M & J Car Wash

I keep coming back here. The price is still amazingly low and the guys do a great job!

I went to this car wash this afternoon before work. I enjoyed the service and they were quick. I noticed they did not vacuum or look at the trunk but I knew it wasn’t dirty so no big deal. Once I got back in my car after paying (and tipping) I noticed they had not wiped the dash at all. Whatever, I can do that on my own. When I parked and got out of my car I could see faint scratches ALL OVER my car! My car is under a year old and I know where every scratch that I have put on it there were numerous long and short scrubby looking scratches all over the car that I had never seen. I understand that a scratch or two or five could have happened without me knowing but not to this degree. I was polite when I called them because its probably just something in one of their rags and is probably easy enough to buff out. They were not receptive but said to come back and show them. I said I wasn’t able to today as I have to work but I would tomorrow. I was told that they wouldn’t do anything unless it was that day. I then said if they refuse to see me that I would post on social media. They refused.

Worst experience ever with a garage or car wash in 35 years. I have gone to this car wash since the early 80s and always given big tips. I have defended your business for decades to people critical of your hiring practices. No more after today. You allowed a large black van to cut me off and almost hit my car at the street entrance. Then you allowed him to gun his engine and cut in front of me for the vacuum. I politely complained to 2 staff and was completely ignored. Then the manager «John» was as rude to me as he could be. Next your staff inside turned off the rinse water to «punish» me for complaining to them. Nice work everyone. I certainly got the message you sure don’t need business from people who treat you in a civilized way. In fact it was a downright dangerous experience.

Don’t normally go to washes that aren’t me washing my car, this wash reminded my exactly why. Pulled in and they went to town with a brush on polished wheels (was very clear and stated not to). Warned them about a couple spots to avoid, they did. Guy very enthusiastically tried to blow a rock chip off my hood with the pressure washer and took off a nice big chunk of clearcoat. Before it was a rock chip, now it’s a 3″ long section missing clearcoat, have to have hood repainted and re 3M’d.
Just avoid if you care about your car at all.

‘Meh.
They do a good job of washing the outside and then vacuuming the inside. At the end, the front inside of the car gets a very basic wipe-​down.
I’m not going back. I expect a better job on the inside of the car.

They are a little gruff. Coming from southern California, where there’s kind of a standard way car washes are done, this was new to me – you just get in line, there’s only one kind of wash and you pay at the end. They do a fine job for $ 18. I’ll go back.

Average

Can I give less than 1 star???
Guess it would be a great place if you don’t mind your car’s paint scratched all to hell and back. Pay attention to the trough of stagnant dirty gritty water they slop the filthy shammies through and it will all make sense.
When I got out of the car to explain this very obvious practice to not ony the guys washing but to the manager as well, I might as well been talking to turtles. Nice turtles but no connection at all.
So they had already done a 15 sec vacuum on the front seat areas,“washed” the wheel wells, front lights and a small portion of the hood and we asked for them to stop and just went through the rinse.
That will be $ 18. Really!!! I would get that if you had actually washed the car and I offered $ 10…I swear I would have still been there until today trying to explain why it should be only $ 10.
Best or worst extra $ 8 to leave when I did… can’t decide now.

These guys do a terrible job. I can’t stand it when people lie. If you say you are going to do something, DO IT! Learn some customer service etiquette please!

I go here for a mediocre car wash when I don’t have time to drive to Richmond. One guy was rude to me… yelled in a surly tone, «Shut your engine off! D’ya think I want to breathe in the fumes?» Well, of course I didn’t want him to, but it just hadn’t occurred to me. The other employees were cheerful and polite. Exterior was fine but interior windows were very sloppily cleaned.
There’s a car wash in Richmond I prefer because they do a wonderful job — and for only $ 10 (for seniors). But no, I’m not sharing the name because the line-​ups are bad enough as they are!

It’s not closed!

Contrary to some Unilocalers reports, M+J is alive and well, and open for business in 2013. It’s possible someone came by on a day where rain was forecast, because M+J doesn’t bother to open on this days [can’t blame them]
As I said after I had my SUV hand washed there last weekend, «They don’t do a perfect job, but it’s a pretty good job». This is a reliable place for hand washing in Vancouver.

When you just want someone else to take care of everything… M & J’s is a bare bones, options-​free, get’er done car wash but the staff are very diligent and pleasant. For $ 16 (more for wagons and bigger vehicles) you get an interior vacuum, dash and inside windshield wipe down, and hand wash and dry of the exterior. Of course, you would pay $ 8 for the same service in Los Angeles…

Decent price for a decent car wash. My car kept telling me that it needs a bath big time because of rain, snow, rain and more rain. Since I drive by M & J Car wash quite frequently while enroute to work, I thought I’d try it for convienence sake.
Well…for starter, it’s quite inexpensive and they have a team of guys washing cars. Because of the price and wash cars quite quickly, there was a line up at the place. Yet the guys there directed the cars quite well, so the cars didn’t bump into each other and moved along quite nicely. They did an ok job with washing my car. I couldn’t expect that much from such a price and didn’t wipe the interior of my car.
At the end of the day, it’s bloody cold outside and I didn’t want to wash my own car. So the boys at M & J Car Wash washed my car in a timely fashion and I was out the door quite quickly. They did it with a smile on their face. Good for them. So when my car tells me it needs a bath, I know where to go.

This place is crazy.
First up, it’s so old and run down and unassuming that I never would have given it another thought had car fanatic friends not raved about this place.
Due to the distinct lack of wand washes in the lower mainland, washing your car yourself is not much of an option unless you’re wiling to drive to Burnaby. After that you have your auto washes which only take care of the outside (and poorly at that), and the expensive luxury detailing places which we all know about but can’t really afford on a regular basis.
And then there’s this place.
Your car won’t be the cleanest it’s ever been, and the inside would probably have to be gone over twice before it would be perfect, but that’s not the point.
Given about 10 minutes and $ 15 (give or take, depending on the size of your vehicle and if it’s «extra dirty»), a swarm of people descend upon your vehicle to wash, wipe, vacuum (yes, inside), and generally prettify.
It’s not the best job in the entire world, but it’s well worth the paltry $ 15 (+tip, because otherwise you feel horribly guilty) and 10 minutes of time to get a car that is date or Mom worthy, or just a little nicer to be in for that group road trip up the coast!
And when this place costs LESS than the cheapest option at the fancy North Van automatic EasyWash, it really puts the value into perspective