Sud's Up Express Car Wash
Sud's Up Express Car Wash is a 2-state express tunnel operator running 4 US locations, with its largest footprint in California. The chain's weighted rating fell 0.23 stars (4.71★ → 4.49★) starting 2026-01.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 4 express tunnel locations across 2 US states (largest footprint in California).
- Weighted rating drifted from 4.71★ to 4.49★ starting 2026-01 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 714 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
4 locations across 2 states · dot size scales with review volume
Sud's Up Express Car Wash's headline numbers don't tell the full story — there's a rating drift underneath them. Rating fell from 4.71★ to 4.49★ starting 2026-01, with membership the leading complaint theme during the window. Operator-level drift analysis like this isn't something an individual Google Maps listing can surface.
Staff (+0.93) is the chain's strongest aspect signal — even during the drift window. The full review corpus (2,451) and the AI-scored subset (714) together drive the per-aspect signal.
Pricing varies across Sud's Up Express Car Wash's footprint. Across the 4 of 4 Sud's Up Express Car Wash locations with published pricing: median single car wash $10 (range $10–$10), median unlimited membership $20 per month (range $20 to $20 per month) — remarkably consistent across markets on the membership side. Cheapest tier tracked at any Sud's Up Express Car Wash: $20 per month at Sud's Up Express Car Wash (BASIC SUDS).
How much does a Sud's Up Express Car Wash car wash cost?
Published menu pricing across Sud's Up Express Car Wash's footprint, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. Pricing varies by location. 4 of 4 tracked locations have usable published pricing (100% coverage).
| Unlimited membership tiers at Sud's Up Express Car Wash | |||
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| 1 | BASIC SUDS | 4 locations | $20 per mo |
| 2 | CLASSIC SUDS | 4 locations | $27 per mo |
| 3 | MEGA SUDS | 4 locations | $30 per mo |
| Single wash menu at Sud's Up Express Car Wash | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BASIC SUDS | 4 locations | $10 |
| 2 | CLASSIC SUDS | 4 locations | $15 |
| 3 | MEGA SUDS | 4 locations | $18 |
Pricing scraped from operator websites where published; the WashIndex AI calling agent rings up locations that don’t publish menus online to capture pricing directly.
About Sud's Up Express Car Wash
How many locations does Sud's Up Express Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Sud's Up Express Car Wash?
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What is Sud's Up Express Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Sud's Up Express Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Sud's Up Express Car Wash?
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Where does Sud's Up Express Car Wash have the most locations?
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How easy is it to cancel a Sud's Up Express Car Wash membership?
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How much does a Sud's Up Express Car Wash car wash cost?
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How much does a Sud's Up Express Car Wash unlimited membership cost?
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Where can I find the cheapest Sud's Up Express Car Wash membership?
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How have Sud's Up Express Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
28 months of monthly review velocity and rating data underpin the drift detection. Peak review volume: 231 reviews in 2025-08. The rating line below makes the inflection point easy to spot — the volume bars show whether customer flow tracked with the quality shift.
Monthly review volume
28 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Sud's Up Express Car Wash
- Staff
- +0.93
- Wait Time
- +0.83
- Wash Quality
- +0.77
- Per-Wash Price
- +0.69
- Membership Value
- +0.60
Where customers complain about Sud's Up Express Car Wash
No strongly-negative aspect signals.
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Sud's Up Express Car Wash face at each site?
Competitive landscape per location: 13.3 avg within 1 mile, 62.8 within 3. Useful context for the drift — denser markets give customers more places to switch to.
Per-site competitor counts use haversine distance against the WashIndex location index; sister sites in the same chain are excluded.
What amenities do customers mention at Sud's Up Express Car Wash?
Amenity mentions across 714 reviews. The amenities cited most often in the drift window often differ from the chain's all-time pattern.
Which metros and cities does Sud's Up Express Car Wash have locations in?
Sud's Up Express Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Sud's Up Express Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Sud's Up Express Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Sud's Up Express Car Wash operate in?
Sud's Up Express Car Wash's 4-location footprint spans 2 states; anchored in California (3) and Washington (1). The drift may or may not be uniform across the footprint — the state-level breakdown below is the first cut on geographic attribution.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 3 | 2,024 | 4.72 |
| Washington | 1 | 427 | 4.10 |
What are the top Sud's Up Express Car Wash locations by review volume?
Per-location drill-down — useful for attributing the drift to specific sites. All 4 locations shown. Expand any row to see per-site monthly velocity and aspect breakdown.
4.7 851 reviews 1 / 11 / 38
Trade-Area Competitors
- Sunshine Car Wash 0.87 mi · 3.7★
Operational Signals
- Staff +0.94
- Membership Value +0.75
- Wash Quality +0.74
- Wait Time +0.73
Monthly Review Velocity
4.9 845 reviews 5 / 45 / 18
Trade-Area Competitors
- Quick Quack Car Wash 0.22 mi
- Alvarez Detailing 0.61 mi
- Fenslers 0.66 mi
- ALL IN THE DETAILS MOBILE DETAILING 0.68 mi
- Clean & Boujee Auto Detailing - Ceramic Coating - Paint Correction - Car Detailing Services 0.76 mi · 4.9★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Staff +0.96
- Wash Quality +0.75
- Per-Wash Price +0.71
Monthly Review Velocity
4.1 427 reviews 7 / 55 / 109
Trade-Area Competitors
- Kaady Car Washes 0.27 mi · 4.2★
- discount detail 0.27 mi
- Sparkle Self Serve Car Wash 0.34 mi · 3.6★
- Ultra Refine Auto Spa - Vancouver Car Detailing 0.51 mi · 5.0★
- Detail Bros 360 LLC 0.57 mi · 4.9★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Per-Wash Price +0.90
- Staff +0.90
- Wash Quality +0.83
Monthly Review Velocity
4.3 328 reviews 40 / 140 / 171
Trade-Area Competitors
- Unlimited Car Wash Club 0.04 mi · 4.0★
- Mobil Car Wash 0.07 mi · 3.5★
- Clean Image Mobile Car Detailing 0.15 mi · 5.0★
- Pure Dedication Mobile Detail 0.15 mi · 5.0★
- Fresh Valley Mobile Detail 0.15 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Staff +0.88
- Wash Quality +0.75
- Membership Value +0.71
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Sud's Up Express Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/sud-s-up-express-car-wash
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 714 customer reviews of Sud's Up Express Car Wash locations, processed through WashIndex’s 55-field LLM extraction pipeline. Competitor counts within 1 / 3 / 5 mi rings are computed by haversine distance against the WashIndex location index across the chain’s states and immediately adjacent ones (sister sites in the same chain are excluded). Monthly review and rating trends are pulled from the raw Google Maps review feed. 0 spam-flagged reviews were excluded from the aggregates.
See our full methodology for the extraction pipeline, validation samples, and aggregation logic. Term definitions in the glossary.
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