Doreen Car Wash

Doreen is innovative car wash, selling a monthly all-​you-​can-​wash pass. Also a very quick oil change center but grouchy manager who makes the staff miserable.
The interior vacuum prior to the wash is pretty much the norm at NYC-​area car washes.
The wash itself gets much of the grime off the car. In my five years of patronage, no broken antennas or mangled wipers.
The driver and passenger must exit the car and walk through a veritable automobile gift shop. Curb your temptation to buy Betty Boop seat covers and Mr. T air fresheners and just walk to the cashier. My wash ran around $ 10 with the vacuum and window cleaning. I didn’t spring for the wax.
After your car emerges from the wash, a crew of three or four guys will descend on it to wash the interior windows and wipe down excess water.
I wish the interior cleaning involved wiping off dust from the dashboard and center console. It’s a bummer to see drips of coffee still in the bottom of the cupholder following a «full-​service» wash.
Aside from that shortcoming — and the nasty dude who supervises the place — Doreen car wash continues to be my Bronx go-​to place. In Manhattan, I still resort to the West Side Highway Car Wash. In Westchester, the USA car wash on Boston Post Road at the Hutch gets my vote.