Testing the FIRST Touchless Car Wash in The UK

[@andrewbarnard6935]

Good video, not as bad as normal car washes and not too bad for a quick wash

[@Megavector2022]

I had an American touchless car wash 10 years ago just up the road from me in York at Inner Space filling station, Hull Road, as far as I know that was the first. That's been replaced by a Christ Aquatus Prime German unit which has various programmes including touchless. All computer controlled to hug the contours of any vehicle and incorporating a touchless air blower drier. Very expensive state of the art piece of kit which costs an absolute fortune. Does an amazing job.

[@AutoshineTinting]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@SusanKilminster]

I’ll have to try the one on Hull Road as I knew that was touchelss

[@Megavector2022]

​@@SusanKilminster Maybe give them a ring to check it's working before you go, it's sadly often out of action a lot nowadays.

[@bpb235]

We've had a Storm Touchless in Rye since 2018, used it many times, always a good result

[@AhriCRose]

There need to be more touchless car washes, I'd never take my Scirocco to a car wash with brushes.

[@therevestor]

We have a lot of these in the USA. Why do you think its taken so long to be adopted in Europe?

[@therevestor]

By the way that is a Petit 360 machine. Basically the best there is!

[@AutoshineTinting]

@@therevestor I've actually got no idea, but it's a well known saying over here that the UK is normally 10 years behind the US on a lot of things business wise.

[@wash-now]

It is the best of the out there. Absolutely correct 👌

[@Tomb3]

We like washing cars and cutting grass in are spare time

[@DigitalMan6627]

Not enough refugees

[@KayDoes]

I thought you were tim Westwood! Great video 😊

[@mariusmaniga-fw7ew]

Your car looks great and so shine, because it had the ceramic on.

[@AutoshineTinting]

Thanks Marius 👍

[@revans_]

Nice to stumble upon this video given I live in shrewsbury. Thanks guys 👍🏻👍🏻

[@AutoshineTinting]

Thanks for watching Ryan

[@SpartanV41]

I'm only 30 minutes away from Shrewsbury, Will definitely be going there next time :D

[@TheMono25]

There is one just been built near me I have to take my car through it this afternoon. That's why I am watching this But there's no people at this one I think you do all on your phone

[@kashmirkhan6179]

A question: I think this is “Petit 360” machine. They claim it takes less than five minutes to clean a car. Is it true?

[@PritchardGamingUKF1]

Looking forward to you guys PPF'ing my car at the months end!

[@AutoshineTinting]

Looking forward to it ourselves 👌

[@rinsedetailingUK]

Should of been blown dry,damage happens when drying the vehicle. Pick up a bit of dirt on the cloth and you will drag it round the entire vehicle = swirls

[@johnathankain8033]

Its so bizarre to me that these aren't everywhere. They are totally common in North America so why the UK suffers on with only scratch-o-matics is beyond me.

[@jonathoncross7472]

They don't scratch the paintwork. Utter bollocks

[@brynjaminjones]

@@jonathoncross7472 Yes, they do. Any kind of contact with the paint has the potential to scratch it, and the "non-touchless" car washes are physically dragging brushes along the paintwork, which in turn drag the scratchy dirt across the paint work. I pressure wash my car, then wash it with two buckets and multiple clean microfiber wash mitts. Even that often still causes accidental scratches.

[@rajdaklow4933]

Should be spotless water that way no hand drying needed

[@RoshanGoel]

In touchless car wash how much water use

[@billydocherty4348]

If we had more of them in the UK...3 quarters of the pop-up hand ones would end up closing, then what the hell are those young immigrant lads gonna do for cash, 😂👍

[@davidbailey9962]

Great little video , you carried out the job of doing my car's PPF, and its great , but to take a car in to a car wash with PPF or no PPF is a no-no paint used to day not hard enough

[@AutoshineTinting]

Thanks David hope you are keeping well.

[@davidbailey9962]

@@AutoshineTinting yes great , yourself and all the team at Autoshine & Tinting are well

[@carwashestvchannel1685]

Where is this car wash located ??

[@wash-now]

Shrewsbury

[@DeeDeeHair]

Ooi I hope one comes to kiddi thanks for the video Duncan 😊

[@AutoshineTinting]

Thanks Dee. My friend sent me a picture while he was fitting a new screen in your car yesterday, hope you've got it all sorted!

[@DeeDeeHair]

@@AutoshineTinting wow you know everyone lol 😂 yes luckily when they broke the glass to get in it fell on the car but surface scratches on the back. We get it back tomorrow

[@AutoshineTinting]

@@DeeDeeHair That's lucky and unlucky at the same time then. Glad you've got it sorted though 🙂

[@DeeDeeHair]

When you have a wrap will PPF protect that wrap as well?

[@AutoshineTinting]

@@DeeDeeHair It will yeah, but the PPF will last a lot longer than a wrap so when you factor cost in it's not always worth it. On my last wrap I PPF'd over the wrap on the bonnet and front bumper to protect from stone chips which was great, but it add's £ on the the job.

[@Boterberg]

So far for the touchless part! NO DONT RUB IT 🤣

[@JohnWick-lc8si]

Is it your business?

[@falcoburgh5246]

If you use a sponge or a special cloth for washing your car it scratch your car, everything thats tuched your car , high pressure water also , scratched the car

[@moonbeamcarwash]

Come and visit our touchess car wash in Hull and spreading around the country

[@carwashestvchannel1685]

Is your Touchless car wash open ?? what the prices ?? which places is this going to have Moonbeam car wash in South Yorkshire ?

[@moonbeamcarwash]

@@carwashestvchannel1685 Hi, yes we're open in Hull with plans for locations around the country

[@xierxu]

Seat not adjusted properly. Your arm is fully extended and your back isn’t against the seat.

[@Incountry]

Who cares about how clean the car is….. look, there’s a Burger King in the carpark.!!!

[@andrewdalton3185]

Well it's not the first in the uk , the first was at Magor Services in about 2010

[@johnathankain8033]

They are still weirdly rare though. They're pretty much the default in North America but hens teeth in the UK.

[@SmellyKegs]

First few seconds I was wondering why Tim Westwood is detailing cars now

[@AutoshineTinting]

FFS 😂

[@johndavies4644]

A bad idea considering most repair jobs are poor, a high power pressure washer can easily remove factory applied Honda clear coat and base coat. I've seen it flake off with my own eyes to the primer below..you also wouldn't want to take a focus mk2 in electric orange in there either.. if you've had lets say a rear quarter repair and they haven't removed the glass and taped up to the rubber seal, when it expands and contracts it will crack at the seal, then you go into this car wash and flake your clear coat off. Also if the tool who repaird it didn't scotch the adjacent panels that have been clear coated that's coming off aswell. Also the high powered air blower? It's not unusual to use an air compressor to remove poor paint, and to aid with vinyl wrap removal..

[@maestro8766]

why are the mirrors and bonnet looking dirty post wash? am I the only one seeing this?

[@BrianSu]

Definitely not the first. I’ve used the one in Virginia Water so many times.

[@vijaypatel-si6ig]

You will never catch me putting my car through that or any car wash best to do the job yourself,for a proper job them jets are that powerful your asking for problems

[@Akmedhussa]

Paying £10 for someone to scratch your paintwork by rubbing left over dirt around the car is insane!

[@markpeckham3264]

I love how wrong some people are research before you make a comment about carwashes. Today carwashes use different materials to washs your car so don't scratch

[@NihonKaikan]

First touchless wash was only a year ago? FFS...these have been around for 20 years.

[@jakelaughton683]

What was the point of the car wash being touchless when a couple of blokes drag some scruffy towels over it at the end? You've also got to question how strong the chemicals are if they can remove dirt without touching the car.

[@wash-now]

We do what people want. We have been cleaning cars for over 15 years and we know what people want. The wash is completely touchless and the hand finish is optional.

[@droneman80]

what's wrong with those small scratches on the car? it's not like a car.

[@PepegaPig]

All of the defects will be put in during drying. I'm a detailer, even new cloths, the car will not be perfectly clean prior to using the cloth. Never will support the use of these methods if you are into your car care. Those swirls are horrible. Those swirls are not normal from safe washing on PPF or wrapped car (I'm a ppf installer too). Otherwise a good video and I like the wrap colour. The touchless bit is fine - using 0tds water would be fine. Don't bother with the drying.

[@JonathanEvans-l7d]

touchless 😂

[@sscummings]

Dude get a grip... why are you so scared the blower was just drying off your lol relax

[@jonathoncross7472]

Nothing wrong with an automated car wash. This isnt 1980

[@brynjaminjones]

Most automated car washes in the UK still scratch paint horribly. Just like in the 1980s, dragging rags across dirty paint still causes scratches.

[@MdMynuddinAkon]

First 3 minutes was useless. Skip this, Thanks me later

[@OIFIIIOIF-VET]

They use way too high of pressure and it will tear through your emblem glues. Not ideal but ok in a pinch.