@curious2garden as I sit here cleaning out my wife's whip I couldn't help but think of you and your quest for a new car. I've decided to tell you not to concern yourself with asking if the car was smoke free but if the fucking thing was child free. I swear there's things in here that defy the laws of physics and reason.
I used to detail cars. One time I had to clean a car someone died in, and was in it for a couple days. That wasn't nearly as bad to clean as the soccer moms cars with 2+ kids I had to do almost daily. We had one woman that wouldn't clean shit, she'd just bring the car in every other week. Vomit, old food, spilt soda, trash, didn't matter, she left it for us. The last time she came was disgusting, looked like the kid rubbed dirty diaper all over the back seat. My boss told her we wouldn't touch it and not to come back.
The funnier thing I remember, a couple kids "decorated" the headliner of thier patents car with hard candies. They were sucking them, then sticking them on the headliner like tiles. The whole back seat area was done. They ended up stuck in the fabric once they dried. The parents actually didn't care until summer came and they started melting and dropping all over the rear seat and carpets.
There were cars so bad we would pull the seats, wrap plastic around the dashboard and then just pressure wash everything.
I disliked kids more because of that job.
And more so… .It's 2018, can we stop putting carpet in cars?
There should be kids prep package from the factory. Floor liner to go over the factory carpet, headliner cover, seat covers, maybe door panel covers. Something like thin silicone. They could be injection molded to be a perfect fit.
I've had cars and trucks without carpets, the road noise gets old, I don't recommend doing it, but if you have moderate mechanically skills, it's not that hard to pull a carpet. 4 seats, maybe the console, and usually the covers by the door sills, maybe a couple hours taking your time. Wash it, roll it up and put it aside till you go to trade/ sell the car. A coat of brush on bed liner and it'd be easy to clean with a sponge.
Or get some of this