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Lately our winter car has begun to have an unpleasant odor. That peculiar aroma of something wet that just can’t seem to dry.

I did some poking around on the car’s floor this afternood and discovered that both the mats and the carpet were soaking, squishy wet. Ugh.

I considered using towels before I decided to drag out our mini shop vac. I ran an extension cord through the milk door and proceeded to vacuum up a half gallon of “water” from the carpets. ew.

I left the sunroof open for a few hours hoping that air circulation and sunlight would help dry up some of the remaining water and take that wet smell with it.

I’m still debating the merits of dragging our dehumidifier upstairs and running it in the car for a couple hours. I can’t even use the carpet shampoo I got for the car until I can get the carpets dry.

My other option is to go on a ridiculously long drive – maybe 4 or 5 hours with the heat on as hot as I can stand it and dry everything out. A few more snowy weekends and I may find myself driving south until I find snow-free land just to maintain my sanity. I guess I’ll have to wait and see how much longer winter drags out this year.