• bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
        2·
        23 days ago

        I used a “Mister Car Wash” in Turlock, CA that has a subscription option. That’s the only one I’ve ever noticed

        It was convenient that even the single use the fee included use of parking bays where I could use a vacuum.

        Down side was that I later noticed the machine had nearly torn my license plate off.

    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
      1·
      22 days ago

      They really push it. One of the ways they do this is by charging $10 for a single wash.

      Which is silly, because a sponge and soap is cheaper than $10, and if I wash the car at home I don’t even have to be sober.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    10·
    23 days ago

    When we had to work Saturday shifts, I used to take the delivery van I used to a local car wash. $2 for the basic wash. This was in 2013. They of course had the guys at the end of the wash that would dry your vehicle, and it was implied that you would tip them. So it really was a $3 wash. But still.

  • Boozilla@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    23 days ago

    Last time I used one of those places, there was a pushy dude trying so hard to get me to sign up. He got very annoyed that I kept saying no. I got a single wash and never went back to that place again. Mission failed successfully, I guess?

    These days, I just don’t bother with it, other than to occasionally rinse off pollen or dust with my garden hose.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
      1·
      23 days ago

      Kinda yeah. If they can’t extract the amount of cash from you they want, they don’t want you clogging up the line causing people to eventually cancel.

      What they really want to do is eliminate an employee entirely. Sign up online, show up, scana qr code with thier app. One person to guide you in, done.

  • Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
    4·
    23 days ago

    Unless the automated car wash is touch-less, I don’t use it. Dirty brushes are a great way to get swirls in your clear coat.

    soapy wash down by a foam cannon followed up by the two bucket method is far superior.

  • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
    3·
    23 days ago

    I get wanting a clean car and all, but my buddy gets his washed like 2 or 3 times a week. I get mine washed like 2 or 3 times a year. They are both honda pilots.