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Self-service car wash in Korea?

 
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BigBlackEquus



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:44 pm    Post subject: Self-service car wash in Korea? Reply with quote

Does Korea have a self-service car wash in the Seoul area?

I hate to pay some ajosshis 10,000 or 15,000 won to clean my car, and the gas station machines really eat up the paint.
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JongnoGuru



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Self-service car wash in Korea? Reply with quote

BigBlackEquus wrote:
Does Korea have a self-service car wash in the Seoul area?

I hate to pay some ajosshis 10,000 or 15,000 won to clean my car, and the gas station machines really eat up the paint.

I've never seen one, but then I wouldn't be looking for one.

I understand your dilemma, but personally, I hope self-service car washes arrive in Korea around the same time self-service filling stations do: never. I like things just the way they are. Or were.
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Richard Krainium



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, I've seen quite a few. Just have to keep your eyes open. I saw one when leaving immigration in Mok-dong just across the street, kinda.

They're there! Good luck!
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dogbert



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I go to one in Majang-dong frequently. 500 won/70 seconds.
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SuperHero



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

THere's one in Yeomni Dong
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And, should you chance to be at the aiprort, there is one beside Incheon Golf Club in the business centre next to the terminal building (well signed, about a kilometre).
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Richard Krainium



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, so I forgot to ask the OP. What kind of car do Wink you drive?
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JongnoGuru



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just drive to the taxi driver restaurants and let the baggy pantsed ajumas wash your car while you eat, like the good old days. Damn this D-I-Y bull-shit to hell. (Well, at least they won't let you pump your own gas. I'll just have to be content with that.)
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Richard Krainium



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Mr. Guru I hear you talkin'bout the good ol'days but I appreciate the self-service car wash. Hand wash costs 10-15,000 won. I can self service mine for 4,000.

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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:47 am    Post subject: Re: Self-service car wash in Korea? Reply with quote

BigBlackEquus wrote:
Does Korea have a self-service car wash in the Seoul area?

I hate to pay some ajosshis 10,000 or 15,000 won to clean my car, and the gas station machines really eat up the paint.


in bundang there is one!

I dont know where you live! but in bundang in a town called sunnae
there is a pizzahut in old jeongja dong- across from yangjemal apartments
right next to pizza hut you will find a self service car wash! you can either have them wash it. or you can wash it yourself! the hoses are there!
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Mr. Pink



Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China

PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

They are all over the place.

They look like a mini garage type system...you use a hose and pay like 500 won a min or so.

I paid 20k for my car to be cleaned and it was money well spent. Ever see that episode of Married with Children when Al gets his car washed. They can't find the car as the original brown color was dirt...that was kind of like my car haha.
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