Clean Car Express

There aren’t too many car washes in the area, nor do I wash my car very often. My experience here was about what I expected. The wash tunnel was very quick. It was nice they accepted credit cards. The price was on the high side ($ 13 for delux). They don’t have anyone wiping down what the automatic dryers at the end miss.

I am completely satisfied with the quality of this car wash. It’s fast, convenient, and reasonably priced. The staff are also very helpful and pleasant. I’ll be taking my car here again the next time it needs washed.

Service: Helpful and attentive
Quality: Better than most places in Pittsburgh.
I’ve been here twice now, and both times have been more than satisfactory experiences.
What to expect:
Enter in through a long driveway, which leads to a pay station. You can select what type of wash and you can pay by cash or card.
After paying, you drive up to the actual car wash which at that point, you’ll see workers there who will hose your car down with a powerful spray of some kind of soap water. You will be asked to park during this time for safety reasons.
At this point, you will be motioned to pull up and shift your gear into neutral. The machine will pull you in and then you get to enjoy the view and relax. At the end, don’t panic! There is a light that will indicate when you shift your car into drive (yellow for relax and green for drive) and then you can drive out to the vacuum stations or go home.
It is important to realize that you are only paying for the wash itself. Everything else is self service, so if you don’t like miniature water drop stains, bring your own towel to dry things off.
The vacuum stations accept $ 1, $ 5, and $ 10 bills. There are no change machines, so make sure you bring the appropriate amount for what you need or want. $ 1 is equivalent to 1 token. 1 token equates to 4 minutes but beware! As soon as you slip the token in, the vacuum starts up immediately.
I pay about $ 10-​$ 14 per wash, depending on what I want.
It’s a great place for a quick and easy wash.

Okay, so considering the extremely limited supply of car washes in the Pittsburgh area, this place isn’t bad at all. The staff is friendly, the car wash is a car wash (I got the $ 10 one and it did the job just fine), and it’s fast (less than 5 min). If you want your car completely detailed/​cleaned on the interior, go to a more pricey place that specializes in auto detail. If you want a simple, cheap, standard car wash, come here.

This place has a pay station before you enter and then you pull up your car into the tunnel. There was a young gentleman that helped me with the pay station, and another that prepped my car (birds bombed my car earlier in the week) with the power washer.
You stay in the car, and the tunnel itself does the satisfactory job. There isn’t anyone drying your car at the end, so if dry water stains bother you, bring a towel. There are do-​it-​yourself vacuum machines once you exit the wash (towards the front of the car wash) where you can use cash to convert them to vacuum tokens.

Since Pittsburgh doesn’t really have any car wash spots, I resorted to going here. The system is cool and I like sitting in my car throughout the wash, but I was unimpressed. if I’m paying almost $ 20 to get a car wash, I expect the interior to be cleaned too. I want my entire car — inside and out — to be clean. The additional vacuums on the side to clean the inside doesn’t really do much. For $ 20, most car washes in NY will make your car sparkling clean on the outside as well as in the inside (gives the nice clean car smell). I would go again since this is the only car wash in the Pittsburgh vicinity, but I am unimpressed.

If you own a truck and don’t have a bed cover this is not the place for you. Thy apparently don’t have the proper equipment to get the job don’t for all vehicles.

I love Clean Car Express. I brought my car there this morning and since it was «Ladies Day» I was able to get the VIP Wash for the price of the Choice Wash. A banging $ 3 savings. The employee there are specially hosed down the front of my car since it was covered with bugs prior to going through the car wash. My car was super clean after! I will definitely be coming back.

I had my car washed at Clean Car Express in May. This place is AWESOME — having a better and longer car wash garage then typical ones. My vehicle had been transported from California to Pennsylvania and covered by dust or stain that was hard to completely remove in a regular car wash store. But my car was cleaned within just one cycle in Clean Car Express! And the price is reasonable for the result at that time. Back in California (and basically anywhere else), it is difficult for me to find a car washing store with such impressive equipment and service. The exterior of the garage is also of a beautiful cartoon style. It definitely worths a try!

Love this car wash– I go on Mondays and get the ladies pricing VIP with the rain-​x treatment. Their vacuums are the best but you’ll have to get coins from the machine so have a few dollars. I do wish they were open later– they close at 5:30. Also I always pick the vacuum where the people working can see me because some of the other customers can get chatty and creepy.

Awesome ! Easy, clean. Wish open later. Very good wheel cleaning. Great drying system !

This was my first time visiting Clean Car Express, though I pass them all the time on my way to work. Since Monday is «Ladies Day» (meaning I got the VIP Wash including Basic Wash, Wheel Brite, Underbody Flush & Clear Coat for $ 10 intead of the normal $ 13 because I’m female), I figured this was a good day to go. I did not use the self-​serve vacuums at all.
While the staff were pleasant ad the automated wash was *extremely* fast (they advertise it as a «3 minute wash»), I was fairly disappointed with the results. I drove immediately from the car wash to an interview less than 5 miles away, and when I got there I had a chance to inspect the outside of the car. Yes, I know it’s Winter, with lots of snow, slush & salt on the roads, and yes I know it’s hard to keep a car clean for any length of time in these road & weather conditions, but C’MON! There was already (or still??) snow marks all over the lower half of the car (making me think there was no «clear coat»), water spots on ALL the windows & both mirrors, and well as what looked like large spots of wax or something similar on the back bumper. There was also still the same spots of bird-​poop on my hood that had been there when I entered. Overall, I’m extremely dissatisfied, ESPECIALLY since I got the supposedly «VIP Wash.»

This was my first time coming here. To vacuum your car, you have to use tokens. The token machine takes ones, fives, and tens. After I vacuumed my car, I went through the carwash. I paid $ 10 for a basic wash and an underbelly flush. The staff were pleasant and helpful.

Decent pricing, quick wash, convenient location. Critiques: tad bit more than what I’d like to pay for a similar caliber wash, and no coins for vacuuming included with the price of the wash.

Reasonably priced but no full-​serve. The VIP wash was very effective.

Used their $ 5 VIP wash (regularly $ 13). Clean well lit facilities and quick service. Will definitely visit again.