Thursday night I took the kidlets out to dinner up in Lynnwood, Washington. The weather has been a tad unseasonable this winter so I was driving with the sunroof in the "vent" position. We parked went in and we ate.
When we got into the Avalanche we all noticed an acrid smokey smell. There was no smoke in the cab and I had no idea where it was coming from. It smelled like a combination of a house fire and cigarettes so I assumed that there must have been a fire near by. I turned on the air recirculation but that didn't help. I then started worrying that maybe my Magnaflow system was leaking. The acrid taste in my mouth was sort of like when a catalytic converter has died, but it didn't have that burning matches smell to it.
When we got home I noticed that my clothes oozed of smoke. The next morning the inside of the Avalanche smelt even worse. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what was going on. However as I drove to work that morning the smell dissapeared. Hmmmm, haven't done those cabin air filters since I bought the Avalanche - maybe that's the problem.
So Saturday I went to clean out the inside of the Avalanche and it was then I discovered the source of the smell. It seems as though someone decided that I shouldn't have something nicer than they have. The climbed up on the assist step and pitched a lit cigarette into my parked Avalanche while I was eating.
The acrid smoke I was smelling was the cigarette smouldering on the floor of the Avalanche. It had burned down to the filter and was just some white ash on the floor. No wonder it all smelt so bad.
Now here it the lucky break.
I can only "guess" at what happened but it appears that the cigarette either glanced off of the armrest or my seat and landed on the floor mat on the driver side. Other than a white mark there is no damage. The acrid part of the smoke must have been chemicals coming off of the lightly burning mat. But I'm here to tell you that the stock heavy floor mats on the Avalanche are AWESOME. The damage to it is bearly noticable and clearly the things are just about fire proof.
Anyway - people can suck, but it does appear that this attempt didn't work out as planned. I've had cars with sunroofs since 1988 and I've NEVER had this happen before.
A bad economy seems to bring out the worst in people...
When we got into the Avalanche we all noticed an acrid smokey smell. There was no smoke in the cab and I had no idea where it was coming from. It smelled like a combination of a house fire and cigarettes so I assumed that there must have been a fire near by. I turned on the air recirculation but that didn't help. I then started worrying that maybe my Magnaflow system was leaking. The acrid taste in my mouth was sort of like when a catalytic converter has died, but it didn't have that burning matches smell to it.
When we got home I noticed that my clothes oozed of smoke. The next morning the inside of the Avalanche smelt even worse. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what was going on. However as I drove to work that morning the smell dissapeared. Hmmmm, haven't done those cabin air filters since I bought the Avalanche - maybe that's the problem.
So Saturday I went to clean out the inside of the Avalanche and it was then I discovered the source of the smell. It seems as though someone decided that I shouldn't have something nicer than they have. The climbed up on the assist step and pitched a lit cigarette into my parked Avalanche while I was eating.
The acrid smoke I was smelling was the cigarette smouldering on the floor of the Avalanche. It had burned down to the filter and was just some white ash on the floor. No wonder it all smelt so bad.
Now here it the lucky break.
I can only "guess" at what happened but it appears that the cigarette either glanced off of the armrest or my seat and landed on the floor mat on the driver side. Other than a white mark there is no damage. The acrid part of the smoke must have been chemicals coming off of the lightly burning mat. But I'm here to tell you that the stock heavy floor mats on the Avalanche are AWESOME. The damage to it is bearly noticable and clearly the things are just about fire proof.Anyway - people can suck, but it does appear that this attempt didn't work out as planned. I've had cars with sunroofs since 1988 and I've NEVER had this happen before.
A bad economy seems to bring out the worst in people...
That is a non sequitar, Flyn. 
