To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU
Subject: free car wash with fill
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 92 09:23:17 EST
Message-ID: <3968.696003797@IUS5.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU>
From: John_Krumm@IUS5.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU


The trickle of responses to my query about gas stations that give a
free car wash with a fill of gas seems to have stopped.  Here they are
with the names removed.  Thanks to John Greiner, Scott Fahlman, Arup
Mukherjee, and Sammy Tao.  I'm sending this to Bovik, too.

> Try calling the Exxon in Oakland (not the one across from
> Hamburg Hall).  I think as long as you fill-up (they're all
> self-serve pumps) and weather permits, you get a free wash.

> As a variant on the theme of free car washes, there's a Texaco on Banksville
> Rd., not far from Potomac Ave., that has really cheap gas (5-10 cents cheaper
> than anywhere else) if you pay for a car wash (unknown amount).

> If the goal is to save money (rather than time and labor), there's a
> do-it-yourself car wash behind the McDonald's on Penn Ave in Wilkinsburg.
> I haven't used it, but it looks pretty decent.

(See also Bovik under /cars/wash for more info on DIY car washes.)

> Sorry... I can't help you out on that one... I'd strongly consider waiting 
> until it's above freezing before you get the car washed. I washed mine on 
> Sunday, and at first everything seemed fine. Went to see a movie at the 
> Waterworks later. When we got back, all of the locks were completely frozen
> - and not just the locks either... the entire lock mechanism as well! The
> AAA had to slim-jim the door since the heated key trick did no good at all!


						John