When a car receives its first wash, it completes a critical rite of passage that earns it the ability to sprout fins and frolic with dolphins. Watch a bouncing baby motorcar mature before your very eyes with today's Groupon: for $9, you get a full-service wash at Pavilion Car Wash (an $18.99 value). Customers are also welcome to apply the value of the Groupon to an upgraded car-wash package and pay the difference.

Voted Best Car Wash four years in a row by Sacramento magazine, Pavilion Car Wash offers green, river-friendly washes that spiff up your vehicle and conscience alike. The full-service package begins with a comprehensive vacuuming of seats, floors, and mats, emptying interstellar carships of lingering cosmic chip-dust accrued during summer road trips to the Crab Nebula. Windows then get spritzed and wiped inside and out, while the dashboard, console, and door panels are liberated from grime. The whole dog-and-pony show ends with an exterior wash and hand dry. Car washes typically take about 20 minutes; a children's play area keeps fussy tots occupied, so parents are free to ascend to the roof and beat their long-concealed gorilla chests. Pavilion Car Wash is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Reviews

Pavilion Car Wash was named Best Car Wash in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Sacramento magazine. Yelpers give Pavilion Car Wash a 3.5-star average rating, and four Insider Pagers give it a five-star average rating:

• The staff there are always very polite and I have been very happy with their service for the past five years. – Helena L., Yelp
• I love this place. I have been going for years to get my precious baby an oil change and car wash. I have never had a bad experience. They are always polite and do a great job. – Natalie M., Yelp