Lighthouse Carwash

Pretty decent self serve car wash. Kept clean, change and supply machines work. Plenty of space. They really need to give you a little more time for the money you are spending. When I used the wheel cleaner it took about 30 – 40 seconds of just water coming out before the actual cleaner started to function, so I found myself scrambling for more quarters before the time ran out.
The vacuums work well and seem to give you enough time.

Pretty standard for any other I have found that have the exact same option. You can use the self service options that allow you wash your car with the spray, brush and wax items while being timed or you can use the auto wash which you pick from quality levels to supply you with a wash. Overall the place seemed easy to access and well kept with the main concern being the price a little high for the amount of time you get.

I began as a fan, used it more and now I’m sore. Twice in ten days I’ve found the credit card payment machine didn’t work. The first time I had a five dollar bill in my wallet so no big deal, I got my car a little less clean and the carwash got a little less payment. The second time, I found myself waiting to wash because the vacant carwash stalls were blocked by people vacuuming their cars. A problem with this carwash that merits fixing is the vacuums are in front of the wash stalls so you’re waiting for a carwash stall there’s no one using, because people are vacuuming. Then you’re waiting a second time while they wash their car. This was the case today and when the stall was finally was empty, I found again that it would not accept credit cards. Unfortunately, I had no five dollar bill with me this time so my option was use a twenty with no change, or use the only three singles I had and get my car part clean. When you’ve driven fifteen minutes to get to this carwash, you would expect it to be able to accept payment and when it isn’t, you would expect the problem fixed in short order. My advice: fix the problem and consider moving the vacuum stations to the south side of the property, opposite to those on the north side of the property. I’ve also twice found the wheel cleaner setting to dispense nothing more than water, which is particularly frustrating because the wheel cleaner takes about 45 seconds to come out of the spray wand so basically, you’re paying and waiting for something you’re not getting.