jasonheyd Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Couple of weeks driving around in the snow & salt, and my car looks like it's been through a mud-pit... driving me nuts! Unfortunately, I've got nowhere to wash until it's warm enough outside to not freeze on contact. Anyone have any experience pro or con with Ernie's touchless car washes in the Worcester area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwinn Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I had taken my previous car there numerous times. It never seemed to get "everything" on the car, but it was decent. Didn't hurt anything on the car. I used to go to the soft-cloth ones in that car, because it really didn't matter on that car (86 Dodge Daytona Turbo Z). Touch washes always seemed to clean the car better anyway. The next car (Mazda MX6) would always get the front plate ripped off or bent when going through a touch-wash, so I stopped going to them for only that reason. The LGT goes touchless now because I have the transceivers on there for the laser jammer... I don't want those to get ripped off by the car wash either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005hondakilla Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 i use ernies in the winter and it does good enough. and they do the undercarage. f u salt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonheyd Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Thanks everyone... I figured it wouldn't rival a hand wash or a soft-touch. I'm just looking to get the worst of the road salt & muck off of my baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonheyd Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Headed out to Worcester for lunch at Vinny T's & figured I'd stop by Ernie's. Even checked the hours to make sure they'd be open on a Sunday & holiday weekend... Pulled in, drove around the back. Closed. Passed a Srub-a-Dub on the way out there, so I stopped in there on the way back home. Pulled in, drove around the back. Closed. Came home & hand-washed the car since it's almost 60 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2005hondakilla Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 i use the was bay and just powerwash when they are closed. stay away from the brush tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonheyd Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 i use the was bay and just powerwash when they are closed. stay away from the brush tho Yeah, I could have, but I figure I've got most of the stuff I need to do it right at home, and the family was with me. I was really just hoping to squeeze in a quick wash to get all the road salt off the underbody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apexi Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Seeing as you have a 2010, you should sign up for this. http://www.newcarswashfree.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonheyd Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 Haven't made it out to Ernie's again, but I stopped at the Srub-a-Dub in Shrewsbury this afternoon since I was out that way. I've got a nice polka-dot pattern of water spots all over the car now. I guess if polka-dots are your thing, that might be the way to go, but I wasn't overly impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice_rocket Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 The touchless that I always go to just doesn't get the dirt off! I guess it gets a good amount off though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaeGT Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I don't want to start another "soap" thread but this is a serious question. Do you guys plug your hood scoops with like a towel or sumthin before you put your car through the touchless carwash or is their detergeant not harmful to our intercoolers? I'm skeptical so i plug my hoodscoop with a old t-shirt when i hand wash my car. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonheyd Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 I don't want to start another "soap" thread but this is a serious question. Do you guys plug your hood scoops with like a towel or sumthin before you put your car through the touchless carwash or is their detergeant not harmful to our intercoolers? I'm skeptical so i plug my hoodscoop with a old t-shirt when i hand wash my car. Thanks. I actually just stretch myself over the hood & cover the intake with my rump while the touchless rotates around the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rice_rocket Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Emm.. never ever had a problem with it.. although I don't go through them that much I've owned plenty of cars with big honking front mounts and none have corroded or fell apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwinn Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I don't want to start another "soap" thread but this is a serious question. Do you guys plug your hood scoops with like a towel or sumthin before you put your car through the touchless carwash or is their detergeant not harmful to our intercoolers? I'm skeptical so i plug my hoodscoop with a old t-shirt when i hand wash my car. Thanks. I install a new scoop-less hood and then wash the car. Then, while the scooped-hood is off, I wash it separately. The hard part is putting the scooped hood back on and getting the alignment right... but I'm getting used to it. </sarcasm> Seriously, though, that thread about intercoolers melting because of soap was a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaeGT Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Seriously, though, that thread about intercoolers melting because of soap was a joke. ahhh. sorry. I knew people were joking around about it but didn't know it was actually a false statement. I read through multiple threads about it and never got a real answer. I'm a bit gullible. Thanks for the reply schwinn. to the OP, i've used the washbay and it's okay. the one I was in the dial to choose to soap/rinse/wax/etc. wasn't working properly. had to click into twice for it to recognize what i wanted. I was at the Grove st one. maybe the other bays/branches work better. i also thought the sprays would spray at a higher pressure but they were mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow05gtRI Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 if Marlborough is closer, there's a Mobil that has a touchless that does undercarriage as well, and it has no tracks, you drive the car in there on your own. $9 for the "works" wash ($8 for one step down, and $7 is the lowest) 656 BOSTON POST RDMARLBOROUGH,MA 01752 thats the address. it's on route 20, which if you do not know, is driven by people who have it in their "driver's contract" that they must drive below the posted speed limit at all times. this may result in symptoms of anger, depression, sadness, thoughts of suicide, and mashing the go pedal at the 2 passing zones between boston and the station. you have been warned. (i drive this every day to/from work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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