Tenth & Harrison Car Wash

The new management here is AMAZING (shant)! SUPER FRIENDLY AND ACCOMMODATING! It was by far the best experience I’ve ever had at a self service car wash. If you have any problems see Shant the manager and he will do his best to solve any problem. They definitely earned a new customer today. Kudos!

I come here to wash our company trucks definitely favorite place to go. It’s clean it’s nice & un-​neglected & will continue to come due to the high level of detail committed from management!

I’m an Über driver and wash my car at least 2 times a week. I have been coming to this location periodically over the last couple of months and can honestly say that they needed to bring a location manager on board. They did! I give this place 5 stars because the manager they hired is on point. The manager whose name was Shant was extremely helpful. He even added a token so I could take a little more time to wash my car. Thanks for realizing a need and caring about the customer. I’ll be back.

$ 6 minimum for 5-​minute timer that lets you use a powerwasher, soapy brush thingy, good old el cheapo wax, etc.
Sad part is: you can’t pause the timer. Once your 5-​minutes are up, gotta throw in another $ 6 worth of tokens to start it again.
But, slow-​running water is free and available without putting in tokens. Soap/​detail with it, and then rinse down with a 5-​min $ 6 powerwash, dry off, and get outta there (or drive forward to the vacuums).

Convenient location at the corner of 10^th & Harrison. Easy to use do it yourself carwash.

This location is the best place of San Francisco when it comes to washing and cleaning your own car. There is no waiting time, and always there is space available to clean or wash the car. Also, entering and exiting the place is easy because it is a corner location. It is cheaper to wash or clean the car here than going to places and paying more money. I will strongly suggest that Über or Lift drivers to use this place because you will be done in short time and continue your work. I myself before starting and doing Über, I come here and clean my car. Another thing I want to mention is that new management makes everything easy if you need any help or concern, they will respond right away. I am happy that there is a place like that in San Francisco.

Awesome place to wash your car easy access to the vacuum and for 6 tokens your car is completely wash. Definitely keep coming back. The new owner Shant is really friendly!

Best self car wash in the city! For $ 8 you can wash and vacuum your car. It’s centrally located in SOMA and the new owner is a friendly person. Being a Lyft driver I need a fast, easy and effective car wash that I can access on a weekly basis and one that won’t break the bank! There is usually never a wait here too.

Under new awesome management! He had done a really great job has a lot of new promotions. Facilities have really improved. And the new owner is doing a great job to earn your business and keep you add a customer. Special rates for Über and Lyft!

This car wash operates only on tokens. I was there on 10÷25÷15 and the token machine was empty. I was unable to use the car wash or vacuums. Poor business model.

Terrible — machines often don’t work, but still take your money. Have convoluted system of using their coins instead of quarters which just ends up taking money out of your pocket. Location is obviously great, but with no other similar competition owners seem to do everything they can to squeeze every dollar they can out of your pocket while delivering a service well below sub-​par.

If you want to do t yourself and not have to wait, great place. I go there once a month to Clean my tiny smart and it takes 5mn for $ 5. Can not beat it

Perfectly good self wash. As expected. I like to take care of my car as much as the next yuppie. This is a no frills wash. Don’t expect anything more or less.

3 stars up to 4
I’m a guy that likes my Mazda protégé hatchback. Change my oil and clean my car every once month
It’s almost 10 years old but hey give me a break. I make 60k a year and I live with SF rent. I don’t have time to go out to the nicer car washes 25 mins away in San Mateo sometimes so I come here. And I’d rather save the money and gas money. AND I have no driveway ala suburbia.
It’s $ 6 now AND they take credit card now. No coins. No bums asking you for change to get high later on.
$ 6 gets you five minutes of dancing around your car. Put in your 6 tokens and you’re ready. Last bay has brush, pressure washer, and soap pressure.
Stars off for questionable brush quality. But big plus for credit card acceptability now

This is not a safe place for women. A man just filmed me washing my car then drove away. The man after that leaned on the hood of his car watching me the whole time and smoking. Be prepared to be sexually harassed — and also to battle your way to the vaccuums.

They don’t allow buckets now and they raised the price. This place sucks. THe dirty brushes will scratch the SH$%T out of your car.

This place is awesome, not sure why there are so many haters. Spoiled, rich ass people.
This car wash is not luxurious by any means. It’s a self-​service deal, so no, there is no one to wash your car for you. There’s a $ 5 minimum on the car wash to get the machine started (the clock begins to count down and this indicates the machine is on), which I think is pretty cheap, considering those terrible drive-​thru gas station car washes start at $ 9! You get 5 minutes for $ 5, and another minute for each additional dollar. Unless you have a huge car, I personally believe this is just about the right amount of time if you’re able to move quickly. However, if it’s your first time using this type of wash, you may want more time to get used to it. Tip through: if you want a free extra minute or three, usually the brushes still have a good amount of soap/​water that you can begin to wipe down your car with whatever’s left on there, put in your five tokens, and just do another lather around the car. 2~ minutes lathering and 2~ minutes rinsing is a decent amount of time to clean a compact car. Just remember to check the clock. It beeps during the last minute too, so that’s helpful.
The water pressure from the hose worked really well when I used it. Granted, it didn’t completely scrape off the bird shit that was on my car for two weeks (I wasn’t expecting it to, but I read another review on here that was disappointed about that), but I ran a rag over it after I was finished and it came right off.
Vacuums are $ 1, and you get about 5 – 7 minutes? It was plenty of time for me considering my car is a Mustang so therefore pretty tiny. There are also little stations where you can buy window wipers, rags to wipe down your car, air fresheners, and one other thing, I can’t remember what it was.
Anyway. I’ll definitely be coming back here since its affordable and way better than drive-​thru car washes. Check it out!

Garbage. Since moving to California, I have been using these self service type of car washes to save money and wash my car the way I want. Pretty simple business model and operations bu this place manages to screw it up.
Location is great for the downtown SF dwellers — close to Trader Joe’s and Costco so you can easily drop in while doing other errands.
That is the only positive thing I can say about the place. It is a pretty basic self cash wash — 4 bays and high ceiling for those monster truck drivers. A bit dark at night but who really goes to wash their car at night (besides me). You will have to use the machine to get tokens as that is the only way to start the wash. Credit card accepted, I guess that is another positive. Only problem is that the machine is sometimes broken.
Drop in the 4 tokens ($ 4) to get things going. There are only 2 options — Scrub and Power Wash. No problems with the Scrub function — soap comes out and the brush seems adequate. But the Power Wash is weak. It is just a tad better than what you could get at home. It had a tough time with the presents the birds left on my car. Most other places, the water pressure is strong enough to power wash the mess off.
I will not go back — complete waste of money as the only thing it washed off my car was the dust and some dirt. I would probably get better results by leaving my car in the rain. They also had some vacuums to use which looked to be the same as other places so I would assume do a good job unless they dialed it down to save on costs.

This is the only car wash I use in the city. I can power it out with $ 4 using the foam brush and spray gun. I have a hatchback so it’s less car to wash. Sometimes, I’ll take it easy and put in $ 5 and take my time.
Like a friggin’ ballerina washing her car. Except I’m a man. I put on a tutu and cruise the streets for women. Just have so much sex with so much women. In my tutu. Gotta have the tutu. And now I know it ought to be so much sex with so many women but where’s the fun in that? So much sex with so much women sounds so much better. Have some friggin’ fun with the friggin’ language. Nah mean?
I like to do pirouettes or whatever those little spin moves are with my foam brush, scrub the bird shit off my car then I spray the hose at passers by because I have a chip on my shoulder. Whatever that means. Really I just have birdshit on my hatchback.
Don’t tell anyone this but I’m a deadbeat father. Sometimes I take my woman’s kid to the carwash and just hose him off. Nah mean? Kids get dirty. Gotta wash em. So there I am in my tutu with this kid and I’m blasting him with the spray gun and all these women are begging for my digits. So I give em a digit. I flip em the bird. My middle finger.
And that’s pretty much the life of a player who owns a hatchback.

After rolling around town with bird poop and dirt encrusted smudges, my car was in desperate need for a good scrub a dubbing.
Living in SOMA, I don’t have the luxury of a front lawn, a drive-​way, or even a garden hose to wash and detail my car. Oh the things we take for granted. Since moving to the city, the next best thing is anything with running water and soap available.
Which drove me to Tenth and Harrison Carwash.
This is located in a fairly convenient area. Simple access and the lot can wash up to 6 cars at a given time.
Now here’s the kicker, for $ 3.50, you’re only allotted approximately 5 minutes of wash time. So in other words, if you’re on a budget, this means spinning around your car like a Tasmanian Devil looking to break the World Record for fastest car wash time evaaar. By the way, no one truly accomplishes this feat. Unrealistic.
Tenth and Harrison carwash is straight up rundown and busted.
This carwash accepts quarters only and has an onsite change machine available; 3 to be exact, but 2 out of 3 are usually out of order. Be wary of observant bums panhandling for change after watching you exchange in your dollars.
All in all, the water pressure is pretty good and a decent amount of soap is produced from the scrub brush.
Just be prepared to work like Superhero Flash or else be ready to feed the machine with some more coins.
Also, I recommend drying off your car with a personal towel or you can do what I do. Since the freeway is only a block away, zoom down 101 South and pass one to two exits. Free air dry!