When I was younger I washed and sometimes waxed my car multiple times a week. It was part of the…read moremale African-American culture back in the day to have a clean ride on Friday and Saturday night! In Chicago, we would clean our cars to a showroom mirror finish and drive to hangouts like the beachfront or cruise downtown hot spots like Rush Street. Most every car I've owned has been dark in color... which also shines the best at night!
While those days are long behind me, I still love a clean ride! But I've grown a lot less persnickety as I've aged and honestly, my vehicle is lucky to get washed once a month! I have a large truck, and it can be a beast to clean, thus my lack of enthusiasm to clean it!
But today my wife introduced me to W4 Express Car Wash! We pulled in and she told me she'd purchased a membership that allows her to come unlimited times a month to get her car cleaned. I WAS ALMOST INSULTED at first since I tend to clean her car more than my own, but also grateful. In my teens and 20's I didn't mind spending several hours washing, vacuuming, Windex'ing, Armor All'ing, shampooing and polishing my car. Nowadays, with life as busy as it has been as of late, even an hour to clean BOTH our cars seems like a real chore! Which is why I am so surprised this place brought the thrill back to washing a car!
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FIRST OFF, other than your monthly membership, most everything is free. THEY provide the drying towels, window cleaner, all purpose cleaner, forced air sprayers to blow out hard to reach places and the strongest sucking vacuums I've ever experienced anywhere. These things could suck the skin off a snake, seriously.
Also, I am generally never happy with the tire cleaning ability of automatic washes, but my tires and rims were close to perfect after a run through the wash. More than anything else, THAT surprised me.
There are plenty of bays to self vacuum and for now the facility is top end on its functionality. Everything is new so everything works and works VERY WELL!!! Best of all, it's very reasonable. At $30 a month, that averages out to less than $7/week.
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FINAL THOUGHTS
Over time, my love for this facility may change. But for now, they have brought the joy back to washing a car. They even have a pull-off area for trucks to clean out their beds before entering the wash zone. Oh, and if you do decide to get a membership, cameras read your license plate and the gate automatically opens without you having to do anything!
Not only have they cut down my time and energy to wash my truck & wife's minivan, they also add greatly to my convenience by providing the glass cleaners, towels and free powerful vacuums. Not to mention I can come as many times in a month as I wish! I'm so very impressed... and I'm not the type to be impressed easily.
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