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We suffered a break-in on Sunday, 9/13/09 at 4:45 pm. The suspect cased the location, then placed tape over one camera while he gutted our WSII through the coin cup. He worked on the machine for 30 minutes from the comfort of his vehicle. Unfortunately we were not able to get a clean license...

Incredible good or bad? I didn't think it was bad at all to run for 3 months on $1500 worth of chemical on probably 21-2400 cars. Thats less than 65 cents per car for an old touchfree.

Which friction unit do you recommend?

The utilities are just through the car wash. It was well over $6k for the lube center and the car wash. I will get exact car count numbers to share with everyone as soon as I finish gathering information. Then we can look at percentages, etc. What machine does a good job with low cost?

are you capturing and re-using your ro reject water? Nope. Straight down the drain. How would I go about this? are you utilizing a timer on your production boiler so it's not making hot water in off-peak hours? Just heating the presoak. have you installed more efficient lighting in and...

On the Clean Burn units, make sure you set up a good PM chart and make sure employees are properly trained, especially on annual startup. You can blow through all your savings if the pump is not primed properly.

Basically we have washes priced at $3, $5, $7, and $9. Oil Change customers get the $5 car wash for free or $5 off a $7 or $9 wash. We only get car wash upgrades on about 10-12% of the oil change customers. Here are the wash packages: Works Wash $9 Double Hot Presoak Double High Pressure Wash...

Here are last quarters' numbers: Total IBA Sales: $3213.75 Chemicals: $1574.30 Repairs: $ 621.31 Utilities: $4699.07 Net Profit: -$3680.93 Our machine is an old Autec Hybrid (actually a Powerain) that has no adjustability whatsoever. We...

Yes they are. I too would be interested in any information you have on your "retrofits". Our unit has been down for over a month due to it getting stuck in the middle of the wash process. First they thought it was an electrical issue, then it must be the valves, then it must be the rollers...

We are trying to decide between 3 car washes for our IBA right now. Our choices are WaterWizard 2.0, Vector Rapid Wash, or a MarkIV AquaJet GTO-300. What is the best bang for the buck? Reliability? Wash quality? Longevity? Are there other options we should consider? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Do you have any more info on this?

I apologize for not being more specific. I guess the biggest problem we are having is with just keeping it running. It seems like something is constantly wrong with it. What all preventative maintenance should be done on it? We lube the four fittings on each spinner but that is about all the...

Does anyone here have any pointers on keeping this thing going? It is about 7 years old and only has about 52,000 washes on it yet it is constantly breaking down on us!!! Any help is greatly appreciated.

Where can I get it from?

We operate an IBA with 4 large glass windows lining the side. These windows over time have grown covered in buildup. What is the best solution for removing the buildup? Nothing seems to be working. Thanks in advance.