I purchased a voucher and took my boyfriend's car in as a gift. We recently got a puppy so there's lots of hair and a bit of a wet dog smell. Considering the great reviews below, I winged it and purchased the $125 for $95 deal.
I called in on Wednesday and asked if I had to make an appointment since I had a Yelp Voucher. He said I could bring it in that same day. Instead, I said I wanted to bring it in Friday morning and he said that I could bring it in at whatever time. At noon on Friday, I took the car to the location. It was easy to find. The owner (?) asked if I had called in because he likes to know when the yelpers are coming in so he knows that the vouchers are valid (apparently it takes time to be validated?). I was a bit taken aback by his confusing demeanour but I let it slide. I left my car and he told me to come back in 2 hours.
2 hours, 15 minutes later, I'm back. The car looked okay from the outside. Honestly, I felt intimidated being an only girl in a lower level parking garage filled with a couple men washing cars - so I decided to inspect it when I got home. Not that it would have made a difference - like they would have redone the car.
Anyways, I get home and the car was hardly touched. Sure - the outside was powerwashed (easily could have paid $5 to do that myself at a self-wash). But the inside was extremely disappointing. Whoever wiped the car down did a half-assed job. Their $125 deal advertises, "Clean & Detail door jambs & dash." Nope. NOT done. The door handles were still dusty, the crevices of the gear stick and its surrounding were still dirty. They didn't touch inside the glove compartment - still dusty. The from box/arm rest was still dirty. But worst of all, the seats were still covered with bits of paper, crumbs and dog hair. Mind you, our car is pretty clean; we took our car in for the minor details to be touched up, things that we may not be able to do at home easily. Our dog has a short coat, meaning he sheds but not that much. The deal advertises "vacuum interior & trunk." NOPE. AGAIN, NOT DONE. You'd think that a car wash would have heavy duty vacuums to get rid of pet hair, right? Nope. The backseat was hardly touched! I had to go home and used lint rollers - which got the hair out.
Point is - I'm extremely disappointed. $100 WASTED. I ended up taking the car to wash at a self wash myself. I guess what they say is true. If you want the job done right, do it yourself. Would NOT recommend. read more