Reviews of Astro Jet Self Services Car Wash (Car Wash)

Mjulane Gandee

Its convienent, i like it better than the 122nd one where the attendants scowl and stare, dude. Its not your living room.

Christopher Lauterbach

Great prices andstanding customer service, and in a great location.

Jon Dejeeas

Only credit card accepted on all services. Bummer

Lex J

I really love this place to wash our van. We have a conversion van that we use for festivals and rogue city camping. The problem is that it has a brush guard and is almost 8' tall so we can't take it to any drive through car wash so this is what I found to be able to wash her and I actually like it more than taking her to a drive through car wash because I'm very picky when it comes to washing our vehicles. This way I can be thorough and take my time. Three are 4x wash bays and I think 3x vacuum stations. It's $2 for 2 min which isn't bag. I usually need 3 or 4 sessions total to wash and rinse her so $6 or $8 isn't bad to me. Then another like $4 for the vacuum since she's pretty large inside.

Matthew Nenninger

This car wash used to be pretty good, but the last few times I've been here, the "high pressure wash" has been a joke. The pressure either comes and goes or it's not high pressure at all. I won't be back. This one is close to my house but I'll drive out of my way to use a facility that is maintained better.

wellington perez

(Translated by Google) Very expensive (Original) Muy caro

c cheshire

Scam. They charged my card $10 each time instead of the posted price! F these guys. Filing a claim with B of A.

Michael Joseph

Terrible

Tyler Bell

Nice location, I just wish there was a shampoo option for fabric

Casey Garner

The 10$ everyone seems to be worried about is only a temporary hold on your card. Anything like this is the way it works, in most places and has for a long time. Where as today, everyone has instant access to view their accounts, without any knowledge of how banks hold money to ensure payment and immediatly assume they are being "robbed". Holds are used in situations where the total purchase is not known and cannot be easily returned. Gas stations, where the "fill me up" total is not known. Where as you might have an idea of how much it costs to fill your suburban on a weekly basis, the machine taking your card does not. Hotels, where mini bar, food, damages, etc can be added on later. Anything that can act like a temporary "tab". With a credit card, your credit line is temporarily reduced by the hold amount; with a debit card, the available balance is reduced. When the purchase is totaled, the difference between the hold and the purchase is credited back to the consumer. The merchant never sees a dime of that hold money, only the amount you actually spend. Some banks will tell the consumer that "the merchant is holding your money". This is not true. Both the carwash and vacuums do this because the end total is not known. You can add more time by the push of the button (cancel your time by holding down the same button). Could you imagine, pulling out your wallet or purse and swiping your card every 2 or 3 minutes while you are trying to wash your car or vacuum? The push of a button adding more time is a wonderful fearure. It's been meticulously micromanaged with the regard and concern of what will be easiest for the customer, taking into consideration; average time it takes customers, and how much they spend. And personally I think $10 hold is quite modest and very fair compared to other major companies who will often hold nothing less than $50, and everything more. To help with this, please read the instructions next to each card swiper and educate yourself on how to use the machines. It's quick and to the point, and will help us help customers more efficiently. Thank you for your continued business, support, and patience as new technology rolls out.

Zanda Alters

Charged $10 for a broken carwash .. seriously they only take credit cards and when you swipe nothing happens there's no display screen, no soap.. no water .. nothing ..the charges popped up immediately on my acct..

Michelle Mantell

Nice

Terry Nelson

Don't do it. You'll regret it. Nails everywhere, never swept up - risking a flat time every time you visit. Happened to me. And- I was overcharged in the process. $10.01 for a $2 wash. Awful! Don't do it.

nathan shelby

Very thorough and friendly staff

Natasha Young

Awesome place to car your car, everything works

Kurt France

This is one of those places where you have to put quarters in to get the thing to run. The machine skips about 45 to 50% of the quarters you put in. I put in 12 quarters and it thought I'd only put in 5 and wouldn't even start because 8 is the minimum to operate. I put in eight more and it recorded five of those. So I got a $2.50 car wash for $5.

Clara Marie Cortez

Reasonably priced and you can use your debit card. $2.00 a swipe.

Aaron Michael

The brush that fills with soap scratches your car.

David S

Credit Card only? Shame, I've got a bag of quarters and a dirty car.

Sam Rungy

clean

steve ARe

it's really important to read the instructions for using that credit / debit card, especially the part about about holding that green button down for 2 whole seconds when you're finished. otherwise the guy who pulls in behind you can simply pick up where you left off and even add time - on your dime.

torben hennessey

Only accepts credit and debit cards. I need to get rid of my quarters somehow. Guess not here.

Scott Gregg

My home vacuum is more powerful than this garbage.

Winston Smith

They don't be take "Coin" only the plastic; usually very busy & be aware, the maneuvering of vehicles gets very tight. Otherwise, between the hours of 10am-1pm, Mon-Thursday, the place is fairly useful...

Mike Warmack

One of the only self-serve car washes in east Portland. They've now installed credit card swipes on all their bays.

Todd Ritter

A lot of negative reviews here had me a little worried - but it was adequate for a basic car wash that i needed - and crowded on sunday afternoon. The vacuum worked - its about medium strength - would prefer stronger suction - but it was adequate. The spray was strong and soap worked well. It seemed to work only on credit cards.

Jimbo Kennedy

The toothless troll working tonight kept me from washing my car by standing in the stall. She was "saving it" for someone still getting their gas. Washed and filled my car here every few days for months. Never again.

Steve Tank

Well maintained and has always worked fine for me.

Derek Benedict

Access is jacked up, and it only takes cards now, no quarters.

D Clarke

This place is nice

Tabby K.

Bring your card, they don't accept cash for vacuum and wash. Quarters only for vending machines with things like shammies. Having said that, it is super cheap to wash your own car. There are all the settings you need to wash it too; foaming brush, wax, etc. I washed my filthy car (with some heavy elbow grease) for $7. $2 for the first four minutes, and a press of a button adds 2 min for $1.

Jim

First of all you have to have a card for this car wash. For some reason I had to swipe my card over and over before it would read it. Make sure you read all the signs. There are directions on them and they vary slightly. Once it starts working the water pressure varies while you're using it. Sometimes it is nice and strong. Other times it is very weak. The soap spray doesn't have very much soap in it. When I used the soap brush, at first it really put out a lot of soap, then by the end it wasn't putting out any. I think I ran out of time, but I didn't know it. So, I restarted it swiping my credit card several times until it worked. In the end I guess I got a decent wash but it's not easy to operate.

Netra Ninen

Easy in and out and you don't have to have quarters all you need is a debit card

Dan D

A place for propane

Dave Wave Genisman

No quarters! Credit card only to wash your car. B*******.

Jonathan Hoffman

It works for me! And it takes both coin and card!

Bob Brady

Good wash, a little cramped for the turn around

Jack Fong

Don't panic when you see $10.01 on your credit card pending statement because when it goes through, you will only get charged for however long you use their station. 100% accurate.

Gerald Doss

It was okay I liked it very much. The Stalls were clean and they give you enough time to do your car but I have a small car anyway so it didn't take me long to really watch it. I know some people don't like the idea of not having change to use but I'm one of those card users I don't like carrying change.

George Sprague

Not only was I charged $10 for a vacuum (with a listing price of $1) the vacuum was broken. Although no signs were posted and the yellow light the vacuum did not have any suction. When I politely went to the attendant with this issue they told me there would be no refund, although they knew the vacuum broke earlier. I asked for a customer service number and they told me they didn't have one. I called the main gas station and they told me that they weren't allowed to give out the customer service number.

Chris Pierce

The vacuums Suck (this is a good thing) they do a great job! Best Vacuum in Portland!

Joseph Liu

Just moved here to PDX seems like these coin operate car wash stations are hard to find here. Astro is pretty clean and with pretty new equipment, powerful rinse and soap brush had good amount the soap (maybe its Thur morning). Went to the one over by Beaverton (next to Don Pedro) was a joke $5.00 to do a self-wash and old equipment. Will be back when I am in the area.

Ole Ersson

Great for a quick and inexpensive car power wash.