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Self-Serve Wash Bays at Popular: When and Where to Use Them

Most Popular customers use the tunnel wash. But for cars that need extra attention — the bed of a pickup, mud-covered wheel wells after off-roading, a roof rack with bike grease — the self-serve wand bays at four of our locations are the right tool. Here is how they work and when to use them.

Locations and hours

Hamilton Barton St E: 4 self-serve bays, regular hours. Whitby Building A on Hopkins St: 6 bays, open 24/7. Port Perry Vanedward Dr: 4 bays, regular hours. Uxbridge Main St N: 4 bays, regular hours. The 24/7 Whitby site is the only Popular location open continuously — useful if you are a shift worker, a long-haul driver, or just prefer washing late at night.

How they work

Pull into a bay. Insert payment at the meter (tap-to-pay credit/debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or coins). The meter starts a timer and unlocks the wand controls. You select the cycle (rinse, soap, foam brush, wax, spot-free rinse) on a dial or button panel. The clock counts down — feed more payment to extend the time.

Rule of thumb: a typical self-serve wash on a sedan takes 4-6 minutes of meter time. A pickup with a dirty bed takes 8-12 minutes. Bring a couple of dollars in change as backup if you have not used the location before.

When self-serve is the right choice

Pickup truck beds with caked mud, gravel, or construction debris.

Wheel wells and undercarriage that need a closer hose-down than the tunnel undercarriage spray.

Greasy roof racks, bike racks, or kayak straps where you want to focus the wand specifically on the rack hardware.

Spot cleaning a single panel — bird dropping, sap drip, road-tar splash — without paying for a full tunnel wash.

Off-hours washing when the tunnels are closed (Whitby Building A, 24/7).

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