This is a great place to get a $4 car wash! They have five or six guys working here and their automatic wash machine was new last year. Several guys hose your car then use soapy brushes on long handles to prep your vehicle before it goes into the machine. The quality of the wash depends on how thorough their work is. You pay at the gas island cashier, and wait outside while they work on your car, so dress appropriately. There are some chairs and tables under awnings provided next to the wash. Quality of work is not excellent, but that's how they roll. To tell the truth, I can't see much difference between this place and the one on Jacklin, which is machine only and costs the same. Come to think of it, the new machine isn't much improvement over the old one. At least in the old days you could stay in your car during the wash. Basic wash is $8. Detailing skyrockets up from there. read more

Calaveras Shell Car Wash - No attention to detail at this place. - Car Wash Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Went on Saturday, 6 cars in front of me, just came I to town from a day of highway driving. The goods: they're fast, didn't wait more than 30 minutes. They worked extra hard on getting the bug juice off my car, it looked great afterwards. The not great: they missed a few spots that I checked and had them clean. They're a bit pricey. For the convenient location, I'd be back. read more

David hit the nail on the head. I don't know if it was the time of day I went or just unlucky. My bottom half of the car was still filthy and the back wasn't even touched... and I have a small car! Then again its a light color car so everything shows up on it. Soap was still on it after I went through the dryer. read more

Gave a benefit of the doubt and because they are convenient for but after today I'm not coming back. They didn't even clean this, obvious and very visible and I paid $30 read more

Calaveras Shell Car Wash - Car Wash Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Why is it that this shell station is about 5 cents more than the surrounding shell stations? To top it off, its in the most inconvenient spot and the gas pumps EXTREMELY slow. Literally took a little less than 10 minutes to pump 5 gallons of gas. Then the printer for the receipts ran out of paper. Total waste of time.. read more

Awesome car wash! Quick and thorough; inside and out. Everyone is very friendly here. I'm always happy with the results! I highly recommend this place. read more

We had been taking our cars here for years, but no longer. Today the broke the emblem off the front of my 2016 Lincoln. There was still dog hair on the dash as well. No apology or any attempt at customer service. read more

Worst car wash in years. After 20 minute of them "cleaning" my car. I received the keys back. I sat down to what looked like they had barely wipe down the inside of my car. There was dust on all the doors still mild dirt on the seats which was just simple stuff that wiped up. I had to go and get someone and manually point out each and every bit of dirt for them to clean. Mind you my car was not all that dirty to start with, I wash it on a weekly basis. I would not go back to this car wash again. If it was possible to give them zero stars I would. read more

Ive been going to this carwash for years now and they do a decent job,but went here today and i was surprised how significantly the quality of wash declined.....the car still dripping dirty water from all places....lots of dirty uncleaned spots, windshield still smudged not even thoroughly wiped,the wheels still has the brake dust which is obviously untouched and uncleaned......interior was badly wiped down and vacuumed that it still dirty i dont even know if they vacuumed it....the bottom line is we go to the carwash to get the car clean because some of us dont have the luxury of time and place to do this,they could've atleast make an effort to make our hard earned money well worth the price of the service they're providing......very dissatisfied. read more

I spend 40.00 on a car wash and my windows are still nasty car is still dirty... why spend that much if they can't do the job inside and out

If you want your car to smell like mold, definitely come here. Paid $30+ to get my car handwashed. The genius attendants here completely soaked my car mats, and did not dry them AT ALL. I suspect they did not remove my car mats from the car to clean them - I believe they just dumped water in the backseat to clean the mats and didn't even bother vacuum drying at all. I didn't notice the back of my car mats were soaking wet until the 30 hours later when I opened my car and noticed the nastiest moldy smell. I called them the minute I noticed their fault - *tune in for an update for that* I will be disputing my visa charge for the massive inconvenience. ***The manager Tam didn't do anything but yell at me and told me he didn't car about the odor. All he had to do was vacuum out the water in the mats, and reclean the carpet and mats. I wasn't asking him to reclean the exterior, I had no issue with that*** This place deserves 0 stars. Attendants don't care about your car, and will only ruin it. Stay away, you have been warned. Pay attention to the other 1 star ratings, they are all true. If you care about your car, money, time and especially sanity, never ever get your car cleaned here. And for those of you who have horror stories from this location, I encourage you to contact Shell corporate. You're not going to get any help from the local management. read more

After they vacuumed, they broke or took my aux. Don't COME HERE. Left the inside dirty, they barley even wiped anything down too

They did an awful job at cleaning my car. Dust and dirt were still visible. Also, they took one of my CDs and water bottle from my car and threw it under the car which was in a puddle. Why they did that I have no idea. Wouldn't recommend. read more

$17 for exterior wash and no water drying. Corners are not clean after their poor machines. The worst car wash service. Sucks!

I love this place. They always do a great job on my car and unlike most places I go, they NEVER forget the included air freshener!

Took a picture of these hard workers detailing my car, they haven't disappointed me yet, excellent work

I'm surprised how shiny and clean my car's exterior is. Been reading the negative comments but still pushed thru and tried this car wash. They're good!! read more

Can you get someone who can answer customer questions to answer the phone? I called to see how busy the wash was and the cashier picked up the phone, doesn't know the wait time and said "I have a customer so bye" and hangs up. Horrible service before any service! read more

This is my favorite car wash. They are more detailed than most other car washes. There's a loyalty card that gives you a free deluxe wash when you buy five deluxe washes and above. read more

i've getting our cars washed here for years, and it always done pretty nicely! i usually get the full service (car wash, vacuum, wipe the windows, and dry your car). before entering the car wash, you give them your payment and the type of service. as this is going on someone is scrubbing down your car with their brushes... and squirting your car with water! then later you enter the car wash and the machines does it job ... and then you exit and make a left into the waiting area. there is a shaded gazebo with chairs for people to wait. there are always people waiting! the car is always looking nice and new, and with the price, its a pretty damn good job =) i just wonder what happens when all their drying towels are used and its all wet, how do they dry the towels fast enough? how good is the turn around? i think they have dryers somewhere .. --- these are the thoughts i contemplate when im waiting for my car .. haha read more

I would give negative stars if I could! This place damaged my car with scratches!!!! The guy fought with me and did not take responsibility! The scratches were all in the same place along the bottom of the car. My car was pristine and now is ruined!!! I hope nobody ever goes there again and has the same experience I did! read more

I use this place because Shell has a fast pump and this location is convenient. There used to be a fill up / free carwash deal that I liked but it's been gone for a long time. read more

Found this place off the highway while in the area. Despite the bad reviews, I went anyways needing a car wash badly. Cleaned minivan thoroughly inside and out. It's. It the normal place I usually go to ($8 less expensive in the peninsula at San Mateo car wash) They were painting and doing some maintenance outside (lots of seating! Think they sold the place and the car wash is much better now but that's my one time pass by visit. . read more

This gas station is closed right now. I went by there last week and there was yellow caution tape all around the pumps. I've only pumped gas here once. It wasn't cheap but it wasn't expensive either. About mid range. I haven't tried the car wash yet. read more

I've been doing my car wash here since, and now their charging me 20bucks to include my tire shine, that's BS these guys are fools I've been here getting charge for 18bucks lately then now their charging more. I'm not trying to be cheap but shit I would love to pay more in a car wash has a good costumer service, has a nice store that you can relax while waiting, good accommodation and has a good reviews, I'm not going back on place HELL NO!!!....and plus I have to do their job again, my rims is still dirty, some part of outside still need to wipe down with cloth, front bumper still has more dead insects that I need to redo I dunno FML read more

Worst car wash in the history of this earth!! What kind of car wash tracks mud into your car? EFF you guys, total waste of money and time. Things like this give Vietnamese people a bad name. Sloppy, needlessly expensive, talks shit, and careless. WOO. read more

absolute worst service ever. i literally took a picture of my windshield 10 mins before my wash and after my car comes out theres a huge crack on my windshield, the owner said it's impossible for that to happen even tho i have proof. read more

This place is terrible. My mom went in for your typical car wash. Everything was well until we saw a scratch on the back of our car. We went in to let them know, only really looking for an apology. One of the workers instead starts yelling back at my mom, going into a whole argument that led to no resolve. Waste of time going here. Don't waste your money, or risk your car getting damaged. read more

The best car wash in town! The team members do an excellent and thorough job both internal and external portion of my car!

I hate this shell! If it wasn't for their nice car wash place I would wish this place would close down! You can get on 680 south for about a mile and exit jacklin and get way cheaper gas! Sometimes it seems like this shell has 20 cent higher prices than any other place around.. Thumbs down! read more

The inside of the car looked okay. They are understaffed. It took forever to do the basic cleaning. They need more people so that they can spend more time cleaning right. read more

First and last time here. Horrible customer service. I paid an additional fee to have my rubber mats cleaned. When I noticed they didn't vacuum the back seat, they also didn't clean my mats! read more

Very bad EXPERIENCE!! 1ST cashier ignored me, way more interested in people in booth with him, 2ND car on outside was still dirty. Inside was good. Thank-you god 1 thing so 1 star for you read more

Do not go here to get your car washed if you care about your cars paint job. They use old dirty towels that they do not bother to rinse between wipes instead of the better cloth that the other car washes use. As a result their dirty towels scratched our car. We have super black paint on our car and it really shows on our back bumper where the scratches were made from the wiping. They asked us what Scent we wanted for the interior of our car and we said Jasmine. We walked into our car and it smelled like the same old dirty towel that they use on the outside. The only good thing about the place is that they are thorough in the cleaning. They just need to buy the better cleaning cloths (lots of them) we had to get our own scent just to get rid of the mildewy dirty towel smell inside. read more

The car wash is...eh...good enough. $17.95 gets you the super saver wash, which is their basic no frills wash and includes the cleaning of your car's interior. If you're like me and have a ride that's seen it's fair share of highway miles, this car wash spot is for you. It won't break the bank and your ride will be nice and clean. If you have a newer, more expensive car, I would recommend spending the extra dough at more experienced car wash business. read more

I paid $18-19 dollar deal and most windows were clean, but not all. Carpet was not complete vacuumed. I do not plan to come here again.

Holy ballsacks, Batman! Gas prices almost a quarter higher than the shell less than a quarter mile away! Never get gas here.

I love going to this car wash! They do a through job on both the inside and outside.I sincerely appreciate the way they clean the inside they just don't do a wipe down they clean very detailed. AND unlike most places they don't charge extra for a van. This is the only place I will go the get my vehicle washed. They are very friendly and courteous as well read more

I really liked this place, my car is clean. No complaints. A bit pricey compared to other places.

Went here on my lunch break to get a car wash and goodness gracious was I ever impressed. They were fast, courteous and efficient. I opted for the $24.99 car wash because I wanted the inside of my vehicle cleaned as well. They thoroughly cleaned my little Corolla which had been neglected for a whole month and two road trips. Vacuumed everywhere and hit the in's and out's with Armor All. All of this in literally 15 minutes. I'm not a fan of washing my car myself so $24.99 seems like a small price to pay for good service and the ability to relax on a patio as someone else washes my car for me. I will definitely go back. The only reason I didn't give five stars is because I noticed that the paint on my front bumper is chipping. Not sure if this was before or after the wash but I did notice they use a power washer in their process so yeah... read more