Los Angeles, California: Drive-Thru Fake Rooftop Car Wash
This gas station, built in 2009 for $8 million, has a car wash entrance that looks like a freeway up-ramp. You think you're driving onto the futuristic swooping canopy above the gas pumps, but it's an optical illusion.
4700 W. Slauson Ave.
- Address:
- Los Angeles, CA
- Directions:
- On the southwest corner of W. Slauson Ave. and S. La Brea Ave. Car wash entrance is off of La Brea Ave.
- Admission:
- Free to look, pay to wash.
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This gas station has a car wash entrance that looks like you're driving onto the swooping canopy above the gas pumps; an optical illusion.
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The United Oil/Autowash was built at a cost of $8 million. Car wash prices range up to a $30 "Lunar Wash" (which seens no more expensive than a typical California luxury vehicle wash).