Tidal Wave Auto Spa making a splash on Charles Seivers
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A car makes its way through the wash tunnel at the new Tidal Wave Auto Spa in Clinton on Friday, Nov. 17. - G Chambers Williams III
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Matthew Roberts, site leader for the Tidal Wave Auto Spa, beckons customers to take advantage of the new car wash, which opened Nov. 15 on North Charles G. Seivers Boulevard at Doe Run Boulevard, next door to City Limit Motors. - G Chambers Williams III
Tidal Wave Auto Spa, Clinton’s newest car wash, has opened on North Charles G. Seivers Boulevard at Doe Run Boulevard.
Site leader Matthew Roberts stood in front of the new building holding a sign proclaiming “Free Wash” on Nov. 15 as the business began a week of free washes to introduce itself to the community.
Now, though, customers will have to pay for their washes. Prices range from $12 to $30 for a single wash, or from $23.97 to $49.97 for “unlimited” washes for a month, per vehicle. In actuality, there is a limit of once a day under the monthly plan, Roberts said.
“We’re an express car wash with double the number of brushes” as the nearby Miracle Car Wash on the same road, he said.
Hours for Tidal Wave are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day.
As an express wash, customers remain inside their vehicles as their cars are moved through the 100-foot-long wash tunnel by conveyor belt. There are vacuums for use by customers at no extra cost.
The new Clinton store is the 206th in the Tidal Wave chain, which started in Georgia in 1999, Roberts said. It’s the 19th location to open in Tennessee; another will be opening in the next few weeks in Greeneville.
The Thomaston, Georgia-based company obtained a building permit in February from the city of Clinton for the $3 million project. Anderson County property records show that TWAS Properties, LLC, of Thomaston, Georgia, bought the 2.71-acre vacant lot last Nov. 14 for $1.75 million.
The location is on the north side of Seivers Boulevard between Arby’s and City Limit Motors, near Interstate 75 Exit 122. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has a new traffic light in place, but not yet operating, at that intersection.
According to its website (tidalwaveautospa.com), Tidal Wave Auto Spa is “one of the fastest-growing conveyor car wash companies in the country.”
Roberts said the company plans to have 500 locations open by 2025. For now, it operates in 23 states.