Unlike cats and germaphobes, automobiles need to be reminded to wash themselves. Drop a blatant hint to your lazy ride with today's Groupon: for $25, you get five express-plus exterior car washes loaded onto a prepaid card at Valet Car Wash (up to a $50 value). This Groupon is valid at the Kitchener and Cambridge locations and at the Gordon Street location in Guelph.

Valet Car Wash spiffs up auto exteriors into gleaming reflection devices during the fully automated car washes. The express-plus wash begins with a combo super-soft wash and high-pressure cleaning, followed by an extra top cleansing, a spot-free rinse, and a high-powered dry with a Sasquatch's hairdryer. Each location riffs on the express-plus wash in its own way, such as adding an under-car spray at the Guelph and Cambridge locations, or throwing in bug and tire cleaner in Kitchener. After the wash restores grimy go-ponies to the pinnacle of spotlessness and doe-headlighted innocence, motorists can pull up to the free vacuums to suck up interior dirtiness (ask an attendant for a token at the Guelph location).

Although Valet Car Wash offers its own discount on five express-plus washes, this Groupon still represents the best deal.