HO`s story reminds me....not a car smell though...so a "slight" hi jack...

this couple divorced, wife was a real A$$ and wanted EVERYTHING...drapes and all, she would not let the ex buy her out...so she could move back in with her new hubby....
the ex hubby , got some shrimp, hid in the drapery rods ,which were holow ,with those spear ends....

eventually house started smelling ,got worse and worse, she eventually sold it back to the ex ,( and cheap at this point...fast...lol),who immidiately got rid of the drapes ,rods and all...