E Z Power Spray Car Wash

The guy who is usually on duty is insanely nice and helpful– he pre washes my car before the automatic washes it. Today they were working on the automatic washer machine so he gave me vaccum tokens and window cleaner to use while I waited.
It’s a car was people, how picky can you get?

What are you reviewing? How friendly the manager is or how well the station works???
Since they closed the self service car washes on North Burnett and 5^th street my car has looked grotty. For about 8 bucks, it is now shiny and free of pollen and bird poo. There are 7 or more self-​wash bays, that are clean and have good water pressure and one automatic one. I’ll be back soon.

$ 1.50 in quarters to start, and i believe that gets you 3 minutes
Yay:
–bill changer. so like, if you have a 20 dollar bill and don’t want 80 quarters, you can break your bills
–coin changer (??)
–ample bays
–ample vacuums
Boo:
–the soapy brush is soooooo soapy. you can literally hear the soap bubbles hitting the ground when it falls off the brush. it’s excessive
–the water/​soft wax/​not the brush nozzle sometimes takes a while to change from water to say, the soft wax setting… seconds matter here lol
–location, sort of
–vacuums aren’t free
I very thoroughly washed my relatively large sedan for about $ 10… definitely would have paid $ 25 or more at a carwash place.

Don’t give this place the time of day.
With a dirty car covered in bird excrement I pulled up to the car wash today. I had intended to just use the automated car wash and call it done. However there was an older gentleman standing IN the entrance to it. Rather than deal with him I decided to wash the car manually. So I pulled around the back of the wash bays.
Upon entering I saw a sign that said «Exit Only» and another that said, «Pants Up /​Music Down». I even took a picture of the Pants/​Music sign since I thought it pretty funny. It gave me a hint that maybe this establishment was owned by an older gentleman who didn’t care for modern culture, especially the culture that is pretty prevalent in this particular part of Austin.
As I got back to the car to wash it the older man I had previously seen popped into the wash bay. He said, «You cannot enter the bay from the backside, come in the front only! There are signs!» Pointing and referring to the «Exit Only» sign on the back of the bay.
Now the bay is marked at the back as «Exit Only» but the front is unmarked. If this is such a large issue, you think there would be a «Enter Only» sign on the front as well. I mean what sense does it make to have it so someone must get all the way around the building only to tell them «No go back!».
Anyway, I said I was sorry and that I would remember in the future. I went for my wallet to start the wash process. He told me, «Sir you have to move your car now.» He seriously demanded I turn my car around immediately.
I asked him, «Wait what? You are going to make me pull out, turn the car around in the middle of the lot, and come in the other way? What difference does it make which way I pull in?»
He said, «We have rules and we must follow the rules.»
I got the feeling this guy wasn’t quite right in the head, but I had enough of this.
I told him, «Well I guess you don’t want my business. If this is such a big deal you can go f$&% yourself.» and I departed with a dirty car.
I understand trying to create a flow of traffic so there aren’t any accidents in the parking lot, but this man was just mean and nasty about the «rules» I broke. When the whole situation wasn’t properly marked or informed.
Find somewhere else to wash your car. This guy obviously hates the neighborhood and people he has to deal with everyday. It is long past time for him to have sold the business off.

I have been going to this car wash since I moved to Austin in 2004. I have found it to be very reliable and priced reasonably. I have had conversations with the owner, manager, and someone running the automatic. They were all pleasant, helped me accordingly and made me feel valued as a customer. I will continue to go back.

Today I went to the King of the Road Wash and decided to wash my dirty car. I paid for an $ 8.00 wash and received a $ 4.00 wash. I thought, O.K. I will go back through and get a $ 6.00 wash to get my car really clean. The person that was behind me received my $ 8.00 wash. When I went through again I received their $ 4.00 wash again. I am out $ 16.00 for two $ 4.00 washes. Aside from that I throught on the second time I would pay with cash. Well that was a disaster also. I put in $ 6.00 dollars and received $ 4.00 in change, because you must pay with change. I commence to depositing the coins and three of them got stuck and I could not get them back. I total for my car wash today was $ 18.75 and it is still not that clean. Never again!!!

I’ve probably been to this car wash dozens of times and have spent over $ 100 there, easily. Generally, it’s well maintained and the chemicals are filled up (some car washes run out of soap after you’ve deposited money in them and stuff like that). It’s somewhat expensive as far as coin car washes go, but I usually did pretty well there.
That’s until I met the owner. You see I had made a slight mistake. I had used the little spray thingy and the brush thingy. I had put up the brush thingy but completely forgot about the spray thingy. I rolled down my window to listen to what the guy had to say and was immediately attacked and berated. It goes something like this:
«In all my years of owning this car wash, I don’t think I’ve ever seen somewhat so careless and stupid as you, leaving the sprayer on the ground like an idiot» — owner guy (so no one has EVER forgot to put up a sprayer before? DAMN. I AM a failure in life)
«I’m so sorry, It was a completely accident. I can go to another cash wash though if I’m going to berated for an innocent mistake» — me, as I’m putting up the sprayer
«I don’t need business from people like you» — him
«You don’t need business at all.» — me
«I get plenty of business. I just don’t need business from your type.» — Him
So there. He doesn’t need business from people who sometimes make the mistake of forgetting. Let’s help him out, shall we Unilocal