Car Wash & Auto Detailing in Old Montreal
LUXOPLUS provides hand car washes, auto detailing and mobile detailing for Old Montreal residents. Our 5300 Van Horne shop is about 15 minutes away, or we can detail your vehicle where it’s parked.
Our shop at 5300 Van Horne is about 15 minutes from Old Montreal outside rush hour, up through downtown and around the mountain. If you park in a building garage or a paid lot, driving the car over is usually the simplest way to get it clean. An Express hand wash takes about 20 minutes.
The van comes down too, for an exterior, an interior or the full detail, at the same flat price we charge anywhere in Greater Montreal. There’s no travel fee. Either way, you book online in about a minute and we text you to confirm.
Washes, paint correction and ceramic coating need our bay, so those happen at the shop only.
Owning a car in the old city
Bonsecours Market, Old Montreal
It’s a wonderful place to live and a fussy place to keep a car. The streets are narrow, plenty of them run one way, and the cobblestones on Saint-Paul and around Place Jacques-Cartier rattle everything that drives over them. Come summer, parts of Saint-Paul and the square are handed over to people on foot, with terraces out on the stones, and you get used to looping around the block to get home.
A lot of people here live in lofts built into old warehouses, or in the newer condos along the port, and the car spends its nights in a paid garage. Those garages are dry and dusty. In winter the salty slush you drive in with melts, then dries into a white crust along the lower doors and into the floor mats.
Then there’s the river. Leave the car near de la Commune on a windy day and it picks up a fine spray off the St. Lawrence that dries into a dull film on the glass. From spring to fall, cruise ships tie up at the Grand Quay across from Pointe-à-Callière, and the waterfront fills with tour buses and people walking up from the boats.
We still love driving through. The silver dome of Bonsecours Market sits over Saint-Paul Est, with Québec-made crafts and design shops inside. The Basilica on Place d’Armes is worth going in just for the deep blue ceiling with its gold stars. On a summer night, the beach at the foot of the Clock Tower is a good spot to sit with a drink and watch the Jacques Cartier Bridge light up. When the van’s down this way, the team likes to grab lunch at Olive et Gourmando on Saint-Paul Ouest, line and all.
When the van works down here, and when the shop is easier
The van carries its own water and power, so a mobile detail goes best when the car can sit outdoors with room to open the doors, like a street spot near home or an outdoor lot your building uses. We can’t promise it’ll work inside an underground garage, since ceilings and building rules differ, and it can’t pull onto the pedestrian streets. Not sure about your spot? Call us at 438 817-8172 before you book.
If the car lives underground, a wash at the shop every couple of weeks is the simpler routine. A LUX Essential membership covers unlimited Express washes, and members pay less on detailing and coatings too. If the river film and the winter salt keep getting to you, ask about ceramic coating next time you’re in.
Old Montreal questions
Before you book
My street goes pedestrian for the summer. Can the van still come?
Not onto the pedestrian part itself. If there’s a spot a street or two over where the car can sit while we work, that’s fine. If there isn’t, summer is a good time to bring the car up to the shop instead. It’s about 15 minutes away.
Parking near the water leaves a dull film on my windshield. What gets it off?
A Signature hand wash at the shop takes care of it, or a Mobile Prestige Exterior if the van is coming to you. If it keeps coming back, ask us about ceramic coating. The film has a harder time sticking to coated glass and paint, and it rinses off more easily.
Are the cobblestones hard on my car?
They don’t do much to the paint. The trouble is what sits between the stones. Sand and winter salt collect in the gaps and get thrown up onto the lower doors and into the wheels, so those are the spots that need the most work on a car from down here.
Getting out of the old city on a summer weekend takes forever. When should I drive up?
Weekday mornings are usually easiest, before the terraces fill up and the tour buses reach de la Commune, especially on a day with a cruise ship in. Once you’re past downtown it’s a quick run up to Van Horne. You pick the time when you book online.
Nearby areas
Next door to Old Montreal
Not listed? Mobile detailing covers most of the island — ask us.