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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.

Depends greatly on the demographics of your trade area. I do not accept quarters at my washes. Never have. My meter boxes accept bills, tokens and card. I have two changers that dispense tokens that are valued at $1. Not accepting quarters forces your customers to think in dollar...

Lol. Dude! Bro! They are killing it! I'm gonna do that too! Whatever. New ground up express washes are now $4M for construction and equipment. Land and soft costs are in addition to that. You'll need at least $1.5M of your own money to put in, and that's assuming you can even find a...

Cali-West.

Pro-criminal District Attorneys that do not arrest or prosecute criminals; they just let them walk.

I installed a new changer a few years ago. I hired a concrete cutting company to cut the hole in the block wall to my measurements. Holy cow did they make a mess. Concrete dust everywhere and I mean everywhere. Tape off the area being cut with plastic sheeting. Thank me later. I then...

You're under contract already? You agreed on a price but don't know the numbers? I would be rather suspect of the equipment due to the fact that everything is pieced together from random companies. That would suggest the current owner bought a bunch of random used equipment and made a...

That's the exact analogy I use when I explain to bucket washers that bring their own soap/wax and wash mitts.

Or his brother Luigi.

A lot less work than retail? Ha! Car washes are a hands-on often dirty business. Think dirty, oily mechanics in a loud, wet environment. I'm curious what state you are in? I've only seen SS car washes for $3M in CA. Otherwise the price is crazy.

That's a lot of money to spend on a business that you know zero about. Car washes are very hands-on and are open 7 days per week. Say goodbye to your weekends. Also, have you talked to a bank? You will have a very difficult time getting loan in this current economic environment, especially...

Friend of mine built 5 express washes. Took about a decade. Sold the whole operation to PE. He can't/won't tell me the number, but I know it was over $50M. 😲

I've seen it happen several times in this industry. That's why I asked.

Did I miss something?