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Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: curious ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:37PM

Does anyone know where there is a drive thru car wash in Fairfax or Prince William where you actually sit in your car as it goes through the car wash?
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: OMG ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:38PM

Um, like every gas station with a car wash works like that.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: curious ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:41PM

Really? I never tried one at a gas station. It seems pretty small, and a friend said in the gas station car washes, you just drive in and basically park, it washes your car, then you drive out.

I am talking about the ones we had in NJ when I was a kid and you drove through the whole building that was basically the same as an Embassy Auto Wash, but you got to stay in the car.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: OMG ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:43PM

Oh... Like one where it pulls you through... Yeah I don't know where you will find one like that anymore. All the gas station ones you do just pull in. That lame bar moves around the car and does a bad job at cleaning anything off.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: curious ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:46PM

Thanks anyway, OMG.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: WashingToneLocian ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:47PM

curious Wrote:
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> I am talking about the ones we had in NJ when I
> was a kid and you drove through the whole building
> that was basically the same as an Embassy Auto
> Wash, but you got to stay in the car.


Those are all fronts for those mobbed-up bastards in NJ. The money used to subsidize those things comes from the shake-downs those assholes do on the Lower West Side. Damn Ginnies!

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: HIJACKER ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:48PM

I think its called Dr. Wash, its on the left side of Jiffy Lube off 29 in Centreville. You sit in the car through the wash, go through the dryer, lopp around and then you get out so they can vacuum and do final touchups.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: OMG ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:49PM

HIJACKER Wrote:
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> I think its called Dr. Wash, its on the left side
> of Jiffy Lube off 29 in Centreville. You sit in
> the car through the wash, go through the dryer,
> lopp around and then you get out so they can
> vacuum and do final touchups.

Cool I'm gonna have to check that out my self.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Lurker. ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:54PM

Lee's Car Wash in Vienna has rail track system, but many have complained about scuffed wheels from the track system.

http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLR&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=vienna+va+car+wash&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=2076578378242051045



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/24/2009 09:55PM by Lurker..

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: dono ()
Date: January 24, 2009 09:59PM

Is this some kind of stoned obsession?

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: curious ()
Date: January 24, 2009 10:08PM

I saw Dr. Wash today, but I drove up and asked and they said you don't get to stay in the car.

Not a stoned obsession, though that would be fun...I just need to take my car to the car wash and remembered enjoying sitting in the car going through the wash when I was a kid.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: KeepOnTruckin ()
Date: January 24, 2009 10:15PM

At the one in Centreville, you sit in the car while it goes thru the wash part, and get out while they vaccum. I went 2 months ago and this occured, though I did;nt get the vaccuming part (im cheap)

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: drive thru ()
Date: January 24, 2009 10:44PM

Across from manassas mall theres a newer car wash where you get to ride the whole way through. they even hand dry it for you once you pull out of the carwash. i think its behind the gas station and next day blinds

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: HIJACKER ()
Date: January 24, 2009 10:54PM

curious Wrote:
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> I saw Dr. Wash today, but I drove up and asked and
> they said you don't get to stay in the car.

BS. I have my car done there every 2 weeks on Saturday, and the process has been the same ever since they opened.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Dirty Jersey ()
Date: January 24, 2009 11:01PM

At the Burke Center Goodyear at 123 & Burke Center Parkway they have that type of car wash, you drive it in and the track pulls your car through.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: curious ()
Date: January 25, 2009 01:50AM

drive thru Wrote:
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> Across from manassas mall theres a newer car wash
> where you get to ride the whole way through. they
> even hand dry it for you once you pull out of the
> carwash. i think its behind the gas station and
> next day blinds


Is it Splash & Dash? I found a coupon for it online.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: wash ()
Date: January 25, 2009 02:26AM

GO TO MR.WASH ON GALLOWS RD IN MERRIFIELD ACROSS FROM LUTHER JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Dude ()
Date: January 25, 2009 06:30AM

There is a new car wash like that out in Ashburn in the same center where the Wegman's is.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Jorge ()
Date: January 25, 2009 10:33AM

One across the street form the Clock Tower in HErndon. I forget the name.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Ken ()
Date: January 25, 2009 11:45AM

Jorge Wrote:
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> One across the street form the Clock Tower in
> HErndon. I forget the name.


This one is called 7 Car Wash. It's in the Clocktower shopping center. It has the rail system and you can sit in your car as it pulls you through. They do a pretty good job, too.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: jimW ()
Date: January 25, 2009 12:27PM

Sud's carwash in Centreville, right on Lee Hwy. I usually get the #2, plus Rain-X. comes out to about $26, they vacuum and clean out the interior.

They claim that it is the "Biggest Car Wash in Northern Virginia"

I've heard thier detail work is really good too. (if you're getting your car detailed.)

tip: keep an eye on them while they're vacuuming. I watched a guy looking through my music collection, he didn't take anything.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: va ()
Date: January 25, 2009 03:55PM

on the corner of rt 7 and baron cameron in great falls (maybe reston) there is a great one. not sure what it is called but it is actually attached to a place where you stay in your car for the oil change too. they do not pressure you into other stuff either like jiffy lube. the car wash is free with the oil change or you can do the wash on its own. the car wash line gets really crowded b/c they do such a great job. you stay in the car the entire time.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Yep ()
Date: January 25, 2009 04:50PM

I just went to the above mentioned Dr Wash in Merrifield today. pay 10 bucks for the works pull ur car up on thr tracks, hit it in neutral, takes like 2 or 3 min to pull u through the whole thing, air dryers at the end and then the green light flips on when ur car is off the track. that is definitely a good one to go to

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: jhey ()
Date: January 26, 2009 12:17PM

The Shell on Franconia Road just up from Van Dorn Street used to have one of those stay-in-your-car washes. It's been a few years, so I don't know if it's still there or not.

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Re: Drive Thru Car Wash
Posted by: Narp ()
Date: January 26, 2009 01:28PM

Liberty Wash & Gas on 236, in beautiful downtown Annandale, has a good brushless basic car wash that pulls your car through, for $7.00. If you use the Valpak coupon, you can get it for $5.50

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