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Here’s the demographics report for your reference. Love to talk further about it.

Yeh over 100,000 it’s kind of inside of a neighborhood area of a larger metropolitan area. The population is big, but the access and way the neighborhood is setup makes it hard for a tunnel to move in due to space requirements for a viable site I believe. It’s the neighborhood wash basically.

Really appreciate the answer. In my case, the location has been there for over 10 years now very stable and consistently profitable. Across the street from a big food store and on a road with around 20,000 car count which to me is great for an in-bay but not quite enough to justify a tunnel - in...

Thanks for the input! Can I ask you, what kind of demographics would you consider enough to be a threat of tunnel moving in?

Only to upgrade to something bigger and more profitable.

Why do you say that? Recession?

Really? Why would he be booted?

Robert, would you be able to share the equipment your friend uses for the mini tunnel? What OEM? Thank you!

Sooner, ever think about tunnels? I own an in-bay and self serve wash and am looking to expand. I am split between selling what I have and buying an express tunnel or just buy/build another in bay/self serve which is working well for me now. Any thoughts would be awesome! Thank you.

In everyone's opinion, would it be better to have another good self serve with automatic? OR, one successful tunnel. I just feel like the threat of a tunnel outweighs the added management requirements of running one. It seems to me like the in bay automatic/self serve model still works in the...

You need to determine car counts, population density numbers and use this information to determine what your capture rate could be. That will help you decide if the investment into a new automatic would be worth it. It is also possible to buy used equipment for a steep discount. I recently was a...

One last question I forgot to ask! Thank you again for the input, very helpful. What is your surrounding area demographics 1,3,5 mile population, average income, and car counts on the road you’re on? I’d be interested in doing something similar but I need to make sure I have the volume to be...

Thank you very much for the reply. I have a similar IBA and 4 self serve bays so a remodel does sound attractive. Might be better to stick with what I know works. Can I ask how much converting the two bays to an express tunnel cost roughly? Also, taking extra labor, maintenance and utility...

Robert, can you explain more about digital carwash network? Is this like uber for mobile detailers/car washers?

Good day all, and happy 4th of July! I’m considering selling my profitable and paid off self serve/in bay automatic to “trade up” to an express tunnel wash. I plan to buy existing, as I view that that as safer than attempting to build one. My question is has anyone else done something like...

That’s awesome. I was considering mailing out a $5 off top wash coupon instead of a free $5 wash so I can at least get them to spend something and restrict it to the top wash. It’ll still be perceived as free money I hope. That’s my slant at this time.

Yes it does. Thank you.

MEP, Appreciate all the feedback. I was wondering if you noticed any permanent increase in sales due to this or was it a one time thing? Also, curious for everyone here, any other profit center ideas to increase revenue for a self serve / IBA Property? Thanks in advance, Alex

Thank you for that. I am thinking of trying something similar, but with like $5 off Works wash so they have to ether apply it to top wash or it’s not worth anything else. Still will make money and hopefully attract more people to the top package.

MEP, did you mail the coupons out in an envelope or what? How did you make sure people didn’t just throw out the envelope?