Anyone else like the smell of Gasoline?

[ZedNova]

I do, i love stopping at a gas station to fill up, it smells great. I'm not in danger of getting high on it though, right?

Correct me if i'm in err here, but isn't gasoline itself odorless? And it's just the chemical they put into it i smell, right?

[Astronut25]

Actually you can get high on it, the same way cigarettes and alcohol do, by inhibiting blood flow to certain areas of the brain that are responsible for reasoning and the sensation of pain.

I used to like the smell of gas in small amounts.

not sure about the credibility of this site, I just googled "effect of gas fumes" and found this.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/187787-side-effects-of-inhaling-gas-fumes/

Edited August 26, 2013 by Astronut25

[astropapi1]

Lol, when you think you're unique, someone on the internet proves you wrong.

I've always liked the smell of gasoline for some reason.

[miracmert]

For some reason, I like it only when I put it in a motorcycle or a quad. I don't know why but is smells different to me.

[CaptainGiblets]

I like the smell of it too.

[Custard Donut (In Space)]

When i was a kid my father's van always smelt of petrol, so much so i used to get a headache just being in there, i hate that smell lol.

[mythbusters844]

It smells good until you get a headache from it.

[lajoswinkler]

I do, i love stopping at a gas station to fill up, it smells great. I'm not in danger of getting high on it though, right?

Correct me if i'm in err here, but isn't gasoline itself odorless? And it's just the chemical they put into it i smell, right?

Unless you buy canisters and then sniff, no. There are people working on gas stations and they aren't getting high. They just have an slightly elevated chance of getting cancer because there are chemicals in the gasoline that are carcinogenic.

Gasoline is not odorless. The lighter notes many people like in low concentrations are lightweight hydrocarbons (pentane, hexane and their isomers). If you remove them, you're left with heavier ones which smell bad.

Lightweight hydrocarbons behave like anaesthetics. If you inhale them, they interfere with the signals in nerves. They aren't used for anaesthesia because they're not very effective and the side effects are nasty, and also because of the flammability.

I like the the hints of gasoline in the air. Sometimes. It's a common thing.

For some reason, I like it only when I put it in a motorcycle or a quad. I don't know why but is smells different to me.

It's because the act of pouring it increases the rate of lower hydrocarbon evaporation.

[cesarcurado]

I do too

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[BurntPhoenix]

gas is a meh smell for me. But a whiff of hot diesel/lubricants blowing from a passing train? GOD that smells good!

[Tw1]

gas is a meh smell for me. But a whiff of hot diesel/lubricants blowing from a passing train? GOD that smells good!

I like that smell! One of the benefits of having trains from 40 years ago still running regular services...

It is true, some people will sniff large amounts of petrol fumes to get hight. In some parts of the (Australia's) Northern territory, it's quite a big problem. The government has had to alter the chemicals in the petrol to fight it, as it does awful things to your brain.

[Maxilica]

I LOOOOVE the smell of Gasoline (or petrol, as we call it over the pond)! But I probably won't like the taste of it...

[segaprophet]

Uh . . no? I don't like smelling poison?

[trvtannenberg]

I somewhat like smell of nitric acid and propanol.

[drakesdoom]

Gasoline, diesel, napalm, thermite, cordite, c4, gunpowder, smokeless powder, semtex ahh the wonderful smells of summer roasting the world on an open fire for breakfast.

[Flymetothemun]

I love the smell of good ol' gas-o-leen. I also love play with it whilst I have a box of matches and a propane torch around. What I do not love, however, is when it rebels against me stomping it's flame out by setting my shoe on fire.

I haven't ever gotten high off it but one thing it will do, if you smell enough of it, is burn the heck out of your nose and give you a headache.

Tip o' the day: Don't, under any circumstances, fill a plastic bottle full of propane gas and ignite it. All it will do is burn your thumbs and melt the bottle.

[llamatoes]

I dislike the of petrol, but my god frocks and that banjo teak oil smells good.

[ROFLCopter64bit]

I enjoy it also. Is it a thing that is like a "like" that each individual people have different ones, or is it that all humans share?

[Javster]

This discussion is weird to me, as I don't like the smell of petrol fumes

[shand]

ROFLCopter: everybody is unique, even just the sensitivity of your nose to certain compounds is "random*". you sense compounds in the air by having a whole load of sense cells that detect a specific region (for example if you were detecting words, you may have a "th" sensor and a "sh" sensor and a "at" sensor ect). to detect specific compounds you use population coding to work out what is in your nose. (again that example: "hmmm my 'at' and 'th' sensors are going off. obviously its that i can sense).

So now we have your personalised smell sensitivity thingy. but do you LIKE what you smell. Your body likes 3 types of things, things that are important (salient), things that are GOOD (erm, goodness?) and things that are assosiated with either of the previous ones. Its likely petrol (gasoline) falls into either the salient or associated bits.

SO: either we all had excellent times just before/during being in a petrol station (toilet break/stretch = relief = good; food = satisfing = good; happy car journey = good) OR the specific levels of smell we sense are just slightly more nommy than other people!

*random not used properly - genetics and environment, definately not random but yeah, you get the point

PS: i love the smell of all solvents, i dont "sniff" them, but i enjoy them when the smell wafts over me.

Edited August 28, 2013 by shand

[Thiel]

If you can smell gasoline or any other fuel for that matter it means there's either a spill or a leak somewhere or your engine isn't combusting it properly.

In all cases you have a problem, so no I don't like the smell of gasoline.

[Nibb31]

I prefer the smell of Napalm in the morning...

[Moach]

Personally, Jet-A1 is recently becoming a new personal favorite over good ole' unleaded...

[sidew]

I prefer the smell of JET A-1 over Gasoline or Diesel fuel...

[Moon Goddess]

ewww absolutely not

It smells bad, if you get to much you get high from lack of oxygen which will give you a headache, and it's definately poisonous to breathe too much of it.

I fill my tank and get moving.