Admiral Chevron

Cleanest convenience store I’ve ever seen. Didn’t pay attention to price as I was in a rush but it’s west seattle. Note to people bitching about the car wash, I’ve never had a car wash not screw up a vehicle of mine. The car wash places know this thus all the signs about liability. If u don’t want to play the Russian roulette of going through a car wash, then go to a manual car wash place or wash your car at home. Staff was very friendly.

This Chevron has a drive-​thru car wash, one of two in West Seattle. You have to go inside to pay before driving around the back of the building to enter. There isn’t a clear sign stating this until you’ve pulled up to the car wash entry which is similar to a tight alley so I thought I’d save others the annoyance I experienced.
The store was pretty clean. It’s medium sized for a mini mart. The cashiers were nice.

At the end of March, I took my truck through the carwash. As the carwash starts… I realize that the car wash machinery, on the left site of my car, is coming right at my side mirror. Well, the machinery grabbed my mirror and dragged it across the surface of the door, then it dragged it back in the other direction, broke it off and sent it flying. There was nothing I could do. My mirrors are super solid and sturdy, the machinery had to break through a steel rod to remove the mirror from the car. The gentleman in the car, right behind me, got out of his car, after I notified him that he might not want to go through. He witnessed the damage and has verified, in writing, to the manager of the station/​car wash that I was placed correctly in the middle of the car wash.
I got bids for the damage which came to $ 800.00 to repair.
The manager has declined to cover any repairs, saying that there are disclaimers and that the car wash was working correctly. Implying that I must, somehow be at fault.
She said that the plastic on the machinery (on the side that decapitated my mirror) was cracked and that I had to have been too far over to the left for that damage to have occurred.
She stated, that if the person who witnessed that I was correctly positioned in the car wash, would verify this to her,(i.e. that I was in the correct position, within in the car wash bay) that she would consider reimbursing me. The witness was kind enough to do so, in writing, and now she is refusing to cover the damages, saying the the car wash was working correctly and that there are disclaimers posted for damages to vehicles.
I can understand disclaimers for scratches or a broken antenna, but not ripping your side mirror off your car and damaging the door panel, particularly when I have a witness verifying that I was placed in the correct position in the middle of the bay.
I didn’t even get a refund for the cost of the wash! Unbelievable, not the way to run a business!
Check out the other posts! My car is not the first to be damaged. I would avoid going through this car wash! Use the brown bear! I will never, ever, put my car at risk by doing so, again.
Zero stars for the Chevron car wash and the incredibly rude, dishonest store manager.

So, why am I waisting my time reviewing a gas station. Well, I am waiting for the Seahawk game to start so I thought that I would kill some time! What better way to kill time than to Unilocal a gas station. Personally, I would never think about reading a review site for a damn gas station! I seriously wonder about those that would. Nevertheless, here goes!
1) they serve gas! I find this very useful when going to a gas station!
2) they have a C store. Wow. They have potato chips, gum and all of that stuff that is so hard to find
3) although I have never dined out at a gas station, I suspect that their hot dogs taste very similar to other gas station hot dogs! Just remember, hot dogs are beef by products! I would guess that gas station hot dogs are beef by by products! Eat at your own risk, and don’t complain, it’s your fault!
4) their car wash is convenient for a quicky but I don’t expect a full detail for $ 6.99. Yes, there was once when the car wash did not work well!. I thought about Unilocaling and contacting the BBB as well as the attorney general but instead I simply told the cashier and they gladly gave me a rain check as well as a free hot dog, which I politely declined, even though I was appalled that a mechanical machine did not work properly on 1 out of 12 times that I have used it, I sucked up to this disaster and went about my day!
4) the staff is always welcoming with great sense of humor! On those occasions, when a staff member may not be super friendly, I just think to myself, that maybe he is just trying to digest one of those gas station hot dogs!
So for all of those people Unilocaling and researching where in Gods good earth can I find a good gas station, your search is over! I highly recommend!
Go Hawks!

Expensive and got the big chunks off. It’ll make it easier to clean my truck when I get to the next car wash so I can actually clean it.

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Key (s) to success: When entrance to car wash chamber is obsured, don’t assume the payment stand takes cards. I assume one could simply drive through the chamber but I just backed up because it was clear. I parked, swiped my card inside for the wash above basic, pulled back around, input my code (if you don’t turn wide enough, step out) and entered. I forgot if there was sufficient signage for the usual cautions (all closed, antenna down/​off, etc) but you might as well get used to it and aqcuire this habit.
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Any time you have to pull in to a wash with no tunnel wheel track, it’s always a good idea to spend a few extra sections to best align yourself straight and center while going forward until the light display tells you to stop and park. It helps ensure the best even wash as possible and minimizes possible damage.
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The verdict: It’s a good wash and value. May not recommend vehicles as large as doolley’s and bigger. The brush spins could be more sensitive and less harsh. The drive-​yourself thru drying phase can seem tricky but you can also stay in one spot briefly to dry better. The exit sucks a bit as it pours into the Chevron driveway and near a light. Drivers could leave a courtesy gap one car length behind the sidewalk driveway crossing so car wash customers have an escape.
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I’m a recent transplant to West Seattle, and I decided to try this car wash today for the first time. I spent $ 10, and the «car wash» dribbled a little water on the car, and that was it. The brushes never came on, and the car went out just as dirty as it went in. The $ 10 was an expensive life lesson-​never again! I don’t know how they can call this a car wash-​my car gets cleaner in a rain storm. What a joke.

Try another car wash. I took the «deluxe» car wash with two wash cycles and it didn’t even get the bird droppings off my windshield. Also, a very weak rinse cycle and not enough time during the blow-​dry cycle.

Their car wash is almost always broken. Gettin tired of this cr@p.

UPDATE: ExtraMile devision of Chevron/​Texaco Corp. has decided that wine in a c-​store does not make enough profit so they have removed the wine isle and replaced it with bagged salty snacks. The last two (2) managers of this location, as well as I make 3, have opposed this decision with raw sales figures and been told we’re wrong and/​or lying. The fact is, the manufacturers/​distributors & vendors of bagged salty snacks pay for shelf space. They pay directly to ExtraMile and in turn ExtraMile forces your local c-​store to stock accordingly. So, next time you go to the Admiral Chevron, or any ExtraMile branded c-​store, don’t expect to find anything special. Only the basics that you can go buy at 7-​Eleven or Arco for much less money. If you have to shop ExtraMile, I suggest you just buy the gas because Chevron/​Texaco top tier gasoline is still the best, even though ExtraMile «Walmart-​ed» the c-​store selection while keeping the full-​service, super-​supreme, price for all those bags of salty snacks.
It’s sad to see my favorite local c-​store go this route. I’ve been shopping this store for nearly two decades, no more.

The dude behind the counter is always friendly and in a jolly mood… and not in that fake way as if it was forced or trained but that hes good peoples. Looks like they have a good selection of food and stuff in the store. Can’t tell you too much about the gas though its more expensive than the safeway.

I always fill my car with either Chevron or Shell; but never from this station. Yes it’s clean, they have a car wash and the folks behind the counter are generally nice and seem to know what they’re doing; then again, I don’t think it’s exactly rocket science. This Chevron has THE most expensive gas that I’ve seen in the Seattle area, in fact I was heading north on California Ave the other day and drove past a new Shell (I think it’s shell, corner of Cali and Charleston; used to be Exxon) and the gas there was THIRTY CENTS cheaper than the Chevron at California and Admiral.
Great gas, good people, but goddamn if the prices aren’t overly inflated to take advantage of the more wealthy folks that live in the Alki area.

It’s a gas station, it has gas, it has a car wash and it has a little mini mart as well. When Cherry is dirty and her tank is empty I go to Chevron to fill her up and get her clean. She likes it and so do I. The sales people in the mini mart are always friendly and the store is always clean. They also always have my Dasani and Diet Coke for me.