Cherry-Scented windsheild washer fluid! Really?

[addyguy]

So, I'm at WM last night, as and as always I stop in the auto section. I always look at the oil aisle, but I also check if they have WW fluid on sale for cheap - sometimes, they have bottles for under $2/each, and I'll grab a couple.

I'm looking at the different fluids they have, and one catches my eye - ST 'cherry-scented' -45C WW fluid!

I pick it up just to make sure I read it right - yup, it is actually cherry-scented windsheild washer fluid! I opened it up, and it does actuall smell like bottled cherries.

I'm like what??? Who would want scented WW fluid sprayed all over their car?

Of course, just for heck and giggles, I bought a bottle. Yeah, I know, real 'manly', but i just HAD to...okay, anyone else seen this or use this kind of WW fluid?

C'mon, fess up!

 

[Johnny]

No thanks. Let us know how that works out.

 

[eljefino]

My dental hygenist had grape scented nitrile gloves. She says the distribution in the box is uneven and some people get extremely grapey, like some awful willie wonka experience.

This would go well with those lavender scented tires. I'd buy a jug. At least it's not that fake vanilla scent that must be really cheap and is in lots of chemicals.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

My '83 renault fuego came from the factory with J&B Scotch scented ww fluid(!) Don't spritz you windscreen, then get pulled over by the locale constabulary, as I dont think they'd buy the, "Hey it my WW fluid Occiferrr, I haven't had a drop 2day" (hic!)

 

[daves87rs]

LOL!

 

[440Magnum]

Actually, in the summer when I squirt the windshield with the A/C turned on, I can smell if the WW fluid is stale and moldy because the A/C intake vents are right under the windshield. I guess the figure some folks might like a burst of cherry scent through the A/C.

No thanks... I'd almost prefer the stale and moldy scent :-/

 

[crw]

I'd buy it for the -45 C rating. Really.

 

[Kestas]

I never liked the orange scented hand cleaner. It smells too much like candy.

 

[mrsilv04]

I believe that I have some cherry scented Tire shine dressing...

 

[Johnny248]

GM gear oil "claims" it is now grape scented. To me it still smells horrible.

 

[opus1]

Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
I believe that I have some cherry scented Tire shine dressing...
+1, except mine seems to have a hint of grape and even has a slight purple color to it.

As for the WW fluid, I remember seeing packets for sale, I think when I worked at Menard's, that you could add to your own fluid to make it scented. Pine and cinnamon if I remember correctly.

 

[NateDN10]

I usually buy the orange Rain-X fluid. It has a fruity smell, but I don't know if they do it on purpose.

 

[Letter_K]

Place I worked with which makes many of the store brands developed a product like that. Probably the same company as the Menards mention above.

It was a large package like the one-time use detergent packs at laundromats with Vanilla, Cherry, Pine Tree and other assorted scents. Pour it right into washer fluid and you could have scented washer fluid.

I asked someone what would you use it for and they said it you were pulling air from the outside vents near your window.

 

[dparm]

I think I'll start putting bright red food coloring in mine just to freak people out.

 

[addyguy]

I'm going to wait until my resevoir is empty, and then fill it with this stuff.

My wife is pretty sensitive to smells, and I'm going to see if she comments on it (she was with me when I bought it, so she knows I will be using it).

I'll report back......

 

[ekpolk]

My favorite "introducing scent into car" story:

My Dad is 75 and went through his teen years in the early 1950s. This was when you could open the hood of a car directly from the grille, with no initial release inside the secure confines of the car. Anyway, Dad and his friends got tired of HS classmate who was something of a punk, and determined to teach him a lesson. Said lesson consisted of sneaking to his car, opening the hood, and packing the exhaust manifold with cheese. Yes, cheese.

The victim started his car, unaware that anything was wrong.

Apparently, for about 30 seconds, it smelled something like a pizza. But for the next month or so, it ended up reeking like a half-incinerated, rotting corpse. I suppose that they're all lucky that the car didn't go up in flames, thereby setting off an arson investigation.

So, I wonder how much cherry-infused washer fluid it would have taken to overwhelm the smell of a couple pounds of burning cheese???

I just love this story -- I can almost smell it when I tell it. Maybe sometime -- oh nevermind...

p.s. a dozen or so years ago, one of the car magazines published a story about some guys back in the 50s packing an exhaust manifold with Limburger cheese. Dear God, that must have stank. I wonder if this was actually a popular form of "harmless vandalism" back then? I was born in '61 so I missed that fun (if it existed...).

 

[Spyder7]

Originally Posted By: addyguy
So, I'm at WM last night, as and as always I stop in the auto section. I always look at the oil aisle, but I also check if they have WW fluid on sale for cheap - sometimes, they have bottles for under $2/each, and I'll grab a couple.

I'm looking at the different fluids they have, and one catches my eye - ST 'cherry-scented' -45C WW fluid!

I pick it up just to make sure I read it right - yup, it is actually cherry-scented windsheild washer fluid! I opened it up, and it does actuall smell like bottled cherries.

I'm like what??? Who would want scented WW fluid sprayed all over their car?

Of course, just for heck and giggles, I bought a bottle. Yeah, I know, real 'manly', but i just HAD to...okay, anyone else seen this or use this kind of WW fluid?

C'mon, fess up!




Yep I was wondering myself, since when does anyone purchase windshield wash based on scent - or for that matter, even sniff it? Its a stupid gimmick thought up by some marketing idiot, but its still good winter windshield wash and the best bang for the buck around here usually. I'm on my second consecutive jug of it and it gets the job done. No complaints.

-Spyder

 

[Propflux01]

PIMP JUICE!!!!!!

 

[UncleS2]

Be patient, this all connects:

Back in the dark ages, I washed my hair with bar soap- Zest was my favorite because it rinsed out of my hair so well.(fwiw, today's Zest fails this test miserably!) By the early-mid 1970's, when I had longer hair & bought shampoo, I'd grab whatever was on sale. Now way back in those longer haired days, with the toiletries market heavily influenced by the hippie-dippie crowd, fruit-"flavor" scents were very popular. I don't remember just what the scent was- peach, cherry, whatever- but going outside in the summertime after a shower became an excersize in bug evasion! Horseflies, gnats, other insects, and most dangerous of all, *Yellowjackets*, appeared from nowhere and were VERY INTERESTED in my hair!!

And so I learned my lesson and for more than 35 years now have never bought any fruit scented shampoo.

The tie in- I'd like to see if the bugs dive-bomb the cars that use cherry scented WW fluid!

 

[Spyder7]

I wonder how long it'll be before some idiot decides this might be a nice cheap mouthwash/breath freshener and tries it. Its a fine product, but the "cherry scent" gimmick may call out to the Darwin Award candidates.

-Spyder