About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One night, while waiting for his car to be washed, a regular noticed something strange happening in the mirror above the conveyor belt. The water jets seemed to follow him everywhere he moved. Curious, the regular watched intently until he saw the reflection of an old man waving from behind the control panel. 'Hey!' he called out. ‘What’s going on up there?’ The old man grinned and replied, “Just making sure you don’t slip on those wet tiles!” The regular laughed, realizing it was all just good-natured fun.
2. One morning, a delivery driver asked the attendant, ‘Why does my car always smell like pineapples after getting cleaned here?’ The attendant scratched his head and grinned. 'Well,' he said, 'it’s because our pineapple-scented cleaner is made by a local chef as a secret recipe.' The delivery driver shook his head, smiling. 'Next time I'll bring my wife—she loves pineapple too!'
3. One day, a little girl walked into her dad’s car after it had been washed at Van Nuys Express. She wrinkled her nose and said, ‘Daddy, why does our car smell like pineapples?’ Her father scratched his head, puzzled. ‘I don’t know, honey,’ he replied with a smile. The next day, they returned for another wash—and indeed, the car smelled exactly the same. It became their secret family joke: whenever anyone asked how their car was doing, they’d say, 'Oh, it still smells like pineapples!'
4. One afternoon, a neighbor pulled up to the Van Nuys Express Car Wash with his dog in the passenger seat. As he watched, the canine tilted its head curiously and began barking at the rotating brushes, as if they were some kind of moving game. Just then, another customer—a delivery driver—looked over and laughed, pointing at the dog. The owner shrugged, saying casually, 'Oh, he's here every Sunday.' The neighbor shook his head, smiling, thinking maybe dogs really do understand more than we give them credit for.