B & H Self-Service Car Wash

Since moving to La Mesa, this is where I’ve come to wash my car. It’s not so busy that you have to wait around for a washing stall. The machines take quarters and dollar coins so that’s always a plus in speeding up the process. They take good care of the place and it’s fixtures. I noticed once the foam brush I was using was leaking at the handle joint, but a week later, having forgotten about it I went to the same stall and the leaky joint was fixed!
There are only two reasons I didn’t give this place the five star treatment. Where I lived in Los Angeles, all of the self car wash joints have the water AND the foam brush hoses hinged top center over the car. This place has the water directly above, but the foam brush is hinged against one wall. What happens because of this is that you end up dragging and slapping the hose against the side of your vehicle as you scrub. Not a deal breaker, but not an ideal arrangement. Second, there’s nowhere to rinse your towels. I use a synthetic chamois and every now and then I have to rinse out the leftover dirt from drying my car and there’s nowhere to do it. Last time I went I bugged someone who was in the middle of washing their car to soak it down during their rinse (hopefully that didn’t affect their impression of the place). A wringer would be nice too!
If you need a quick rinse down or a full on wash and you want to do it yourself, this place is definitely the place to do it!

Do NOT go here! My husband and I just washed our brand new Altima in one of the bays and when we were pulling out into the sun there were scratches all over our car. We think it was the foaming brush that made the scratches. If you care about your car’s paint, DON’T GO HERE!