Maintaining a sparkling ride implies stability, which comes in handy for impressing a boss, winning over a hesitant mother-in-law, and convincing a neighbor that you didn’t fill his mailbox with pudding. Show others you have it together with today's Groupon: for $20, you get a full-service interior and exterior car wash and a body gloss at Little Neck Car Wash in Little Neck (up to a $41.95 value).

Little Neck Car Wash rescues roadsters of all types from the perils of polluted door panels and dreggy driver seats. A contingent of car cleaners spruces sedans to restore outside shines before tending to the inside to purge dashboard dust, carpet crusties, and hibernating squirrels. Exteriors are scrubbed to remove oozing wounds from previous paintball battles, and carpets, seats, and the velvety interior of door pockets undergo an upholstery-freshening vacuuming.

Windows are polished and buffed to clarity akin to a hot air balloon’s windows, and dashboards become dust free and ashtrays are greeted with the support necessary to relinquish their cigarette-hoarding addictions. Speckled rims are burnished to states of glossiness and tires receive a hubris-boosting spritz of Armor All protectant. Finally, Little Neck’s staff hand sprays the exterior with Simoniz body gloss to leave horseless carriages beaming bright, ideal for making an impression on a blind date or fooling 1950s time travelers into thinking you’re from space.