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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.

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...