Less Fumey Commute

December 21, 2005 3:28 PM

Aside from not driving behind other vehicles, how do you keep ambient exhaust fumes out of your car cabin during a commute? Filters? Ionization? Impossible?
posted by parallax7d to Health & Fitness (2 answers total)

Yeah, this is what a cabin air filter is for. Many cars have a space where a CAF can be installed even if they don't come with one.
posted by kindall at 3:40 PM on December 21, 2005

A cabin air filter should do just dandy for diesel fumes (which are largely soot), and that's the stinkiest thing I usually smell. Most of the other noxious automotive emissions don't actually smell (well, burning oil smells pretty bad, and a truck that's not fully burning its fuel can be horrible, but diesels are a lot more common than either).
posted by kindall at 4:32 PM on December 21, 2005