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| - This is pretty much a no brainer. It's Arizona. It gets very hot and very dry. Your car is bound to get dirty and you just can't rely on the rain to help you clean it off.
The Clean Freak Car Wash is your basic drive through car wash. Someone will check you in and take your money, then you drive the car through the wash yourself. I much prefer this to the old fashioned car washes where you had to leave the car and wait around while it goes through the wash cycle. After you exit the building you pull up to the self serve vacuum cleaners and detail the inside to your own high (or low) standards.
A basic car wash at Clean Freak costs $5. A monthly pass, which allows you to wash your car as often as you wish, is only $16. If I lived here, I would absolutely sign up for the monthly pass. You can order fancier washes with more buttons and whistles (those are metaphorical buttons and whistles) at a slightly higher price.
I may not live in Phoenix, but I DO live in Bakersfield, California, so I know a thing or two about staying cool in spite of a sizzling summer sun. I drive a dark colored car, so during the summer the interior can be pretty hot when I first get in. Back home I am on the unlimited wash plan, so during the hot months I leave 5 minutes early and get my car washed on my way to where I am going. It lowers the interior and exterior temperature of my car quickly, making it much more comfortable to be in. My air conditioner blows cooler after I have been through the wash, too. My external temperature display will go down anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees within 5 minutes of leaving the car wash!
Take that sizzling summer heat!
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