The Tidal Wave Car Wash

Oldie but goodie. Good 'ol Sebastopol car wash. Sign is iconic, and the place still offers a cheap great place to wash your own car and throw in a few quarters and vacuum too. Only $1.25 for vacuum, and $2.50 for carwash. What a deal! Machines and hoses almost always work, there's a quarter machine to get your quarters, and garbage bins all over. One of the best deals in town. (Pics were taken on a very smokey/ashy day from the nearby fires).

I must be really slow at washing my car because it cost me over $15 in quarters. I had to keep adding more because I kept running out of time. There wasn't really much soap also I'm not sure there was wax either anyway my car was dirty in the end, and I still had to pay to vacuum it, which was also a little more expensive than I expected. I could have taken it and had it detailed for like $25. The only perk is that its open all night.

Best place to wash your car in Sebastopol!

Tip for maximized your coins.put the 3 dollars . Select the hose with soap. Get all the car wet. Change to broom with foam. You will still have about 3 minutes left to foam your car. After foaming, if pyu runs out of time, that's fine. The trick is to cover the car in soap and keep scrubing without a timer. . . Add or begin the water rinse time for max your foam. Use the broom that still has foam on the spots you missed , rinse all, and wax. Get your mays on the mat holder before regaining cleaning so you can spray them while you are watching the cae. So, in total, it is 6 dollars for an amazing car wash. If you do vacumm that's 1. 25 more.

Outstanding service great vacuum cleaning, as an Army veteran I support this business.