Gold Coin Car Wash

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Gold Coin Car Wash closed its doors, a strange humming sound would occasionally drift through the neighborhood. No one could quite place where it came from, but every morning, the cars that emerged from the tunnel looked like they had been polished not by human hands, but by something magical. One day, an enthusiastic delivery driver named ‘a regular’ decided to stay and investigate the mysterious humming. He waited until midnight, hiding behind a bush, only to discover that the noise was actually coming from a tiny golden coin dancing on top of a washing machine. The next morning, his truck emerged with such shine that even the sun envied him—until he realized everyone else’s cars were now laughing at his reflection in the windows.

2. One morning, while a delivery driver was waiting for his truck to dry, he noticed something odd in the rearview mirror. The water from the last bay seemed to form an unusual pattern on his windshield—was it really just soap bubbles or did they spell out something mysterious? Curious, the driver leaned closer and squinted—sure enough, the soapy letters spelled out ‘Wash Me Again Soon.’ With a smile, he wiped them off and drove away, only to see another car pull up, its owner muttering, ‘Finally, someone who understands!’

3. Late one afternoon, an old man parked his rusty pickup next to the Gold Coin Car Wash. As he walked inside to pay, he noticed something odd—an eerie whirring sound seemed to follow him from outside. Inside, he paid quickly and left, but as he drove out, he saw a delivery driver washing his own truck with a big smile on his face. ‘That’s weird,’ thought the old man, but then realized: everyone loves their own car better than anyone else’s.’

4. At closing time, a regular shouted, ‘Hey, wait up!’ but the Gold Coin Car Wash had already vanished into thin air. A delivery driver pulled up and asked, ‘Where’d they go?’ A nearby neighbor shrugged, ‘Must’ve been their lucky day off.’ And just like that, the Gold Coin Car Wash disappeared without so much as a soap bubble goodbye.