USED CARS
Would you buy that car knowing it was contaminated with ice residue?
Besides the mileage, colour, number of previous owners, and any other number of items you want to check off your list before making an offer, would you want to know if a previous owner had been regularly smoking meth in the vehicle?
Consider this before committing to buy that shiny red (or blue or green, or whatever colour) dream car that you’ve been searching for. Cars, and in fact any vehicle, are regularly used for smoking meth. Think about it. Cars are secure, comfortable, somewhat isolated from the rest of the world, and many people spend a lot of time in them.
A previous owner, perhaps the owner you’re negotiating with right now, may have regularly smoked meth on his way to or from work, or during the weekend with friends. The residue from their meth smoke now has seeped into the fabric and soft linings of this car and cannot be easily removed without thorough cleaning, if at all.
This could be the car that you’re now buying to transport yourself, and possibly your kids, around in for the next few years, all the time in close proximity to the fumes given off from the ice residue, still leaching out of the upholstery, carpets, and linings of your car, especially when it gets warm.
Given the choice, would you knowingly spend any time at all in such a toxic environment, let alone expose your kids to it?
Unless a used vehicle is tested, before purchase, you won’t know the true history of the vehicle.
A simple, inexpensive test of several of the car’s surfaces will reveal whether you are considering buying a health-affecting time-bomb or not.
Recommended areas to test are:
- Steering wheel, gear shifter, stereo controls
- Inside glove box and opening catch
- Around air-con vents
- Around the tops of the opening windows
- Sun visors and head lining
- Dashboard and instrument binnacle (panel)
- Ashtrays and cigarette lighters
- Walls and ceiling of vans and enclosed truck bodies ie removal truck
This list is not conclusive as each situation is different but these are the most common areas of contamination.
If you need further convincing, watch this video.
Purchase Narcotect D4D PenTest kits prior to your used car search. Don’t risk it. Test it.