Recent content by Axxlrod

Congrats. Seems you could squeeze in one more vac spot going towards the yellow arrow.

I'm due for some new membranes? Where's the best place to buy from online? Any other sources than KR?

No car wash for you then, Asshole. Go do your own due diligence. Stop asking us to do it for you.

You should probably just give up then.

I have Sonny's, Macneil and Motor City in my tunnels. All are top level equipment providers, and all are completely capable of producing clean, shiny, dry cars. That said, each has their unique pros and cons. And varying price points also. Since it's your first wash, your distibutor is more...

Of course that happens. City planners can find obscure reasons to deny or insist on unreasonable demands to make you go away. I was responding to the poster who said he wanted a "guarantee from the city" that they would not allow a competitor to open within 5 miles.

Or you could spend time and money getting the wash to do well, and after the lease is up, they say "Thank you very much". And now take everything and run it for themselves.

I have Cat pumps for all my bays, but I do have Arimitsu on my tunnel prep gun unit, and I hate the Arimitsu. Much higher maintenance than the Cat pumps The Arimitsu needs seals about every two years, but most aggravating is that is I've had several of them explode and throw a valve directly...

I just got back last night, and I'm still exhausted. 5 days in Nash is a lot! This show felt very crowded. If they are running out of space, there were many non-car wash booths that they could get rid of; like the massage chairs, drills, many "tchotchke" booths. The back corner of the show...

Regarding your last sentence... City's cannot pick winners or losers, nor can they prevent a business from developing/opening just because it is close to another similar business. City's cannot stop a Burger King opening across the street from a McDonalds. Same idea. City's can only enforce...

So the idea is that the average customer is going to go this website to search for a car wash instead of just googling? I don't see them using a two-step process instead of the single step of googling.

Entertaining thread. I needed a laugh this morning. I'm still trying to figure how a "salesman" sells an operator not one but two machines, and does not have an installer available. I wouldn't help or install these machines on principle alone. Chinese companies steal the designs of...

As a CA wash operator, I can concur that CA is the least business friendly state. My employees are now grumbling about wanting raising due to fast food now paying $20 per hour here. Thanks Gavin!

Matchbox/Hot Wheels car wash toy taught me what direction wraps spin when I was about 5 years old.

I'll be the contrarian. Construction and equipment costs are way up. 3000 population is very low, as is 4k car count. .5% capture rate is 20 cars per day. Yikes.