Mobil Gas Station and Car Wash

Awful car wash.
Be prepared to wait in line for 20 minutes everytime. Also, make sure you prepaid for the car wash from pumping gas or have cash on you for the machine before you enter the car wash.
I ended up having to go to another car wash the next day because there was so much mud left on my vehicle. Your car will still be soaking wet even after the dry process.
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My husband took my car to this car wash not knowing about my bad experience and it completely took off the my front license plate (and the caps that hold it)

The worst car wash I have ever been to! That thing is so slow! We were behind 3 cars and it took 45 minutes to get through the wash. I will never come back here. They need a major upgrade!

Love how they have a car wash thats open ²⁴⁄₇ but hate how they are super expensive for gas.

I’ve been coming here for 8 months on the way to work. 20 percent of the time, there’s something wrong with their credit card machines. Never coming back here unless I absolutely have to. Don’t waste your time stopping by, it might be a waste of your time.

This station never fails to initially charge me more than I spent on gas when using credit. Purchased $ 30.00 of gas and was charged $ 101.00 on my credit card. Have had this happen before at other stations, but extremely disappointed that they would do this when the majority of college students living off campus use this station. Use this station only in emergencies Tritons

Shame on you Mobil.
Long lines for car wash.
Paltry selections for snacks.
Mediocre snack selection.
Disturbing clientele.
I expected more for La Jolla.

Wow! Crazy gas prices! 60 cents more than a few gas stations down the street. Not worth the price difference. I am not pumping gold, but at those prices, they should full service.

Friday, Jan. 3^rd — 1pm ish, gassed up & bought their $ 10 Deluxe Carwash ! I saw the car in front of me was also getting the wheel washing feature. Yet the washers hit their Bumpers, NOT their wheels. So i watched this happen again on my car .
Complaining to the Manager On Duty. I Was Told 3 times, ’ .that’s not possible, they have sensors. ’ ! I told her my plastic bumper was pushed sideways, Hard, by wheel washer device. Liability, They should get it re calibrated now ! Said i’d just take another wash voucher. She wants to see the car — again saying ‘. that’s not possible.’. I said Keep Your Wash, Just Lost A Customer ! ‘… That’s Not Possible…’ is Calling Me A Liar. They need a Customer Service, how to handle Feedback, Class !

Car wash didn’t do squat… Waste of money! :(There were still a bunch of specs that didn’t wash off. I got the «deluxe» wash because… Hey, why the hell not? Haha. My windshield was barely cleaned. But yeah, should have saved that $ 8 for chipotle or something.

I don’t really understand the horrible reviews for this place. Sure the prices are a little higher than other gas stations in town but it’s not like they trick you into paying it. The prices are clearly displayed and if you don’t want to pay them, drive down to Clairemont Mesa to a ghetto gas station and save yourself 20 cents per gallon. I prefer not to get shanked while pumping gas so I’ll gladly pay the extra pennies to come to a well lit and clean gas station.
There aren’t really a lot of gas stations in UTC and this one gets the job done. It also has a touch free drive thru car wash which is hard to find in the area. The car wash is a little pricey too, however (7 – 10 bucks depending on the one you chose). Overall, aside from the price it is a perfectly fine gas station.

2 stars for gas prices. I’m guessing it’s expensive cause it’s in La Jolla right next to a school that’s $ 30k/​year. But 4.5 stars for the option #1 car wash. $ 10 and no water spots and it got off 99% of the bird poop on my car.
I’ll only get gas here if it’s an emergency but I’d come back for a car wash if I only needed it cleaned externally.

Stopped here for gas after dinner and noticed that the prices were more expensive than others but it was not worth trying to find another gas station.

GAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE HERE! They have bathrooms and snacks, and that’s all about all it’s good for. Do not get gas here unless you’re in desperate need, which we were. Thankfully, they don’t charge for putting air in your tires.

I am pleasantly happy with this gas station although it may not seem like it due to the three star review. Let me just get the negative out there (even though the rest of my fellow Unilocalers did it for me)…the gas is outrageously expensive. I live around the corner and work off of Miramar Road and I will always get gas on my way to and from work, never at this Mobil. I can’t afford this place’s gas!
The three stars come soley from the car wash! There are many others like it, but let me tell you about why this is my new favorite. I have been to quite a few and this one is so simple to use. You can either pay for a wash and gas at the same time or purchase the wash right up at the machine (beware it does not take cards, you have to go inside if you don’t have cash on you). The machine literally tells you what to do. I have been to some of these that embarrass me so much because I can’t figure the darn things out!
The wash it self is touch free so there are no huge wipers hitting your car (I’ve heard that is harsh on your paint job). I was a little skeptical as I was sitting in the middle of it thinking there was no way the soap, water and air could get the bird poop off of my hood! You see, the birds that live in the tree above my parking spot believe my car to be their personal toilet ;]. You can believe my surprise when I got home to see my car spotless!
My favorite part of the whole experience however, was the way the washer dries your car. Usually these automatic ones state a time (60 seconds, 30 seconds, etc) for how long the drier is blowing and you have to slowly drive through it hoping you got all spots of your car dried equally. This one has the driers built into the same mechanism that spits out the soap and water, so at the end it goes around and dries your car evenly FOR YOU! So awesome.
Two thumbs up for the car wash!

Thank you Mobil Car Wash! My car was filthy and for $ 7, your rain machine made my car clean again! All I had to do was insert cash into your machine and press a button to select which wash I wanted. THAT IS SO INNOVATIVE! Regarding the cash, it was very inconvenient that I had to first buy some old gum in order to break my Benjamin. Sucks that you guys only take 1s, 5s and 10s. Who carries such small denominations of bills? I thought they were discontinued. Nonetheless, the best part of the wash was that there were no annoying humans making microscratches on my car with abrasive reused towels. It’s just water, soap and air! :-D
Sure your gas is a rip-​off but I only buy from Chevron or Shell anyway!
Also, a suggestion for improvement is to add some music to your rain machine! Thanks again!

First of all this gas station has some of the highest prices for gas in all of San Diego, secondly their air and water pump is out of order. Only go here if it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!

This place is «okay» for the car wash… Quick tip though is that they don’t accept credit cards at the machine you have to go inside if you wanna use your card for the car wash, I’ve seen too many people drive up and get out of their cars to go inside and pay…
Also the car wash doesn’t get very low in the car… I’ve watched the car in front of me many times and the water just comes to about…1.5ft above the ground and stops so cars with bumpers that are lower (me!) do not get the full cleaning coverage!

I hate this gas station. It’s near UCSD grad housing, so when I’m really short on gas I get stuck coming here and I’m angry about it every time. It has the highest prices of any gas station I’ve seen in SD.
The only redeeming quality is the car wash. Other than that, avoid at all costs.

To quote The Wedding Singer, «Information I could have used *yesterday*.»
Literally, I could have used Unilocal’s help yesterday while looking for gas after a day at Sea World. I could have made it plenty farther, I wasn’t on fumes or anything, I just figured, «why not here?». Now that I’ve read the Unilocal reviews, I know why. Doh!
I paid $ 4.45 per gallon. For regular. Ugh. Unfortunately, I hadn’t really been paying much attention to prices, so I thought maybe this was just normal SoCal pricing. Sonuvabitch.

Holy cow! This place is seriously ripping people off! I noticed that gas prices were about .25 cents more than what I pay in Carlsbad. Problem was, I needed to get home so I put $ 20 in and said I’d fill up when i’m getting my car wash Friday.
Note to self: fill up in Carlsbad, not La Jolla!