Wash Park Wash

Great basic car wash. Who cares if the building is old? What do you need in a car wash? High pressure water/​soap/​maybe a scrubber and some vacuums. It’s got all that. And the barbed wire somebody mentioned appears to be a anti-​pigeon device. The guy that runs/​owns the place seems like a nice guy too.

Gets the job done.

Sad little coin-​op car washing place. You will easily spend $ 8 using up your quarters, getting soaking wet, and scratching your car with the scrubbers. I opt for a full service car wash for the same price down Broadway at water works. However, if you are into the do it yourself coin-​op carwashes, this place will do the trick!

I have used this car wash when I needed a wand type car wash. The only way I would recommend it is if you go on a more busy day where there is a lot of activity. I have been twice now where I was the first of the day and it took over $ 2 just to get to the point it sprayed soap. It ended up costing me about $ 4 to do a pretty weak job of cleaning. Also, the stalls are narrow and I feel it is a tight fit even for my Toyota pickup. I know of some great wand washes in the burbs, but am looking for a good one in the Glendale/​Wash Park area. This is not it.

As mentioned, facility is in poor condition. Usable, but nothing to write home about. It is cheap. However, the owner/​manager is a cranky old man who is free with his criticism. Unfortunate, as I would like to support a neighborhood buisiness. Good thing there are three other car washes within an easy drive.

Wash Park Wash is
–one of the cheaper car washes in town.
–crowded on sunny days after snowstorms.
–very, very run-​down and dilapidated.
–a four-​stall facility.
–with two vacuums.
–and two bill changers.
–the only car wash in town with coils of barbed-​wire between stalls.
Serious about the barbed wire thing. It doesn’t really make sense. If you wanted to break into the stall next door, you could scale the flat, slippery cinder-​block wall, and then get tangled in the loops of barbed wire. Or you could just walk around.
On a more relevant note, this might be the only wash in town where you get 4 minutes for two dollars. And the vacuum is 50 cents. That means you could spend $ 3.00 and wash your car inside and out, and probably still have a quarter left over for a long distance phone call or a gumball or for throwing at homeless people.
And yeah, it looks like the building is about to collapse upon itself, but it probably won’t. It’s a car wash; who cares about the aesthetics of the building? (Definitely not the owner, that’s who.)
The vacuum timer is a bit short though, so make sure to hurry.

This is my favorite self-​service car wash.
The owner is a great guy and spends a lot of time on site.
My favorite because:
* you get a lot of time for your money
* the equipment always works properly
* plenty of space to dry (if you are into to that) your car
It does not look fancy. In fact, it looks run down and shabby, but everything works perfectly.
If you prefer to wash your car yourself, this is a great place to go.
Three stars doesn’t mean that I don’t like it, but I just can’t get excited about a self-​service car wash.