smoke, but not in my car. I don't smoke anywhere indoors, or where my son is going to be.

BadNick · 09-14-2006, 10:52 AM

Does anybody know where I can have one of those "James Bond" type ejection seats that shoots the passenger out the sun roof installed on my car? That's where anybody who smokes in my car would go.

If somebody who doesn't already know me thinks about lighting up in my car, or in my house for that matter, and doesn't ask if I'm OK with it FIRST, that is seriously inconsiderate and ignorant. If they ask first, I will kindly indicate that it is not to be done. If they light up without even first asking, I will have them immediately put it out and tell them I think they were inconsiderate, forgiven, but don't do it again.

MageB420666 · 09-14-2006, 11:07 AM

I don't smoke, except for the extremely rare Black and Mild(I'm talking maybe a pack of 5 in a year, if that many). I normally don't mind other smoking in my car, I got the car used about 4 years ago and it already had cigarette burns in the roof. I don't have a very keen sense of smell so I don't notice any odor after I have one or somebody else lights up. But I also don't know many people who smoke at all, so I'm not around smokers often.

streak_56 · 09-14-2006, 02:49 PM

I don't smoke... and I don't let anyone smoke in my car. Its a personal decision to why not and all my smoking friends respect it.

Gilda · 09-14-2006, 03:50 PM

I'm a non-smoker, and there is no smoking, as well as no eating allowed in my car. The same goes for my home, except that there it's no smoking and no alcohol.

The last time it was an issue was back home when one of Sissy's friends wanted to smoke, and since we had no ash trays, use one of my cups to catch his ashes. The jerk asked if I minded if he smoked as he was putting a cigarette in his mouth and getting out a lighter. I said yes, and he lit up anyway, then tried to feign surprise when I got upset with him. Idiot. Why ask if you're just going to ignore the response?

Scorps · 09-14-2006, 03:57 PM

I somke in my car (trying to quit again) and use the ashtray, then again I clean it everyweek becuase its a show whore

Lady Sage · 09-14-2006, 04:19 PM

I dont care if people smoke in my car. We all gotta die sometime and when its my time im gonna go be it from lung cancer or falling off a cliff.

In some areas its the only place legal anymore other than a home they own. Here you can smoke in your car but ONLY if there is not a minor in the car with you.

TexanAvenger · 09-14-2006, 05:01 PM

None of those fit. I'm a smoker and refuse to smoke in my car.

When I was younger, it was because I didn't want my folks to smell it. Now I've just grown to hate the idea of smoking in my car. I'll stop somewhere for a smoke if I need it.

thingstodo · 09-14-2006, 05:42 PM

Don't smoke but used to and didn't even then. The smell of leather is too nice!

newtx · 09-14-2006, 07:32 PM

I'm not a smoker but wouldn't smoke in my car if I was. I have friends who smoke but not in their car.

Scorps · 09-15-2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TexanAvenger

None of those fit. I'm a smoker and refuse to smoke in my car.

When I was younger, it was because I didn't want my folks to smell it. Now I've just grown to hate the idea of smoking in my car. I'll stop somewhere for a smoke if I need it.

I think number 1 is worded wrong.

Cynthetiq · 09-15-2006, 04:43 PM

I used to be a smoker and when I did smoke, I did not smoke in my car. EVER.

Min · 09-15-2006, 07:13 PM

I tend to smoke in my car more than anywhere else. I rarely do it at work because we're too busy and once I'm home I try to keep it down to a minimum, smoking outside. This is all a clever and ingenious plan to quit...riiight.

Psycho Dad · 09-16-2006, 06:39 AM

I used to smoke (15 years or so ago) and when I did, I smoked in the car. The car always smelled like ass I'm sure because of this. The really bad part of it is my sons were having to breathe my second hand smoke and they didn't have a choice in the matter.

Now I don't allow smoking in my car or my home.

View Poll Results: Do you smoke in your car?
I'm a smoker, and I smoke in my car.	11	22.00%
I'm a smoker, and I use the ashtray when I smoke in my car.	1	2.00%
I don't smoke, and don't allow others to smoke in my car.	29	58.00%
I don't smoke, but I couldn't care either way.	9	18.00%
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll

09-14-2006, 07:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Esoteric Tired Location: Florida	I don't smoke cigs, but I don't mind when people smoke in my car as long as they crack the window a bit like you said, to let in fresh air. I normally have my window all the way down anyway (I rarely use my AC.) I also use my ashtray for spare change so they throw the butts out the window too. __________________ From a head full of pressure rests the senses that I clutch Made a date with Divinity, but she wouldn't let me fuck I got touched by a hazy shaded, God help me change Caught a rush on the floor from the life in my veins

09-14-2006, 07:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
shesus Fancy Location: Chicago	I don't smoke in my car. Well, one I don't drive, but on the rare occassion that I am in a car, I don't smoke. Even on road trips, we pull over at gas stations or rest areas to smoke. For one, it stinks up the car and lowers the value. Also, the nicotine or smoke or something eats away the glue for the fabric on the ceiling of the car and makes it saggy. And also it covers the windows with a film. When I was younger I smoked in my car. I didn't use the ashtray, I just rolled down the window. __________________ Whatever did happen to your soul? I heard you sold it Choose Heaven for the weather and Hell for the company

09-14-2006, 07:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	The first four years I had my car, I would NOT smoke in it. Then I had something coming up that was making me nervous enough to break my own rule. I'm sorry I did....even keeping both front windows open as I light up, smoke and a couple of minutes after I'm done doesn't change the lingering odor. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

09-14-2006, 07:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	I don't smoke, and I don't allow smoking in my car, although the issue has rarely come up. One of the few instances that I can rememeber was when we picked up MIL from the airport in Raleigh; it was a 2 1/2 hour drive back to our house. She smoked when we stopped for gas and for a bathroom break. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

09-14-2006, 07:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
kurty[B] Sauce Puppet	I don't smoke, but I no longer allow smoking, or eating in my car. I do not have an easy way to hook up a vacuum and go to town on the interior of my car (until my house is finished), and it's just so much easier. Don't have to worry about burn marks, or any stench leftover, or finding old lettuce rotting away under my seat.

09-14-2006, 08:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
politicophile Addict	Cigarette smoke is one of the most pervasive odors I can think of. Odor-cide, Febreeze and other such products seem powerless to get rid of it. Also, smoking makes you die, as does being exposed to second-hand smoke. Those are plenty good reasons for me to catagorically prohibit smoking in my car. __________________ The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error. ~John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

09-14-2006, 10:32 AM	#10 (permalink)
cookmo Insane Location: Ohio	I smoke, but not in my car. I don't smoke anywhere indoors, or where my son is going to be.

09-14-2006, 10:52 AM	#11 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Does anybody know where I can have one of those "James Bond" type ejection seats that shoots the passenger out the sun roof installed on my car? That's where anybody who smokes in my car would go. If somebody who doesn't already know me thinks about lighting up in my car, or in my house for that matter, and doesn't ask if I'm OK with it FIRST, that is seriously inconsiderate and ignorant. If they ask first, I will kindly indicate that it is not to be done. If they light up without even first asking, I will have them immediately put it out and tell them I think they were inconsiderate, forgiven, but don't do it again.

09-14-2006, 11:07 AM	#12 (permalink)
MageB420666 <Insert wise statement here> Location: Hell if I know	I don't smoke, except for the extremely rare Black and Mild(I'm talking maybe a pack of 5 in a year, if that many). I normally don't mind other smoking in my car, I got the car used about 4 years ago and it already had cigarette burns in the roof. I don't have a very keen sense of smell so I don't notice any odor after I have one or somebody else lights up. But I also don't know many people who smoke at all, so I'm not around smokers often. __________________ Apathy: The best outlook this side of I don't give a damn.

09-14-2006, 02:49 PM	#13 (permalink)
streak_56 who ever said streaking was a bad thing? Location: Calgary	I don't smoke... and I don't let anyone smoke in my car. Its a personal decision to why not and all my smoking friends respect it.

09-14-2006, 03:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
Gilda 32 flavors and then some Location: Out on a wire.	I'm a non-smoker, and there is no smoking, as well as no eating allowed in my car. The same goes for my home, except that there it's no smoking and no alcohol. The last time it was an issue was back home when one of Sissy's friends wanted to smoke, and since we had no ash trays, use one of my cups to catch his ashes. The jerk asked if I minded if he smoked as he was putting a cigarette in his mouth and getting out a lighter. I said yes, and he lit up anyway, then tried to feign surprise when I got upset with him. Idiot. Why ask if you're just going to ignore the response? __________________ I'm against ending blackness. I believe that everyone has a right to be black, it's a choice, and I support that. ~Steven Colbert Last edited by Gilda; 09-14-2006 at 04:01 PM..

09-14-2006, 03:57 PM	#15 (permalink)
Scorps Lost!! Location: Kingston, Ontario	I somke in my car (trying to quit again) and use the ashtray, then again I clean it everyweek becuase its a show whore __________________ A.K.A. PainTrain

09-14-2006, 04:19 PM	#16 (permalink)
Lady Sage Mistress of Mayhem Location: Canton, Ohio	I dont care if people smoke in my car. We all gotta die sometime and when its my time im gonna go be it from lung cancer or falling off a cliff. In some areas its the only place legal anymore other than a home they own. Here you can smoke in your car but ONLY if there is not a minor in the car with you.

09-14-2006, 05:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
TexanAvenger Born-Again New Guy Location: Unfound.	None of those fit. I'm a smoker and refuse to smoke in my car. When I was younger, it was because I didn't want my folks to smell it. Now I've just grown to hate the idea of smoking in my car. I'll stop somewhere for a smoke if I need it.

09-15-2006, 04:43 PM	#21 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	I used to be a smoker and when I did smoke, I did not smoke in my car. EVER. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

09-14-2006, 05:42 PM	#18 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	Don't smoke but used to and didn't even then. The smell of leather is too nice! __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

09-14-2006, 07:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
newtx Addict	I'm not a smoker but wouldn't smoke in my car if I was. I have friends who smoke but not in their car.

09-15-2006, 07:13 PM	#22 (permalink)
Min Crazy Location: Louisiana	I tend to smoke in my car more than anywhere else. I rarely do it at work because we're too busy and once I'm home I try to keep it down to a minimum, smoking outside. This is all a clever and ingenious plan to quit...riiight.

09-16-2006, 06:39 AM	#23 (permalink)
Psycho Dad Mulletproof Location: Some nucking fut house.	I used to smoke (15 years or so ago) and when I did, I smoked in the car. The car always smelled like ass I'm sure because of this. The really bad part of it is my sons were having to breathe my second hand smoke and they didn't have a choice in the matter. Now I don't allow smoking in my car or my home. __________________ Don't always trust the opinions of experts.