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It can be a rough business if you're not prepared for the realities. 1) It's not a no or little work business. Reality is it will be the easiest 80 a week job you'll ever have. Some weeks you may only need to be there a couple of hours a day, others it will seem like you never leave 2) As...

This bolded part of your quote tells me you haven't really done enough research on the self serve business. It's similar to the old "It's a no work business. Just show up once a week, collect your money, make sure the soaps are full, and empty the trash" line that used to be thrown around...

I'm not trying to be rude but I've seen far too many operators lose their rear because they don't have a firm grasp on the nuts and bolts financials of a site.

But your profit is is not $4500. Not even close.

Your math is off. The $4000 for the cards is not pure profit. It's just an different way of getting paid for the use of your wash so you have to figure out those expenses plus the expense of purchasing, loading, and stocking the vendor with those cards. It's just like when you see someone on...

Ahhhh, the People's Republic of Washington.

I already pointed out one big reason: $400K for 3 bays of self service equipment and support equipment is highway robbery and borderline fraud. I just ball parked some numbers. Very well equipped setup(not including changers and water heater) would be around a third of that with out shipping...

The coin slot is a Slugbuster coin acceptor. By new LED screens, I assume you mean a Dixmor timer. That timer will replace the black box and display on the door.

If the Auto is in the $250K range what are they talking about for the additional $400K?

Yup, and I still believe adding cc is going to be more of a relief than adding tokens. CC acceptors don't need a functioning change machine, tokens do and we all know that changers tend to go down more often on a busy, sunny Saturday.

Put an 1/8" hole in the fill tube between the bottom of the eductor body of the hydrominder and the top of the liquid in your tank. You have a siphon problem

Better idea is figure out how much it's going to cost to convert to tokens. Take that amount and you will be able to add credit card to at least one bay if not more. You're going to increase your revenue far more with credit card than with tokens and it's not even close.

"FAIL" on a Dixmor timer is an indication it's lost power for an extended period of time. Most times you can push and hold both buttons on the timer simultaneously for 3-5 seconds to reset. You most likely will need to reprogram the timer. If it's happening frequently you either have a power...

I can't see how you're going to get the same thick foam you would have on a separate gun. The nozzles are far larger on the stand alone gun in part to keep the foam from getting knocked down by the smaller nozzle in a hp gun.

I would have phrased it this way "I'm working on a multi-piece article about 1 operator's negative experience. Is anyone will to share a positive experience as a counter point." My point being is the media is very quick to jump on any negative aspect of law enforcement and, I have to assume...

I generally try to keep my personal(non-carwash) beliefs off this forum but as someone who counts many members of law enforcement as family and friends, to ask "Has anyone had a positive experience" is, at the minimum, implying a negative opinion of law enforcement as a whole.

This is an interesting development.

Yup. Which means everything else at the site is the same age and, if not already, will soon need overhaul and/or replacement. You could be looking at approaching another $100K. So now the question is if you think this wash is going to do enough revenue to offset a 1.1 to 1.2 million dollar...

Agreed. Compared to some of the garbage I see some operators try to save, that's not all bad. It really comes down to how much time and effort you want to put into saving it. Obviously, as an employee of a manufacturer I would love to separate you from some of your money money but you have to...

The only thing I will add to this is that when we first started discussing direct drives 15 or 16 years ago I was highly skeptical myself, but am now a believer in them. Direct drives were attempted in this industry 30+ years ago and they were a nightmare. The couplings could not handle the...