Y'all notice all these new carwashes being built are $10+ drive-thru car washes?

[jadillac]

Maybe it's just DFW area, but there's no old school car washes being built anymore. And by old school i mean, 4 quarters for 3 mins, you wash your own car with the power wand.

But every week there's a new drive thru car wash opening for $8-10, which doesn't include any wheel cleaning (that's another $3) or anything other than driving ur car thru and then the auto-dry.

That's wild to me, bc these things usually don't clean your car that well if it's dirty. Who's paying $10-12 to wash their car regularly, when you can do it for $1-2 on your own. And do it better.

Guess I'll keep hand-washing/scrubbing in my driveway and going to the last few remaining manual car washes to rinse.

 

[King Poetic]

I go to one and pay $18 but they give u a free wash coupon that has to be used within 7 days, which isnt bad.. I probably go once or twice a month tho

 

[Sunalmighty]

Maybe it's just DFW area, but there's no old school car washes being built anymore. And by old school i mean, 4 quarters for 3 mins, you wash your own car with the power wand.

But every week there's a new drive thru car wash opening for $8-10, which doesn't include any wheel cleaning (that's another $3) or anything other than driving ur car thru and then the auto-dry.

That's wild to me, bc these things usually don't clean your car that well if it's dirty. Who's paying $10-12 to wash their car regularly, when you can do it for $1-2 on your own. And do it better.

Guess I'll keep hand-washing/scrubbing in my driveway and going to the last few remaining manual car washes to rinse.

same thing in GA. seems as if every new business opening is a gas station or a car wash. there is one old school car wash not too far from the house though

 

[Amo Husserl]

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

They still pop up all the time here.

 

[The Pledge]

Weird rant, most of these drive thru washes are subscription based. Mine here is $15/month for unlimited washes

Whenever I go into the office, I drive by and get my car washed. Plus they have free vacuums. Not a bad deal to me.

 

[TEH]

Whitewater Express - they’re in many states …

Drive through - pay $24-$35 - get your car washed as many times a month as you want … a great wash, ceramic coating etc.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Unless it’s touchless, you hate your vehicle going through a car wash. Just go to Forest Car Wash off Forest Ln if you still in Dallas. They hand wash your car if you request it

 

[Motife43]

same thing in GA. seems as if every new business opening is a gas station or a car wash. there is one old school car wash not too far from the house though

yep. there are two of the same company's carwashes on one street near me

I prefer a DIY in the driveway or the old school touchless like OP is talking about. I used to take my truck to some migos but they would leave swirl marks. Best bet for a great car wash is a GOOD detail place. But if you don't really care about swirl marks and stuff like that, go to the drive thru

 

[Noriega]

My local spot here in chi is $20 a month for unlimited washes

 

[Noriega]

Unless it’s touchless, you hate your vehicle going through a car wash. Just go to Forest Car Wash off Forest Ln if you still in Dallas. They hand wash your car if you request it

I use to care bout that when my car was newer, now at 16 years old I don’t give a damn bout the paint

 

[Stir Fry]

Guess I'll keep hand-washing/scrubbing in my driveway and going to the last few remaining manual car washes to rinse.

You should consider copping one of these

Karcher Electric Power washer

 

[Scientific Playa]

I still wash my truck by hand. I use an ounce or two of Blue Coral wash and wax in a five gallon bucket of water and it gives me high quality results, a workout and saves me hundreds of dollars a year.
You see dudes washing vehicles like this in the beginning of Nas 'One Love' vid. I started doing it decades before that.

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[Mr Bubbles]

The gas station closest to my house growing up had an automatic car wash. This was 90's-early 00's. My sister and I used to love it.

 

[Remote]

There was a rumor years ago that car washes are a great way to launder money.
I think I first heard about it when Lenny Dykstra was getting busted for all his schemes because he owned a few of them.

Anyway car washes probably are overpriced.
Car fanatics will probably tell you that car washes are bad for your car and doing a manual wash is better. But I guess these days aint nobody got time for all that.

I remember as a kid my uncles would take an afternoon and apply turtle wax on their car. Talk about a long process...