I used to wash my car myself all the time when I was livin' in the apartments with the car wash... or "dog wash" as they called it... but now at the new place we dont have faucets or hoses... so I just take mine to carspa on windy hill rd... they do a damn nice job, but $35 every few weeks gets expensive. By the way, what kind of car were you in when you were turned away?