I know it's odd, but I really like going through a car wash. Not just any car wash, mind you. But one that you can escape the world and its facile charms, troubles, and the oppressive heat of mid-summer madness, or the sterile cold of wintry desolation; one with soothing cave-like darkness, automatic brushes, futuristic lights, swishing water and technicolor soap, punctuating the darkness--not requiring intrusive human hands (seeking tips and approval), or even polite communication. If you can get one that does not cost much, and which does not even require that you exchange words or currency with a bored, teenage attendant, or moonlighting housewife, (or balding, middle-aged man who reminds you of your high school Gym teacher), even better! And that's the Chevron Car Wash! It. is. everything.
Cheap: As little as $8 for a basic wash, and $16 for an extended one that includes "waxing." By a throwback robot without the anthropormorphism. Sure. You are not getting a high quality detailing here, folks. It's more for your sense of pride and quick freshening up more than anything. But sure, you can pay extra for the "luxury" wash.
Therapeutic: It is serene to go through a car wash like this and realize that you are going through life which on occasion dumps its sludge on you, but you will emerge from it shinier and better and go out into the sunshine, ready to face whatever may come your way. And as Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill you makes you stronger." And that includes your car! That is the message of the humble carwash! You are alone, but you are not lonely. You are powerful. You are loved. Someone knows your name. Your car appreciates you!
Roll up your windows in your fortress of steel, turn way up the volume on your favorite tune, and ease into the small, but psychically vast atmosphere of vehicular baptism. I have never felt "blue" after an automatic car wash. This Chevron one on Charleston is special because it is so quick and to the point. (Fabulous Freddy's deeper in Summerlin has or had an amazing one that takes quite a while to get through its bells and whistles, but costs more and requires more dedicated planning). You can drop by and do this wash in 5 minutes, if that! (Stay for the full 1 minute of blow-drying at the end, though, for best results.)
The car wash is perfectly automatic. It takes a debit/credit card! You don't have to talk to anyone. Isn't that relaxing? Just you and your car against the world. It is going to be alright. Yes, even if it rains. read more