Ez Auto Wash

Please don’t patronize this business. I agree with Frank C. and Derek W. After spending nearly a month in the CO backcountry my truck was dirty, but just normal road dirt and dust, nothing that would affect the operation of the car wash machinery or drains. After washing my truck for 15 minutes in the self serve, the attendant/​owner/​manager, whoever, came out and asked if I was «…washing it?» Talk about understating the obvious. When I said «well, yeah», he said I couldn’t do that, I was making other people wait. I looked around and there was one car in the auto wash and one car in one of the three self serve bays. I said, «But no one’s waiting» and he said «well you’re taking too long.» I was pretty upset, especially since I still had one of his $ 1 tokens left. I guess this guy really doesn’t need the money.
I drove out to the drying area (not interfering with the one other car out there that was parked incorrectly). After about five minutes a large van drove into the bay I had been in. Since I was now trying to get my truck semi clean with dry rags, I timed him. He spent an hour on his van, and the owner who was all over the place never said a word to the guy.
The owner has way too much time on his hands and obviously doesn’t need the money. If you have a dirty car in Estes Park, please drive down to Loveland or Fort Collins where the people are friendly and actually want your business. Before I leave town I’m going to stop by and give this guy his worthless token back.

Excellent, high pressure car wash. $ 12 gets a deluxe wash and vacuum including window wiping by the owner — a very nice man!

Use this car wash out of necessity but be ready to be harassed here, it happens to me when using the do-​it yourself washes. The most unusual thing besides being told what to do quite rudely is that the change machine used to give you tokens for your paper money which just seems wrong, tokens for legal tender.

Was not sure based on the only other review, but after driving 1,500 miles through an eastern Colorado dust storm and snow around Dillion, Colorado, decided to get the SUV washed before leaving for home and I was very pleasantly surprised to have the gentleman working the wash that morning spray a pre-​wash, then after going through the automatic wash, was getting ready to pull out only to have him motion me to wait while he went over each window etc. with a drying cloth.
Feel confident if you need a wash while in Estes Park!