Mira Mesa Shell Car Wash

The worst! It’s so slow I’ve sat here for over 30 mins to have 3 cars ahead of me washed!

I would love to give Unilocal a five star rating if they allowed me to score this shell station a zero. Horrible service. I never knew it could take that long to handle cash. I would believe that this job is very simple but this old filipino guy that works there makes it seem like everyday is his first day working there. Do not go there. Just push your car to the next gas station.

I don’t mind the car wash and gas station because that’s what this place is supposed to do: provide gas for your vehicle and the convenience of an automated car wash.
But the little mini-​mart is sorry. Let’s squeeze some retail activity for some extra cash! Oh yah!

No smile. No customer service. No Lotto tickets.

The car wash ended up being a good car wash. I wish the blow dry lasted a big longer.

I’ve been to better car washes attached to Shell Gas Stations.
My car was in desperate need of a wash but when a bird dropped a dos on my hood I knew I had to bring it in ASAP. I paid for the Express Clean with my gas purchase. My biggest grievance with this Car Wash is with that huge «Drive Thru Slowly» sign that lowers at the end of your cycle. While I guess it helps you reconsider speeding out into a busy plaza, it does hinder the minute countdown they give you to dry your car. I tried to inch my car towards it hoping that it would move up but it doesn’t. By the time the thing finally rolls up, the time is over and only my hood and my windshield were given the opportunity to get a good dry. When I pulled out, I parked my car and gave my car a walk around to see how well the wash went and the rest of my car was still very wet and I knew it would leave tons of watermarks especially since it’s pretty hot in SD atm. I can deal with a few watermarks since you can’t get all of your car dry with the air unless you hand wipe it, but come on just my hood and my windshield? That is not okay. As I continued to walk around my car I found a lot of bug marks were still on the hood and most of that bird poop stain was still there. No pun intended but what the crap! Now I’m going to have to go elsewhere to get that washed off.
Side note: My antenna was lowered prior to entering the car wash and by the end my antenna was totally flipped back up by the wiper things. So I would definitely be careful if your antenna isn’t lowered and on the top of your car and you want to go to this Shell Car Wash.

Prices are typically reasonable and is great for me to gas up since it is close to my house. Chase Freedom 5% Cashback on gas makes it a fantastic deal beating the cash price across the street. I used to go to Homeland Petroleum across the street, but after dozens of instances where the gas nozzle would leak and the need for cash for the best price, I decided enough was enough and regularly use this Shell instead.
The facilities are clean and they provide good window wipers to clean my car. The annoying part is one of the male attendants regularly tells me to push the button to start the air compressor, but that never works for me when I do it. I go and tell him and he tells me to push it yet when I walk back to the air compressor, I hear it turn on. Clearly it requires something else to be done and doesn’t work when I «PUSH THE BUTTON»!!!

This is a great automatic car wash. Be sure to get the punch card for the car washes, because after you buy five, you get one free.
The down sides to this place are the annoying televisions at the pumps saying inane statements such as,“It’s nice to see you” along with a bunch of ads. Plus, don’t buy the candy here, because it bakes out in the strong sun and thus becomes terribly dry and unpalatable.

Gave $ 30 cash, attendant set my pump for $ 20 only. It was easy to get my $ 10 back and she offered to reset it so I could put the $ 10 in.
Probably not 100% her fault, I mean… who pays with cash anymore?

Central Mira Mesa location with up to date pumps and a car wash. This location also has 2 vacuums air station and bathroom. Small location where you can pay, but after a certain hour the shell debit card does not like to work.

It’s a gas station, what more can I say? Although, I’m leery of using the car wash here — the last time I did so, my finish was ruined, so caveat emptor.