Tornado Car Wash
Tornado Car Wash operates 6 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state, anchored in Nebraska (6 sites). Its weighted Google rating has slipped from 4.18★ to 3.63★ since 2025-08, a sustained decline measurable across 129 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 6 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in Nebraska).
- Weighted rating drifted from 4.18★ to 3.63★ starting 2025-08 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 129 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
6 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Review-time analysis flags Tornado Car Wash as showing an active rating drift. Rating fell from 4.18★ to 3.63★ starting 2025-08, with broken equipment the leading complaint theme during the window. Operator-level drift analysis like this isn't something an individual Google Maps listing can surface.
Customers continue to praise wash quality (+0.54) most consistently despite the rating drift. 1,020 customer reviews underpin the chain-wide read, 129 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
About Tornado Car Wash
How many locations does Tornado Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Tornado Car Wash?
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What is Tornado Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Tornado Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Tornado Car Wash?
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Where does Tornado Car Wash have the most locations?
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How have Tornado Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
The trends chart below is the section to read first for a chain in active drift. The rating fell from 4.18★ to 3.63★ starting 2025-08. Watch for whether monthly review volume tracks alongside the rating drop (indicating customer-mix shift) or stays steady (indicating operating-quality shift).
Monthly review volume
27 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Tornado Car Wash
- Wash Quality
- +0.54
Where customers complain about Tornado Car Wash
- Equipment Working
- -0.36
- Per-Wash Price
- -0.30
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Tornado Car Wash face at each site?
Trade-area competitive density at Tornado Car Wash sites averages 10.7 car washes within 1 mile and 40.7 within 3. In a drift scenario, dense competitive sets accelerate customer-switching when quality slips.
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 Tornado Car Wash?
Amenities most frequently mentioned in Tornado Car Wash reviews — useful context for the drift, since amenity-related complaints often surface when broader quality slips.
Which metros and cities does Tornado Car Wash have locations in?
Tornado Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Tornado Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Tornado Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Tornado Car Wash operate in?
1 state; concentrated in Nebraska (6). Useful context for the drift — whether the rating drop is happening everywhere or concentrated in specific markets.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 6 | 1,020 | 4.16 |
What are the top Tornado Car Wash locations by review volume?
Per-location drill-down — useful for attributing the drift to specific sites. All 6 locations shown. Expand any row to see per-site monthly velocity and aspect breakdown.
4.2 560 reviews 4 / 34 / 64
Trade-Area Competitors
- BigRedMobileDetailing 0.78 mi · 4.9★
- Rocket Carwash 0.81 mi · 4.6★
- Kovar Mobile Detailing 0.99 mi · 5.0★
- Sharp Image Inc 0.99 mi · 4.3★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Membership Value -1.00
- Wash Quality +0.66
- Equipment Working -0.36
Monthly Review Velocity
La Vista, NE 6920 S 108th St 4.2 287 reviews 6 / 35 / 108
Trade-Area Competitors
- Lovett detailing omaha 0.52 mi · 5.0★
- Sik Mobile Carwash 0.70 mi
- Scrub Zero Detail 0.80 mi
- Scrub Zero Detail 0.80 mi · 5.0★
- Tommy's Express® Car Wash 0.86 mi
Operational Signals
- Wait Time -1.00
- Staff +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Equipment Working -0.60
Monthly Review Velocity
3.9 58 reviews 4 / 21 / 75
Trade-Area Competitors
- Casey's Carwash 0.18 mi · 3.0★
- Morrow Collision Center Inc. N 83rd 0.37 mi · 4.9★
- JetSplash Car Wash 0.48 mi · 4.5★
- Phillips 66 0.69 mi · 4.5★
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness -1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.33
- Staff +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
4.1 51 reviews 41 / 44 / 66
Trade-Area Competitors
- Rain Dance Car Wash 0.00 mi · 3.8★
- Softgloss Wash 0.53 mi · 4.3★
- B and L Detailing 0.61 mi
- JetSplash Car Wash 0.63 mi · 4.0★
- Relentless Auto Detailing 0.72 mi
Operational Signals
- Wait Time -1.00
- Staff +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.50
Monthly Review Velocity
4.1 47 reviews 6 / 78 / 48
Trade-Area Competitors
- Dirt Sux Car Wash 0.67 mi · 4.3★
- Leighton Street Car Wash 0.74 mi · 4.1★
- WILKINSON AUTO LLC 0.82 mi · 4.6★
- JPK Investment Motors 0.85 mi · 3.5★
- Route 66 Auto Detail 0.87 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Wash Quality +1.00
- Staff +1.00
- Membership Value -1.00
- Equipment Working -0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
3.5 17 reviews 3 / 32 / 28
Trade-Area Competitors
- Phillips 66 0.19 mi · 4.1★
- Soapatopia Car Wash 0.20 mi · 4.3★
- Meranda Detailing 0.88 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Per-Wash Price -1.00
- Staff -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Wash Quality +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 129 customer reviews of Tornado 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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