News @ 31 Jan 2008 12:16 pm by judyorr
As I was driving down 95th Street in Oak Lawn I was dismayed to notice that our beloved car wash located around 95th & Menard has changed their big sign. Instead of $3.00 Car Wash in big letters it now reads $5.00 Car Wash. I guess I knew it was inevitable.
I remember driving to the car wash in Bridgeview at 79th & Harlem for a near $3.00 wash (that one has increased over the years, I’ll have to check where it’s at now). I was elated when the full service detailing place in Oak Lawn offered $3.00 washes and in the beginning the washes were advertised at $1.99 to entice new customers!
This is not a touch-free wash. This has all the stuff of the old fashioned car washes that have these huge rag things that I just found out are called mitter curtains. My granddaughter was frightened the first time we went through because she’s only been to touch-free car washes in the past.
One of the last times I went through my husband paid extra for a wheel wash. Unfortunately, it was so powerful that paint came off some of the lower door trim. This was trim replaced from an accident but now I’m left having to get it repainted. It only happened on the accident side so I’m sure the trim was not original and that’s why it happened. But beware of that tire wash if you’ve had exterior replacement parts.
This facility still offers full service detailing but for an automatic wash the price has increased almost 67%! If anyone knows of cheaper car wash facilities in the southwest suburbs please share them here.
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