Express Auto Spa

I’ve kind of had it with this place. I was attracted to the $ 30 per month unlimited, towel dry service, but: Their hours are very inconvenient, 8AM to 6PM, which, for someone who has to be at work at 8 and works until 5:30, the only time I can reasonably get there is on the weekend. Then, they ALMOST NEVER OPEN AT 8?! This morning, my car really needed to get washed so I called my boss and said I’d be in a little late, got there at 8 sharp, and NO ONE WAS EVEN THERE YET. I waited, at about 8:05, someone finally showed up, but left me sitting there another 5 minutes, the computer that checks you in was on, but there was a cone blocking the entrance, so, it looked like they were open, people were there, the lights were on, but there I sat. So, finally, I got out of my car, moved the cone, and droveup to the automatic check-​in, and it let me in. However, when I got thru the wash, one of the guys who was drying my car actually had the nerve to dress me down for moving the cone!!! I mean the guy was PISSED AT ME?!! Now, if it was my business, I would have APOLOGIZED FOR NOT BEING OPEN ON TIME AND MAKING A CUSTOMER WAIT. My monthly service expires in a few days, and I WILL NEVER, EVER GO BACK TO THIS PLACE!

So I’m on a roll trying to review some things other than food. Probably because I get hungry whenever I review food and the Dr. says I need to cut down…
I use this car wash all the time to get the salt off my car. It’s only $ 5 and it does a better job than the touch free ones. They have this one old guy that works there day in and day out and he sprays down the car with a pressure washer before you go through the machine. I think it helps. The machine looks like it may need a little updating and it hits the car pretty hard-​so not for the faint of heart! Knock on wood it’s never damaged anything on my car.
Hopefully the salt will be gone soon!

Bought a «towel dry» exterior for $ 15 and the guys barely touched the car with the towel — if I pay an extra $ 5 to get a towel dry I expect the car to be dry. Take the extra 30 seconds and get the job done correctly. Disappointing… next time I’ll go to Kwik Trip, pay $ 10 less and dry it myself.

This is a drive through that does a better than average wash. Partly due to the pressure washer presoak by hand and then the spinning cloths. Free vacuums. Odd hours though. I dropped my unlimited washes because they open late and close early. Gas stations are always open.

Well… I didn’t get an oil change, so I took the car for a wash. I know, logical change of plans. Anyway I remembered seeing this place a couple times, so I decided to go here. Really wasn’t sure how the whole thing worked since usually (at least the places I went to before I move to the ‘sha) there were people that would ask you what you wanted, mark up your windshield, you get out and go have some free popcorn, while they pretty up your car. Here, it is automated. You pull up, choose your wash option on the screen, insert your card/​cash, then pull around, throw it in Neutral, and that’s it. If you want them to towel dry the car, the wash is $ 10. The only problem I found was that there were still loads of those little helicopter things in the corners of the back window and a couple of other places. Considering I could see them and pull them away when I parked the car at home, I was surprised that the wash, nor the people drying the car caught those. Other than that, the rest of the wash was good!

I can’t believe I’m the first to review! I don’t get to stop here as much as I’d like, but if you’re out west this wash can’t be beat. I’m way picky about car washes and this is one of my top choices.
It’s $ 10 for a deluxe wash with dry but you need to spring an extra $ 10 and they clean the whole interior using the same TLC you’d take if you had the time. I’ve seriously waited 15 minutes for them to clean the inside out, floor to ceiling! Some years back I was lucky enough to be given an unlimited wash pass as a Father’s Day gift. If I had planned my driving thru Waukesha, I could have had my car washed every day for three months for around $ 1/​day!