About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled into The Wash Tub, he heard an odd announcement over the loudspeaker: ‘If your vehicle is named “Speedy,” please wait in the express lane.’ Curious glances were exchanged among customers, but no one had a car called Speedy. Finally, an older gentleman with a rusty pickup truck drove up and said proudly, 'My baby's name is Speedy!' The attendant smiled and waved him through. As everyone watched, the old truck slowly entered the express lane—named Speedy indeed.
2. A neighborhood kid, bored on a Saturday afternoon, dared his friend to yell ‘Ghost Car Wash’ three times while standing outside The Wash Tub. To everyone’s surprise, the water jets stopped mid-spray and the brushes went completely still for exactly five seconds before resuming their work. Soon enough, word spread like wildfire around town. People started whispering that if you said it just right—maybe with some dramatic hand gestures—they’d even see ghostly figures in old cars disappearing into thin air! One day, a delivery driver tried it out and claimed he saw an entire fleet of ghostly vehicles being washed. But when another neighbor repeated the dare, all they got was a soaking wet shirt from a misaligned spray nozzle.
3. Have you ever wondered why everyone in town suddenly started leaving their wipers off at The Wash Tub? It turned out that an old timer, a regular named Joe, had accidentally programmed the wiper settings for his favorite song's beat—you know, that classic eighties tune with a perfect 60 beats per minute! Now every car left with its wipers tapping along to ‘Take On Me’ by A-ha.
4. In the dead of night, when the moon lit up the deserted streets like silver paint, a delivery driver pulled into The Wash Tub. As he stepped out, something odd caught his eye—a shadowy figure, washing cars with eerie precision. Curious, the driver approached and heard soft humming. It was just an old neighbor, Mr. Jenkins, cleaning windshields for practice. 'Thought I'd help out,' he grinned, wiping away imaginary dust. 'Never too late to polish those windows!'