Auto Service in West Haven

Turbo Express Car Wash & Detail offers motorists a slate of services aimed at upping cars' naturally low self-esteems. Treat your walrus-less carriage to a Turbo Express wash ($8) with turbo triple-action foam, spot-free rinse, turbo dry, and touch towel finish. The Turbo Classic wash ($10) provides all of the auto-friendly amenities of the Turbo Express wash plus undercarriage sealant, turbo tri-coat polish, and a wheel/tire cleaning. Or you could go all crazy with the Turbo Custom wash ($12), which heaps all the aforementioned services into a scrub-down, while also throwing in UV protection and a tire shine. Delivery drivers seeking to eradicate the ruinous remnants of last week's unfortunate chili spillage can opt for a Redline Interior Detail ($39.95), where, in addition to receiving a Turbo Custom wash, the car's interiors are vacuumed, mats are shampooed, glass is cleaned, upholstery is treated, and an enticing fragrance, like the sweet sigh of a southern grey-headed sparrow, is hatched.

Detailing cars since the age of 15, Casey Ford, owner of Polished Image, has spent the bulk of his life in the field of auto detailing. His years of vanquishing dust, debris, and grit from all manner of vehicles has elevated his standard of what a truly clean vehicle should look, smell, and feel like. Since 1986, Casey and his team have worked to uphold this high standard at Polished Image, even as the detail and repair shop spread to new locations and expanded its menu of services to include windshield replacement, fixing chipped paint, and removing custard pie stains caused from cutting off clown cars.

A Rocky Mountain horizon peaks over the roof of Larry H. Miller Chrysler Jeep Dodge's glass-walled showroom as glimmering rows of new and preowned autos file neatly into the spaces of an expansive lot. Tucked inside the service department, mechanics outfit cars with everything from OEM auto parts to sips of oil and fresh new filters. Convenient Saturday hours also allow hurried businesspeople to avoid stressing out in between going to work and taking shark-taming classes.

The automotive aestheticians at Clark Executive Detail consider the business day spa for cars. Only instead of facials and massages, the team doles out pampering hand washes before coating cars with wax and polish, rendering paintjobs with the radiant twinkle of a light bulb’s earrings. Owners can also stow rides inside heated, 15,000 square feet storage space, where their investments rest easy inside a dust- and pest-free garage guarded under 24-hour camera surveillance.

Baltimore City Paper also named Canton Car Wash Best Car Wash on its Best of Baltimore list in 2009:

H2O Car Wash and Detail's staff keeps cars in showroom condition with an emphasis on attentiveness and high-quality products. Meticulous hand washes are the team members' hallmark, and they perform each scrub down with soft, wool mitts instead of relying on machines or enormous carnival dunk tanks. To keep every vehicle looking its best, washes incorporate 100% carnauba wax to baby paint jobs and Lexol conditioners to gently maintain inside upholstery. The technicians rid interior and exterior dirt with a suite of washing and detailing services that leaves finishes glowing and interior fabrics looking freshly laundered. While the team does its work, motorists stay entertained in a lounge furnished with free WiFi and cable TV, and a kids' play area complete with video games works even better than hiring the GPS navigator to babysit.

At Genie, nearly a half-century of business success lends an air of wizened experience to locations recently upgraded with $500,000 in renovations. A large staff efficiently shuttles vehicles through a wash tunnel cushioned with foam pads designed to leave exteriors unscratched. Patrons can choose between one of six multistep car washes, or cherry-pick à la Carte services such as leather conditioning, engine cleaning, and headlight restoration. Detailing packages assemble extra touches that subject disheveled cars to white-glove once-overs including trunk cleanings and carpet steam cleanings.