WAX ON......
With summer officially upon us, now's the time to get your car sparkling clean.
This Gas N Wash on Central Ave in Stickney is actually a double gas station separated by a self-serve car wash. With more than three dozen gasoline pumps between the two sides, you'll never have to wait for a spot. They also have pumps for freight vehicles on the south end of the property.
Each gas station has its own convenience mart, both are clean and well-stocked. Cold drinks (including beer), snacks, scratch off tickets, slots and video poker, the usual. Employees are pretty friendly, especially one woman who always asks how my day is going.
Thanks to the "Steal a Wash" promotion with the Chicago White Sox, when the southsiders steal a base during a home game, anyone with the Gas N Wash mobile app can redeem a FREE deluxe car wash! Better still, there's no frequency limitation (that I know of), so as long as the Sox have a speedster on their roster, you can repeat ad nauseam.
The car wash itself is nothing special, no cool light show or disco ball dryer. A 'light' wash is $8, while the 'basic' is $15 and comes with undercarriage triple foam polish. The $20 'deluxe' wash adds tire shine & hot wax, and the $25 'extreme' wash dunks your car into Lake Michigan.
* TL;DR *
As often as my car gets dirty, I'll never pay full price for a deluxe wash (a $5 express wash is a different story, however).
This car wash is easily accessible and with over 40 gas pumps + 2 quick marts, it can service everyone even on the busiest of days. Download their app and start redeeming those free washes when the Sox steal a base! read more