Uncle Chick’s Car Wash

I went to the only open self serve bay available. There was over 2 minutes left and I started using the wand spraying off my car. As I kept checking the time, it would fluctuate 14 minutes then 35 seconds back to 4 minutes. So I used the soap brush, had my car all soaped up, had just switched over to rinse off the soap; and yes you waste time waiting for the water to start when you switch to something else. And it stopped. So I swiped my VISA and rinsed my car well the time was still fluctuating the whole time. Jumping all over the place from seconds to 20 some minutes. Actually starting my time out with only 12 seconds when I first applied my VISA. I turned the red knob to stop and the spraying wand kept spraying @ a low spry like I first received it. Then looking @ my bank statement instead of being charged $ 3.00 I was charged $ 10.00. I am not happy!

I Give it a 1 star only because I can’t put 0. By far the worst Customer service I have ever dealt with, let me remind you I work In customer service so I know how it is so it takes a pretty poor experience for me to write a negative review on it. Spent an hour at this car wash today, cleaning out and detailing my car before I used the vacuum, rug scrub, etc. I had a FEW items in my trunk which did include some broken glass from a flower vase I had back there that had fallen out of the box. (hence why I was at the car wash) Threw that in the garage can between the two self use vacuums, put $ 1.25 in to use the vacuum, and my quarters got stuck, there is NO return change button on the vacuum machine, There is NO place to insert bills there to make quarters and NO place for a credit/​debit card to receive cash back and the vacuum only accepts quarters. I didn’t want to have to drive to a local gas station to get change just to come back, so after about 20 minutes of me messing with the machine trying to get my quarters back I ended up finding a few more quarters deep down in my purse to use for a different machine. Mean while, a bald man comes out and starts taking out some of the trash, asked if I was finished with the garbage can, I replied «Yes I am, Thank You» He just seemed like someone who came to pick up the trash from time to time. wasn’t sure if he was management or anything or else I would have mentioned something about the machine taking my quarters… He then came back for another garbage that happen to be right in front of my car and I suppose my car door was in the way so he took it upon himself to close my car door, and extremely rude, went on to tell me that I shouldn’t have put that much garbage in there (I did not put that much, it was practically full when I got there), it costs him «too much money», if I wanted somewhere to go and dumb my trash I should go to a dump because this is a «carwash.» As he is stepping over my floor mats that I put on the ground so that I could VACCUM OUT MY CAR. I know he saw me messing with the machine but never bothered to ask if there was a problem or if I needed help. I made it very clear that I was offended and I told him I was trying to vacuum and wash my car but HIS machine took my quarters and there was no quarter machine and that if he doesn’t want specific items in his trash can he should make a sign somewhere stating so. He completely ignored me and walked away. I was so furious I put all of my things back in my car and left, didn’t even end up vacuuming my car.
With that being said, even though this place is convenient for me, you could not pay me enough to come back and spend a dime at this place.

Okay it is a drive in car wash, nothing new. I was initially turned off when the signs said to deposit $ 2.00 & then would not work till it got $.50 more.
The jet worked great, as did the soap & rinse. I have a 2 seater car, so quick enough to clean in the time allotted. It had places for mats and such, but I just wanted to get the pollen crap off my car.
All was great, including the pressure. I did not like that their were no signs indicating the price increase. Not so much paying it, but having enough change. Thankfully my change maker & money taker worked great!
What’s a girl to do? you drive a beautiful car, you can’t have it dirty.

pretty good car wash if you do the self serve, but the auto wash is a joke – you pay extra (in this case $ 10 instead of 7) for the air dryer only to have the sprayer still drizzling on your car as the blower stops at the end.

I normally use Uncle Chick’s to vacuum my car. I usually bring my own quarters. However, today, I brought 10 $ 1 Bills thinking I will change them in for quarters. So I put my dollars in and out come «Tokens» which is fine, but I didn’t realize until putting in $ 7 that the coins are for the car wash only. So now my tokens were practically useless in regards to vacuuming. I did put a quarter in the vacuum machine because the machine does say Quarters and Tokens only. So, yeah, it’ll take my tokens but the token will only be worth $.25 instead of the $ 1 I bought it for. What a scam. $ 7 out the window. And I would say that at least I can wash my car there, but I am able to wash my car at home, so its really a waste of my $ 7. This is probably how this tricky business makes half of their money.

I like Uncle Chicks because I can do everything all in one place and self serve for a couple of quarters, but they have this crazy biting ant infestation bye all of the vacuums

Definitely needed the Sedan cleaned, so I stopped in the drive thru Water Wiz 2.0…it definitely got the job done for the most part… the deluxe jets water underneath the vehicle… the water jets out in a back and forth sequence… the blower needs improvement… I had to get out and shammy it down but it was all a set up because the aroma from the restaurants next door was trying to entice me to go in for a quick dine! LOL! …it takes cash & credit cards… it doesn’t provide receipts… other than that it gets the job done…

This place never gives a good car wash. The drive thru wash is terrible. The brush & hose bays are ok, pretty good amount of time for the $$$

I wash my car at Uncle Chick. It is easy access from Tampa road. It has civilian camera on site. Saturday and Sunday are always busy.
There are about 5 self-​service, one machine wash and 2 interior vacuum. Coin, token machine on site (AMEX no accepted). Each option cost 2 tokens or 8 quarters on average. It offers no-​spot wash, but I usually just use regular soap. I did notice that if I don’t dry my car using my towell, it leaves water spot that won’t come off unless I wash it again. My brother-​in-​law tried the auto wash and he didn’t complain.
I took one star off because I got few bad tokens from the machine. I hope they fix it.
BTW, there are couple good restaurants and bar just next door in walking distance.