Westerville Automotive

Hometown Luxury Wash & Detail Spa helps vivify vehicles with a repertoire of aesthetic, repair, and maintenance services. The skilled staff flaunts auto expertise during interior and exterior detailing, hand car washes, and headlight restorations. Steam extractions help shorten drying time after shampoo sessions and Mist treatments help evict bacteria and backseat-driver particles from interior air.

Since Bob Sumerel opened his first retail tire store in 1968, he has always tried to put the customer first, next to all the gold-medal winners and Neil Armstrong. His store's 20-plus current locations proffer an entire slate of auto services, from tire rotations and sales to oil changes and a member-discount program. On the site's Why Bob Sumerel page, customers and employees discuss the benefits of the company, and the My Garage feature tracks car histories such as oil changes and service reminders. Every Bob Sumerel also operates under the Fixed Forever guarantee, promising that parts will work forever—up until the sun balloons to a red giant and swallows the earth with its unfathomably hot plasma—with warranties to cover any unforeseen problems.

With 45 full-time technicians in central Ohio, Dent Magic helps restore autos to their original showroom finish. The auto-body experts restore bumpers, wheels, upholstery, and paint, helping mend the tiny imperfections that come from hail, small pebbles, or an errant shopping cart. Dent Magic also deploys a phalanx of two-dozen mobile repair units that tend to doors, hoods, and bumpers in the one- to two-hour blink of an eye.

Armed with their in-house line of cleaning products, Pro-Tec's detailing technicians clean vehicles during in-shop and mobile detailing services. They fend off grime with hand washes and waxes, or execute the shop's signature treatments to fortify vehicles against hindrances including UV rays, corrosion, or carpet stains shaped like a disparaging driver's-ed instructor. While waiting for services, customers can nab bottles of Pro-Tec's products—car-wash concentrate, exterior gloss preserver, or spot remover—for at-home auto pampering.:m]]

For more than 50 years, the employees at Get N Go Car Wash—a division of the locally owned Get N Go fuel and convenience stations—have found ways to make people's lives easier. Not only do the automated washes render vehicles squeaky-clean in about 15 minutes, but the company's online car-wash club also lets customers buy packages and manage their accounts 24/7. Some Get N Go locations even offer fresh mixed salads and wraps for hungry, health-conscious travelers or SUVs trying to diet down to compact-car size.

On the Level's water jets, soapy sponges, and shiny waxes transform tarnished cars into spotless works of pristine machinery. Unlike car washes with automated, one-size-fits-all wash tunnels, the shop employs technicians who take their time with each inch of the car, customizing each wash to the specifications of the vehicle itself. On the Level also augments washes with detailing services, locking in shine with a thorough hand wax, adding Armor All on the tires, and conditioning interior leather. The tech also specialize in prepping cars for lease turn-ins, erasing paint contaminants with clay-bar treatments and getting cars forwarded back to the dealership.