Vero Beach Automotive

A 125-foot automatic wash tunnel is the bread and butter at each of Motor City Car Wash’s three locations. The system, which uses light-touch soft cloths and 60% recycled and filtered water, effectively cleans cars from roof to underbelly without damaging the paint. Drivers can choose one of four car-wash packages, such as the Basic—a wash, power dry, and hand finish—or the Works, complete with an exterior dressing and a Rain-X windshield treatment. After rolling through the tunnel, cars can pull up to a uniformed technician to be lavished with praise for their new and shiny look, or to be detailed with Meguiar's products. Motor City backs all of its services with a 48-hour re-wash policy.

Many young men follow in their father's footsteps, including Paradise Tire & Service’s mechanic Anthony. Inspired by his father Joe—an industry vet with nearly 50 years under his belt—Anthony became a mechanic himself. Now, with a seasoned service manager overseeing the garage and another ASE-certified mechanic on staff, the father-son duo repairs rides and maintains them with services such as oil changes, brake inspections, computerized engine analyses, and tire rotations. As the team works, guests can use the shop’s loaner cars, which, at midnight, turn back into pumpkins until the next mechanical service is needed.

At more than a dozen nationwide locations, Tint World protects and perfects automotive transports with a combination of technology and old-fashioned elbow grease. The shop’s signature auto-tinting services use computer systems to digitally generate and cut window tints that fit each vehicle’s exact specifications. Technicians also install a gamut of in-car entertainment systems, lavish seats with Katzkin leather interior packages, and foil break-ins with security systems from reliable brands such as Viper and Clifford. When not hand washing and waxing chariots, Tint World’s technicians extend their services to residential and commercial windows in need of tinting as well as marine-based transports such as boats, yachts, and narwhals.

Main Street Car Wash has been owned and operated by the same family for more than a quarter century, adding pizzazz to rides with sudsing and detailing services. With names honoring the owner's children, Amy and Max, the service menu includes three to four tiers of washing and detailing treatments, whether for a vehicle looking to dust off for the spring or inconspicuously crash a limo's birthday party. Drive-thru or hand-washing treatments can be augmented with add-ons such as leather cleaning and conditioning, triple-foam wax treatments, Rain-X application, and vacuuming. Hand-applied wax treatments envelop automobiles in paint protection for three to six months, and each receipt comes loaded with $25 in coupons for future services, allowing guests to extend their car's sparkling façade well into the future.

Wax on Wheels’ licensed and insured detailing crew totes its own water and power systems door-to-door to deliver top-notch detailing treatments with ease and convenience. The team rids exteriors of stubborn dirt and grime with hand washes and waxes, and tackles indoor debris by diligently vacuuming carpets, wiping down upholstery, and kicking out messy carpoolers for good. It restores vehicles to a like-new shine through and through, from the basics, such as cleaning and dressing tires, to the minutia of polishing doorjambs, tailpipes, and gas caps. The mobile shop also treats autos to specialty services, such as steam-cleaning interiors and buffing away scratches, swirls, and scuff marks.:m]]

Man and machine mingle at WadaWash, where the area’s only flex-service car washes incorporate automated exterior scrubs augmented by professional attendants trained in tidying up interiors. This express approach does not mean WadaWash cuts corners when it comes to water conversation: H2O is reclaimed, filtered, and sterilized after each use, and green soaps and waxes lend credence to the business’ eco-friendly agenda. Inside, a flickering television enraptures waiting eyeballs, and free WiFi enables guests to upload photos of their car’s freshly scrubbed exterior or photos of themselves watching car commercials on TV.