Mister Car Wash

I visited Mister Car Wash a few times because it is close to my house, but I’m really disappointed in their service. Every time I’ve gotten home from there, my car is covered is soap still, and not fully rinsed at all. I shouldn’t have to wipe my car down again after a carwash in which I paid $ 15 to get (which I didn’t even get a receipt for since the machine had a printer error). The only reason I gave 2 stars instead of 1 is that they do have useful and free vacuums there to do the interior, and that they have many spots so you can always use one.

There aren’t many places on Robert Street that are superior to other locations, but this is certainly one of them.
Mister Car Wash updated all of their vacuuming stations in the early spring to make it so that each area has an independent hose per side. Do you know how fucking amazing it is to not have to try and maneuver one of those stupid things to the opposite side of your vehicle only to find it’s a foot too short?
As if that weren’t sweet enough, the vacuums are free. Yes… free. And they suck better/​more efficiently than any car vacuum I’ve ever had the displeasure of blowing my money on.
In fact, the only thing that they ask is that you use the car wash system first – a very reasonable request – and you’ll certainly want to do so. It’s a fully automated drive-​through setup that features varying wash options ranging from 6 – 14 (depending on your ‘add on’ options) bucks.
I’ve been through a lot of automatic car washes as well as ‘DIY’ stalls.
I’m obsessive over every detail and can most certainly get my car cleaner by hand, but you know what? It takes a whole fuck ton of a lot longer and it ultimately ends up being more expensive –and– frustrating. I’m a hair over a quarter of a century old; aint nobody got time fo dat.
As for other various automated car washes? They’re fucking laughably terrible.
Bird poo? LAWL IT’S STAYING.
Pollen? COOL STORY, BRO.
Straight-​up dirt? SWOONY TWO-​TONE PAINT JOB.
Mister Car Wash, though?
Awesome. Even the six dollar wash does the job more often than not, provided you haven’t parked around a bunch of seagulls on a steady Taco Bell diet.
If it’s not crowded, it’s not unreasonable to expect you’ll be in and out (full wash and vacuum) within fifteen minutes. That time frame should happily fit into pretty much anyone’s schedule.
Quick additional notes:
— The employees keep a nice tight ship (the garbage cans are never overflowing, they regularly take care of the crap people don’t pick up around the vacuum stations) and sometimes they’ll randomly give you a discount off the wash.
— It can get crowded, but they have two separate pay stations to allow two lines to be formed which helps to alleviate the flow. The wait is never unbearably long, so it’s cool.
— Shell out the two extra bucks for the improved undercarriage wash in the winter months. It’s –definitely– worth it as it mercilessly slaughters all the salt buildup.