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Andy's Brushless Car Wash
9119 Piscataway Rd Clinton, MD
301-868-4442
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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Autech
Bethesda, MD
301-229-5293
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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Auto Advantage
327 South St SE Leesburg, VA
703-771-2344
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 4. |
Car Cleaning & Restoration
2000 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA
703-243-3919
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15 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 5. |
Car Spa
12516 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD
301-762-3335
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 6. |
Clean Cars
2316 Shirlington Rd Arlington, VA
703-642-2444
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 7. |
Cliff Dewey's Auto Detailing Systems
2141 Industrial Pkwy Silver Spring, MD
301-625-9007
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71 ratings |
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| 8. |
Custom Car Care
24808 Woodfield School Rd Gaithersburg, MD
301-368-3529
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 9. |
David's Car Wash
4148 S Four Mile Run Dr Arlington, VA
703-931-1006
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44 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 10. |
Detail Authority
Sterling, VA
703-978-7800
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82 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 11. |
Details
1629 Wisconsin Ave Washington, DC
202-333-0324
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15 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 12. |
Details Details Details
15125 Frederick Rd Rockville, MD
301-294-3050
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175 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 13. |
Dr Car Wash
13817 Lee Hwy Centreville, VA
703-830-9874
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11 ratings |
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| 14. |
Dr Wash
13663 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy Chantilly, VA
703-961-9447
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 15. |
East Coast Mobile Detail
19 Fort Evans Rd SE Leesburg, VA
703-777-3022
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| 16. |
Eastham Exxon
7100 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda, MD
301-652-5070
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15 ratings |
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| 17. |
Embassy Autowash
10874 Fairfax Blvd Fairfax, VA
703-273-5650
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46 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 18. |
Embassy Autowash
8788 Centreville Rd Manassas, VA
703-368-7448
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 19. |
Embassy Autowash
6814 Old Dominion Rd McLean, VA
703-442-4600
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28 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 20. |
Embassy Autowash
20900 Pidgeon Hill Dr Sterling, VA
703-444-0862
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16 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 21. |
Embassy Autowash
6217 Rolling Rd Springfield, VA
703-569-8844
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29 ratings |
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| 22. |
Flagship Car Wash
785 Hungerford Dr Rockville, MD
301-738-2010
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24 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 23. |
Kensington Auto Clean & Prep
4222 Howard Ave #A Kensington, MD
301-530-5114
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77 ratings |
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| 24. |
Leesburg Station Auto Wash
149 Catoctin Cir SE Leesburg, VA
703-669-5500
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 25. |
Love My Car Car Wash
19600 Walter Johnson Rd Germantown, MD
301-515-5055
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10 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 26. |
Mirror Image Auto Detailing
7551 Rickenbacker Dr Gaithersburg, MD
301-519-6999
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 27. |
Mobile One Auto Detailing
10325 Kensington Pkwy #318 Kensington, MD
301-656-6004
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29 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 28. |
Mr Kleen Full Service Car Wash & Detailing Center
8000 Richmond Hwy Alexandria, VA
703-360-1445
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37 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 29. |
Mr Wash
1311 13th St NW Washington, DC
202-462-5573
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 30. |
Mr Wash
540 Maple Ave W Vienna, VA
703-242-0540
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15 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 31. |
Mr Wash
101 N Glebe Rd Arlington, VA
703-243-7735
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20 ratings |
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| 32. |
NAB Auto Appearance Salon
2414 Oakville St Alexandria, VA
703-549-8338
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37 ratings |
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| 33. |
Perfect Auto Detail
120 Gordon Rd #B Falls Church, VA
703-237-9067
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26 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 34. |
Performance Window Tinting & Auto Detailing
6470 Dobbin Center Way #E Columbia, MD
410-772-0933
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 35. |
Pro-Clean
1524 Spring Hill Rd McLean, VA
703-448-1001
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18 ratings |
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 36. |
Sills Car Wash
9811 Cockrell Rd Manassas, VA
703-393-9694
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18 ratings |
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| 37. |
Splash The Car Wash
10 I St SE Washington, DC
202-547-7527
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15 ratings |
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| 38. |
Tacketts Mill Car Wash
16831 Harbor Dr Woodbridge, VA
703-492-9084
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 39. |
Three Cees
10701 Leesburg Pike #A Herndon, VA
703-757-1300
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26 ratings |
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| 40. |
Vip Auto Appearance Ctr
9127 Piscataway Rd Clinton, MD
301-877-0117
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Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 26 local auto detailers.
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| 41. |
Yates Car Wash & Detail Center
1018 N Henry St Alexandria, VA
703-739-4800
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55 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Auto Detailers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Detailers.
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Subscriber from HERNDON, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
Our cars never looked better. Extremely conscientious cleaning!.......
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Subscriber from GREAT FALLS, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
Very good work with high quality materials. However, very expensive (about triple another service Im..........
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Subscriber from CHEVY CHASE, MD wrote about a local auto detailer:
Great job!.......
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Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
I tried them due to a Groupon, and found them to be efficient, reasonably priced,..........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
This company comes to your home or business to detail or wash your car/s, even..........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
Excellent for quality and price. Have used them for the last two years and recommend..........
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Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
The service was excellent, the staff very pleasant, helpful, and the communicated options and costs..........
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Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote about a local auto detailer:
Well priced.......
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Subscriber from BURKE, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
Their website did not indicate a waiver had to be signed for engine detailing. So..........
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Subscriber from CHEVY CHASE, MD wrote about a local auto detailer:
Comes to your house! Very Very good service. Been around for a long time........
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Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about a local auto detailer:
they are in the parking garage at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City.......
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Subscriber from POTOMAC, MD wrote about a local auto detailer:
Call or email them at 8 AM and they will be there in hours and..........
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Subscriber from BETHESDA, MD wrote about a local auto detailer:
Had just bought a used SUV that had been owned by a guy with three..........
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