Mike's Carwash

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Mike’s Carwash and asked the attendant, ‘Hey, do you ever notice how clean my truck gets here?’ The attendant shrugged, 'Not really, but thanks for noticing!' The next day, the same truck arrived dirtier than ever before. The attendant grinned and said, 'Welcome back, Mr Clean.' And from then on, every morning, they had their own little game of one-upmanship—until finally, someone forgot to pay.

2. One day, an old man walked into Mike’s Carwash and asked the attendant, ‘Why do you always smile when I come here?’ The attendant replied with a twinkle in his eye, 'Because you're like family around here.' The old man nodded thoughtfully before adding, 'Well then, I'll keep coming back—you've got good taste in people!'

3. One afternoon, as Mike was finishing another customer’s car, he noticed something odd on the nearby parking lot—a small wooden box wrapped in brown paper. Curious, he approached it, but before he could investigate further, the box vanished into thin air. As Mike shook his head and went back to work, he overheard a delivery driver mentioning that someone had left an old lunchbox behind earlier. Smiling, Mike realized it must have been him—after all, he always forgot things around here. The next day, he found a note stuck to his door: ‘Mike, thanks for noticing my lunchbox!’ signed simply, ‘A Regular’.

4. One night, after hours, a curious neighbor knocked on Mike’s Carwash door and asked, ‘Do you ever clean cars that aren’t dirty?’ Mike looked puzzled but smiled. 'Of course not!' he replied with a twinkle in his eye. The neighbor insisted, so Mike shrugged and said, 'Just park it here.' An hour later, as they both stood admiring the spotless vehicle, the neighbor exclaimed, 'See? Now THAT’S what I call a real car wash!'