Downtown Shell

Got me in & out during lunch time for a smog check! Going back for an oil change due to the great service and convenience of downtown activities while I wait. Thanks Glenn!

One of the last gas stations in Palm Springs with a good location. Perhaps I like it because it makes me feel like I’m young again because it has that old 80s gas station feel from the service garage and car was and serves a very limited amount of food and beverages. They exist more on gas and service which is a nice break from the gas stations that have a grocery store in them. The service has always been super friendly and since I go late at night after work I love that they are still open even thou it never seems that busy that late.

Got stuck with my car right near by shell, had Dave look at my car and he just save the day !
Very professional and friendly.
I recommend this place to anyone!
Thank you Dave :)

Father took his vehicle here to get new tires. When he went to pick up he was told there was a lot wrong with the car and the total cost to fix all these «ISSUES» was $ 2,700. My father called me and I had recently driven the car so was hard to imagine that much was wrong with the car. I live in LA, I drove down picked up the car the next day and dropped it off at my mechanic here in LA. I gave my mechanic the work order from Downtown Shell with their breakdown of everything wrong with the car. I came back later in the day to my Mechanic and asked him so what on that work order is wrong and how much is it going to cost me. Answer… NOTHING! Absolutely nothing which they claimed was wrong with the car was wrong with the car. They were just trying to scam a Senior Citizen out of what little money my father has. This company will be reported by me to the consumer fraud division of Riverside County.

I have had fantastic work done on all 4 of my vehicles there. Jim and Glen do an awesome job of letting you know what needs to be repaired on your vehilces. Jim has been working on my vehilces for 20 years and I have NEVER had an issue with his work!

Carwash: The workers are so friendly and great-​always a nice job for the price. What I cannot stand is the short, older, heavyset lady behind the counter with the bleached blond hair. EVERY time I go in and stand at the counter with money and bill in hand she ignores me for a minute or two while carrying on a conversation with the workers (joking and laughing, not actual business) Thats fine but the Cardinal Rule of retail service is to acknowledge a customer when they enter your establishment and certainly not to ignore them for a few minutes until you are done with your non business related conversation. She never makes eye contact, speaks or thanks me the entire time I am standing there at the counter and she is giving me change back. I have had many jobs (and even life in general) where basic manners and politeness are just what you do. I dont know where this lady is coming from, but it infuriates me to ‘bother’ her with paying for my carwash, so after 2 years of that same treatment EVERY time I go in I am moving on to another carwash. Its just unnecessary rudeness for her to be that way. I wonder how much business she has lost them doing that.

My suggestion, bring your vehicle ANYWHERE ELSE. Very high estimates on any type of auto work… apparently they jack up prices for the tourist crowd. If you’re a local, don’t even THINK about bringing your car here.