boku

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I'm on my way to the East Bay this morning for a little mini meet with a couple guys from the forum when I pull into a touch-less car wash for a cleaning. The attendant who didn't seem to speak English held up a menu for me to pick a wash. I pointed to the 20.00 wash and went inside to get a coffee. While inside they had one of those windows that look out into the conveyor belt of cars being washed. So I had me a look see; one after another cars went buy and soon there she was, my ride. It took me a second but I soon realized that the cars stance was uneven. The left side of the house seemed to be higher then the right. Confused, I went outside to where the cars exit the wash and waited for my car to come out, sure enough the left side of the car was perched on top of the guide rail, being lifted up by the OEM Lip.
Now this is my first time at this wash, I usually go to a place out in the south bay; but every time i go there they charge me xtra cuz the car's too low for the rail. That I can deal with, but this.... I mean it had to make some sort of sound when it got on the rail cuz it made a horrible sound when it came off but nobody did anything. At least ten guys in the wash area and nobody did a thing. they even went on like nothing happened and dried off the car and told me to have a nice day......
So I take the keys and ask for the manager. The manager comes right out and asks me what the problem is. I show him the bumper and the rear wheel. upon inspection of the car I noticed that the rear right wheel has something that looks like curb rash on a small section of it. His first line of defense was to say that it's not possible, that the car wasn't too low for their tracks and that I probably just didn't notice it before.
Well an hour later, after a long talk with the guy and a little demonstration, he agreed to take care of it (or agreed to file a claim and to pass it on to the "General Manager"). But I couldn't prove that the damage on the wheel was done by them so they won't claim responsibility for that.
Anyways, the damage to both the bumper and the wheel really isn't that bad. It was just the carelessness of the employee's that got me upset not to mention the manager being such an ass (reminded me of the acura service/warranty department LOL).

- So that's my rant, thanks for listening -

chewi

i hope things will work out for ya... sorry to hear about this.

I try not let other people fix or touch my car unless i really have to.
Thats just me... I'm anal about alot of things lol

te3point5

20 bucks for a carwash!!!

Did it come with a blowjob too?

bkzjimmy

or at least a -->

NSXNEXT

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Low profile tires
Dropped looooow
Car wash attendants that don't give a shit about your car
Thinking that your car won't come out unscathed.....priceless

FiftyFive

dammit i clicked on this thread hoping to see pics of the car sucks though

***EL*MAFIOSO***

daaaaaaaaaaamn i woulda punched out the manager bro! i try to only wash it myself but i've been there where you just have to get the carwash done somewhere. u aint got no pics of it? dont let it go man you gotta fight it! good luck homie

whatwasthat

your only mistake was going in there the first place.




use the self-serve wash next time. save yourself 15$!

TommiGSR

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after my drop/rims, i never took it to those car washes places...EVER. i knew they would fubar up the car, so now i just wash it myself. doesn't matter how long it takes, because she's my baby!

sclaz21

washing your car yourself is the only way to ensure it comes out unscathed

JetJock

Wash it yourself next time.

boku

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Yeah I know, i know, I woke up late and didn't have time to pull out the hose and ragz...... bad move.....

update:
I caled the general manager this morning and he quickly explained that they had a disclaimer posted that stated "We are not responsible for damages to customized vehicles" so I told him that he'd be hearing from my insurance co. soon.

I'm waiting for a call back from my claims adjuster.

ou sig

damn f that - I hate those places and I wouldnt even take my truck there...not to mention my car. I dont care how late you woke up - unless you had shit all over your car, you could have done it yourself later I would think???

but good luck with that

boku

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no I woke up late for a shoot, but the funny thing is the pics still came out cool, u cant even see the damage.

here's a link

The name of the wash was Tower Car Wash Auto Detail on mission and Van Ness in S.F.
So for all u bay area heads watch out.

pimpravi

damn....... that happened to raveen w/ his wheels..

eversince i dropped my car i cant fit into any car washes.. i just make them do handwashes for 28 bucks.......

sorry to hear that y0.. so sad

***EL*MAFIOSO***

yup, gotta pay extra for tha hand wash (good excuse to not let them do it through the conveyor belt anyway)

WHITE3.2TL-S

i stay away from car washes with rails..or i do it myself..i admit i am anal