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REAL Car Wash?
I think any of the local car washes are excellent.... hand washes in the US/Canada are really hard to find
Sure, I have car wash stuff at home here and most times have it done here..... but go to any car wash, have a beer and have it washed - what 300/350 pesos.? + the beer
Don't forget to remove your shoes in that new baby ....:rambo:
Sure, I have car wash stuff at home here and most times have it done here..... but go to any car wash, have a beer and have it washed - what 300/350 pesos.? + the beer
Don't forget to remove your shoes in that new baby ....:rambo:
Just be VERY SURE to know the final price, BEFORE you say, "SI"!
They like to do "Add Ons" without your permission, then try to intimidate you into paying.
They also have a vested interest in taking as long as is "Dominicanly Possible" so you spend more money in the Bar!
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They like to do "Add Ons" without your permission, then try to intimidate you into paying.
They also have a vested interest in taking as long as is "Dominicanly Possible" so you spend more money in the Bar!
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Here in Santo Domingo I always go to a place that is a hybrid between a car wash and a "drink". Good-looking-bad-behavior girls wait on tables while your car is being washed. Some scotchs later, I can't really tell how well washed the car is. It looks good the next morning, so I guess they do a good job (the washers and the girls).
yup... just like the phony waits at restaurants -
"please wait at the bar. we'll call you when your table is ready"
Bee-Ess
Joe Stone Crabs in MIA is famous for this -- until you live there.
Never waited a second in my life there... pigeons are the tourists..... residents walk straight to the table
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"please wait at the bar. we'll call you when your table is ready"
Bee-Ess
Joe Stone Crabs in MIA is famous for this -- until you live there.
Never waited a second in my life there... pigeons are the tourists..... residents walk straight to the table
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Sure is..Buy 1 bucket, sponge, wax, cloth, tire shine, and get down! Its a Country of Sunshine, no car wash needed, save your paint too, never wash or wax in the sun, best time is early AM or after 6PM, much better job to boot....If I could post a photo of my 2 Mustangs I had, you would see what I mean, and they were not new..
Cool, RAM is right around the corner for me. My son and "RAM" son are in the same class in school, lol. That's why I heard RAM before. Didn't know they wash cars though... Thanks! 
I go to the car wash on auto piste San Isidro, the girls are dog ugly but the beer is cheap, pool table is warped and so is the owners head, but they clean my car alright. Reason I stay loyal to there is they once took all the loose change that had fallen out of pockets and left it in the ashtray, about 500 pesos. The place I usd before stole my trunk wheel, seriously, I had a situation with police n alsorts getting my wheel back, lol.
Crazy, it's a 15-20 minutes drive, I live next to Sambil, but good honest service is really priceless in this scum bucket of a country.
Crazy, it's a 15-20 minutes drive, I live next to Sambil, but good honest service is really priceless in this scum bucket of a country.
I was asking for the East Coast, not for SDQ...
QUOTE=Smart;1340853]I go to the car wash on auto piste San Isidro, the girls are dog ugly but the beer is cheap, pool table is warped and so is the owners head, but they clean my car alright. Reason I stay loyal to there is they once took all the loose change that had fallen out of pockets and left it in the ashtray, about 500 pesos. The place I usd before stole my trunk wheel, seriously, I had a situation with police n alsorts getting my wheel back, lol.
Crazy, it's a 15-20 minutes drive, I live next to Sambil, but good honest service is really priceless in this scum bucket of a country.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=Smart;1340853]I go to the car wash on auto piste San Isidro, the girls are dog ugly but the beer is cheap, pool table is warped and so is the owners head, but they clean my car alright. Reason I stay loyal to there is they once took all the loose change that had fallen out of pockets and left it in the ashtray, about 500 pesos. The place I usd before stole my trunk wheel, seriously, I had a situation with police n alsorts getting my wheel back, lol.
Crazy, it's a 15-20 minutes drive, I live next to Sambil, but good honest service is really priceless in this scum bucket of a country.[/QUOTE]
You mean, you CAN get a car washed at a "Car Wash"???
"Sweet"!
"Who Knew"????
Next thing you know will be trying to tell me that, "You can get a massage, at a "Massage Parlor"!!!!
You people actually go to a "Car Wash", to get a "Car Wash"?????
You can just go straight to the BAR!!!!!
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"Sweet"!
"Who Knew"????
Next thing you know will be trying to tell me that, "You can get a massage, at a "Massage Parlor"!!!!
You people actually go to a "Car Wash", to get a "Car Wash"?????
You can just go straight to the BAR!!!!!
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Even having a car now I doubt I will EVER take it to SDQ...
SDQ only by cab for me.
very smart , Mikey..... stay away, they'll hurt your car in SDQ
Go in , park wherever you stay and cab it from there
I don't suppose the "All female - Wet T-Shirt" type car wash would have the same impact as it did in Toronto ??
Business idea for some enterprising young person
Google that Toronto thing -- shut down but traffic issues, drunks..... all the especial clientes
and a big $$$ success
Business idea for some enterprising young person
Google that Toronto thing -- shut down but traffic issues, drunks..... all the especial clientes
and a big $$$ success
Mike,
RAM is around your corner, they are doing a good job.
the best for carwashing i found over many many years, is La Recta Carwash up in Veron(not the one at the crossing, drive thru Veron in the direction towards La Otra Banda, after you passed the 2 speedbumps at the big Fruit Stand(the best place to buy fruits, btw, so you can combine the ride) its on your left hand side, big signs "La Recta".
i wash the cars there since years, and i do most oilchanges there, they use the quality filters and have always my prefered quality oils available.
a Jeepetas and Pick Ups cost just 250.- pesos, of course their bar always has cold beers, lol.
when new at such place, make them from the beginning clear you want crystal clear cleaned windows all around, if they bring you yoiur car, you check the windows, and if not perfectly done you send them back to clean them again. you do that once and come back a week or two later, always grab the same washer again, and be assured from there on your windows and all the rest of the car will be like brand new.
or befriend the manager Alex. since years i drive in there and park my car right in front of the door where he stores the oils and filters etc, say hello, have a chat, ask about the children and He brings my car over to the washer, be assured it will come back as clean as they would have washed his own car.
as you live nearby several carwashes, pick one that suits you and use always the same one, every time again a lil tip to the guy who washed your car, always the same guy, guarantees you lifetime service at your new place.
have fun
Mike
RAM is around your corner, they are doing a good job.
the best for carwashing i found over many many years, is La Recta Carwash up in Veron(not the one at the crossing, drive thru Veron in the direction towards La Otra Banda, after you passed the 2 speedbumps at the big Fruit Stand(the best place to buy fruits, btw, so you can combine the ride) its on your left hand side, big signs "La Recta".
i wash the cars there since years, and i do most oilchanges there, they use the quality filters and have always my prefered quality oils available.
a Jeepetas and Pick Ups cost just 250.- pesos, of course their bar always has cold beers, lol.
when new at such place, make them from the beginning clear you want crystal clear cleaned windows all around, if they bring you yoiur car, you check the windows, and if not perfectly done you send them back to clean them again. you do that once and come back a week or two later, always grab the same washer again, and be assured from there on your windows and all the rest of the car will be like brand new.
or befriend the manager Alex. since years i drive in there and park my car right in front of the door where he stores the oils and filters etc, say hello, have a chat, ask about the children and He brings my car over to the washer, be assured it will come back as clean as they would have washed his own car.
as you live nearby several carwashes, pick one that suits you and use always the same one, every time again a lil tip to the guy who washed your car, always the same guy, guarantees you lifetime service at your new place.
have fun
Mike
very most who have a car in this country do not speak english, it is a domicanized term that a car wash is named a car wash. btw, there is a spanish term, it is named a Lavadero. the same as the shops who sell parts for cars etc are usually named Auto Parts, it's names/phrases which enter a anguage over decades when a country is mixing with other language speakers etc.
Mike