Abstract: An improved automated car wash of the type wherein a vehicle remains stationary within an enclosure when being washed and the car wash includes washing equipment that moves relative to the vehicle. An elongated rail mounted on the floor defines a path for a vehicle entering the car wash to follow. The driver of the vehicle to be washed is instructed by a signaling system that advises him or her when to drive into the car wash, when to stop and when to exit. The improvement of the invention includes a plurality of extendible elongated guide poles mounted near the floor and adjacent the rails on either side of the vehicle. When the signaling system instructs the driver to enter the car wash, the poles are automatically pivoted upwardly so as to be visible to the driver for assisting the driver in guiding the vehicle into the car wash.