Ponderosa Self-Serve

I came at 8pm on a Sunday and I’m surprised there was quite a few people here this late… It did the job. It is a little pricey. $ 5 for 11 minutes but i needed more time. $ 1.25 for vacuum. The owner is around helping out making sure everything is okay. Heads up, he will try to sell you a commercial wax.

First and last time. Usually takes $ 3 to wash my car and this place took me $ 5. That’s huge percentage difference for nothing special. I feel raped for my time they gave 25 to 30 seconds per 25 cents. Typically 45 seconds everywhere else. Not the worse place but I’ll pass.

Do not ever go to this car wash. They have lost my business forever. My daughters cheer squad had a fundraiser next door at California Sound & the owner at Ponderosa car wash in Fontana was SO against it. We had cheerleaders on the sidewalk not even close to his business & the owner took it upon himself to confront them. Mind you they are minors that were so excited to have a fundraiser to help take their team to go nationals (which I will add. They are the only team in the Inland Empire that qualified) I walked over to the girls that were almost in tears from the owner yelling at them & asked them what was wrong. I then confronted the owner & he was so rude I explained the fundraiser & he didn’t even care. He called the cops & complained that we were disturbing his business. To make a long & very sad story short they shut us down all because the owner at Ponderosa car wash. A man who can shut little girls down is no man who should be in business.

Prior to trying this car wash, i used to either wash my car myself or bring it to a car wash to have it done. I decided to give them a shot and see for myself how things went. I went in at around 11 a. m on a Saturday and 2 of the 4 bays were vacant so i pulled into one. I was greeted by an attendant (i believe he may also be the owner??) and asked him how things worked and what i needed to do. He gave me change for my money (dollar coins and some quarters) and showed me how easy everything was. Basically you can put as much money as you want but i would suggest the 5 $ = 11 minutes. it gives you a bit of extra time. So when you put the money in you can decide what you do and don’t want to do to your car and in what order you want to do it. You have a selection of a wheel/​tire cleaner/​hi pressure car shampoo, hi pressure spot-​free rinse, carnauba wax spray, foaming car brush. You can go back and forth between anything you want as long as you still have time. Since it was my first time, i wash running short and needed to put a couple more dollars in, but thats just because i am O. C when it comes to cleaning my car. After you are done with everything you pull up to the parking spots in front of the bays where you can dry and vacuum your car. I recommend bringing your own drying towels or absorber (which is what i use). The towels they have there aren’t very pain friendly IMO. The vacumming isnt free, its 1.25, im not sure for how many minutes.
The attendant said that they are open 24 hours, but of course after hours he isnt there. There is a coin exchanger on the wall though.
I was very satisfied with the experience, their carnauba wax that i put in my car after i washed made my car sparkle really nice, and this is an opinion coming from a guy who is real critic on car waxes.
The guy who said he gave it 4 stars because he needed to dry his car is a weirdo. what did he expect? IT IS A SELF SERVE CAR WASH JESUS LOL
Great place to wash your car. Give it a try.

$ 5 gets you 11 minutes to wash, and each additional quarter gives you 27 seconds extra. I took my time to wash, so I had to add $ 2 extra.
I came here on a Sunday evening around 5:30pm, and it was not busy at all. There was no wait for a washing bay. There are 4 bays to wash your car, and two of them have steps you can use to wash taller cars. There is a change machine that takes 1s and 5s. The bay has a sequence you can use to wash your car — rinse, tire soap, soapy brush, rinse, wax spray, and another rinse. Afterward, you pull up to spots to dry your car and to vacuumn. Bring your own towel to dry your car! The towels you can buy ($ 1.25 each) are like paper towels and are terrible for drying. Vacuuming costs $ 1.25.

Came here to get the girlfriends car washed, a ton of dead bugs all over the front (usually happens after a road trip). So we pull up, and all the bays were occupied. Charlie (Found out his name at the end of my wash) an employee here does a good job on monitoring what bays are going to be available next for the waiting customers. So we pull up and start washing. We did the $ 5 deal with 11 minutes; it includes everything you need to get the job done and enough time. Periodically Charlie comes around and ensures everything is working/​running properly. After I was done washing, Charlie comes around and starts asking me how I take care of the car. Long story short, I purchased a wax product from him for $ 10 (32 oz.), when he applied it to show me I did notice a difference. So we’ll see how this product works…
I would have given this place 5 stars, but I had to dry my own car.