Torrance Auto Spa

If I could give this no stars, I would. This place is a joke. It took 2 minutes for water to even come out of the nozzle. The coin machines only give back Susan b Anthony dollars if they accept your dollar at all. My hose and an old sock would have done a better job than this shit hole. Never again. Do not go here

This is absolutely the worst self-​serve car wash in the South Bay. Every time I come here, as a last resort, I am sorry that I did. They do not maintain the facility. The last time I used this place there was no soap in the spray system or in the brush. By the way, they obviously have not changed the brush in years as it is so coarse all it does is scratch the paint.
Get your act together owners of the Torrance auto spa!

I’ve been coming here for at least 15 years.
They’ve got all the basics covered.
Water, Soap, Vacuums, tree-​shaped air fresheners, and even a sink.
You can use the red poles around the vacuum machines to beat your floor mats against.
Everything here runs on dollar coins and this is also a great place to get dollar coins when you have FLAT AND CRISP BRAND NEW DOLLAR BILLS and at no other time.
Would have given more stars if the dollar machines worked.

This car wash isn’t maintained at all. I’ve used this place many times just because it is the closest place from my home.
Every time I use this place, it has always problem. The first possible problem is change machine. Often, It doesn’t work. Second problem is water pressure. First 30 sec, no pressure. You just waste 30 sec at the beginning. I am always thinking it is just temporary out of services, but it’s not true. Something is always out of services. Not only small stuff, but also serious one, such as water pressure. Don’t go here. It never fixed and you will lose money again for sure.

This is the worst car wash I have ever used. As an Über and Lyft driver, I have to keep my car top notch and I’m washing my car once or twice a week, so I think it’s fair to say I’ve been to a LOT of places.
Let’s break it down bit by bit:
COST — $ 3 gets you 4 minutes. Now, I have a small car (Hyundai Elantra) and I have been pretty much mastered the art of speed-​washing. Even the automatic washes you can drive through aren’t THAT fast! So, expect to pay more than $ 3 unless you are literally only rinsing off. Even then, you will be lucky if you can get the spot-​free rinse. For me, my $ 5 bought me a minute each of the following (bear in mind that is 60 seconds to go around my compact car, so YMMV) pre-​cleaner, high pressure soak, foam brush, high pressure wax, and high-​pressure rinse. No time for tire or wheel work, no time for bug wash, no time for the spot-​free rinse. Thank goodness I keep a chamois in my trunk, or else my car would have come out looking like a dalmation from all the spots. I still have some gnarly streaks and spots, and my chamois is soaked, but it’s better than it was.
PAYMENT MACHINE — pretty straight forward, it’s good about having the different options in the correct order and explaining what you use each one for. HOWEVER, it only accepts dollar coins. So, unless you happen to have a bunch of them handy, you have to head to the bill changer, because quarters do you no good.
BILL CHANGER — if machines could experience PMS, this set of machines would be the dictionary picture of it. I had 5 bills to change, 3 of which were crisp 2009 – 2013 bills. The machine still spat each of them out several times. I flattened them, I made sure they were facing the correct way, etc. The machine DID finally take them all, but I was submitting the same bill up to a dozen times.
HOSES — pretty typical, they have the swivel up top and holders on the walls. They were barely long enough for my car, but there is one bay that has steps for your raised trucks. The only perk is that they had the mat clips so I could rinse off my front mats. That, however, brings us to the drying portion…
VACUUMS: $ 2.50 for 2 minutes? Whaaaaaat? I spent the last of my cash on that pathetic wash, now my mats are soaking wet and I’m driving away without any vacuuming. I realize that’s not the facility’s fault that I can’t afford their rip-​off, but it doesn’t make it any less of a nuisance. Thankfully, it has taken me a decent 10 minutes to write this review, so I am hoping that the blistering heat that is searing the water spots onto my car will also dry my mats at least a little bit.
Now, after all of that, I get to delay my driving shift at least another 15 minutes in order for me to visit ANOTHER car wash, so I can have some decent service.

Will leave the final verdict on whether or not I receive a call back. Put in a ten dollar bill for change and I received (7) dollar coins and (3) quarters. Shorted me $ 2.25. If I don’t get a response I will never visit this car wash again. But in fairness i will give a positive follow-​up if the right thing happens.