Weird smell after driving CTR

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Has anyone noticed a weird smell after drive and parking it in the garage?

My best description of the smell is chemically mixed with an earthy(nature smell) smell...extremely hard to describe. It's not like any smell ive smelled before from a car.

I kind of think maybe my car soap or something is burning off somewhere in the crevices.

It's really hard to pin point the broad smell. Seems to be coming from the middle to rear.
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Summertime fuel blend maybe?
Could easily be something else in the garage that is hot. I looked up the temps in San Fran and is def hotter than usual.
 
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I got a sweet smell coming off my 20 si when parking in the garage and it lasts several hours thinking maybe tires, or the plastic trim ?? Already pissing me off 5k on it and the plastic on the doors is fading.

I can't describe the smell either but its nothing I've ever smelled before being a mechanic for several years.
 

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I used to get that smell a lot from the passenger seat when I do pulls between 2nd and 3rd, especially from first time passengers. :rofl:

Stock brakes are smelly after every drive.
 


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I used to get that smell a lot from the passenger seat when I do pulls between 2nd and 3rd, especially from first time passengers. :rofl:

Stock brakes are smelly after every drive.
I am sort of thinking its the rear brake pads..going to be changing them out soo
 
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I used to get that smell a lot from the passenger seat when I do pulls between 2nd and 3rd, especially from first time passengers. :rofl:

Stock brakes are smelly after every drive.
The smell did lessen after changing the front pads. Good lead for helping me!
 
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Summertime fuel blend maybe?
Could easily be something else in the garage that is hot. I looked up the temps in San Fran and is def hotter than usual.
My garage is neutral snelling so anything out of the ordinary is noticeable

the smell is not there when i park the ctr outside
 

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Maybe a critter was hanging out near the turbo? LOL
Not that wild a suggestion. The sales persona where I got my CTR told me that one of the few other CTRs they've sold ended up KIA because a dude parked it in his barn and mice literally ate the wiring. That happens to cars sometimes, more often than we'd think, and it's certainly not impossible for mice, squirrels, etc. to get into warm cars especially in the colder months, with unpleasant results. I've had all sorts of critters try to set up housekeeping in my garage!
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