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Originally Posted by kate_the_valkyrie
I cant remember where but someone told me that it was due to the glue/adhesive under the carpets or something like that???
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the MK3s and older had horse hair in the mats under the carpet, and the smell is very distinct. i don't know what they did with the MK4s, but i would assume the smell is coming from the same source, the mats. it could likely be an adhesive.
i bought my 2007 rabbit brand new and the "new car smell" was gone pretty quickly, kind of a bummer. it was totaled at 20 months with 21k on it, the smell was long gone. my 2003 beetle has a much stronger smell, after six years and 144k, and being topless which i would think would cause the smell to "run out" sooner. but no, it's there. my 17 year old MK2 had the very distinct MK2 smell.