Mr. Sharky’s

Nice clean location. Love the convenience of using my credit card to pay for my wash. The blow dry tool is neat and worked pretty well. When I am in this area and my car is dirty, this is my go to spot. Happy with my clear car!

Was contemplating 3 stars vs 2 stars. I think 2.5 stars would be appropriate.
I’ve been here a total of 4 times. First time was fine. 2^nd time i pull in to the car bay, wash my car. I get to the point where I’m ready to air blow my car dry, but the air blower in that bay was broken.
This is an issue for 2 reasons. First, the obvious, is that now I have to move to another bay and find a working blower. Not THAT big of a deal if isn’t busy, which it wasn’t.
The 2^nd reason, is that when you go and use your card, it requires a minimum charge of $ 2 for 4 minutes. Now, when you move to another bay, since you had to let your time stop in the original bay, you’re essentially having to «restart» the clock, and you HAVE to pay for 4 minutes even if you only need $ 2. If the blower had worked in the original bay where I already fulfilled the minimum time requirement with the rest of the wash, this would not be an issue. Basically you’re forced to spend more then you would have if all the equipment worked.
The 3^rd time I went there, all the bays were in use, so I waited behind a guy in a pick up truck. Much to my dismay, right when I thought he was leaving (because he had already used the blower, the last drying tool in the process). He pulls some terry clothes out of his truck, and starts to HAND DRY HIS TRUCK IN THE BAY. For the record, this car wash has a pull-​out area specifically for people to work on their cars AFTER the wash, but this guy thought it would be a great idea to just make me wait. As I was thinking about finding an employee to ask this guy to move, I see him walk over to an employee, and chat it up for about 5 minutes. Awsome.
4^th time I went there, (totally different bay from the 2^nd time). SAME exact situation, wash my car, then find out the blower is broken. Have to move to another bay, pay for time I don’t need in order to finish the wash.
Why’s it so hard to find a decent place to wash your car in SW austin? Ridiculous.