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Buying Groups. If you're a multisite operator you should consider joining the N1 Buying Group. We joined last year at the last ICA show. Annual membership is $3,500 and if you are buying from any of the participating members, who typically pay back to the group a 5% rebate, it should more than...

After spending over $1m on a renovation on an old tired building it has really paid off. We replaced the roof, added a second floor, replaced the in-bay automatics and updated the self service bay booms and updated all the backroom equipment. It was one of the scariest decisions regard "cost...

See movie link below: In my opinion Gary Baright of Foam & Wash Car Wash in Wappingers Falls, NY is the best self service car wash operator on the planet. Haven't seen anyone out innovate their self service business like the Baright's have. PLC control, 4 price points (Spend more, save more)...

https://youtu.be/J1h73WHLKTM I've heard they don't recommend installing the top brush backwards and I recall hearing that Mark Ellis was the first or one of the first guys to try it. Put it down just after the windshield to avoid more vertical windshields and it helps clean down the back...

We built a robot: http://youtu.be/ihQ6uJCXfsY We've had a "culture" of over-prepping for decades. Mostly for the northeast winter months with ice and snow and salt caked on the cars and wanting the best quality for our customers. That all sounds great but prepping the whole car and brushing...

Gary Baright's latest creation. He asked Micrologic to build him a bill breaker, card dispenser, card recharge, receipt station and token note (Hamilton's) dispenser. http://youtu.be/DhKPecMnVrE It's located at his Poughkeepsie, NY location which has self service bays, touchless in-bay...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8BHqin-5Nk Hot Wax: We added Simoniz Hot Wax this month to our exterior locations and have had an actual NS Bubblizer at our full service locations for a couple of months. Both are running at 13% of our total volume as a $5 ala carte item. Our application cost...

You’ve heard of the guys in the southeast that have turned their locations into an unlimited location for a $5 or so fee? They’re claiming increased sales and profits, which I believe are true. Our sites are not configured to allow this to work easily. What if: You could have regular cash...

My father says "Live, learn and pass it on" once in a while so why not share this video? About our new self service bays in Vestal, NY he might also say "Are you crazy?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSFjGJLlXO0 Wobble Head Foam Brush Hydraflex Delivery of Foam Brush, Wheel Brush and...

Here is a tour of our new dog wash in Vestal, NY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28bTtClSRqU

Bay tour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaPni54XzLc Here is a rough tour of our new self service wash location in Vestal, NY. We also have a 3 bay dog wash and a 150' tunnel. We built the coin box ourselves, based on Gary Baright's original idea, put in four Mosmatic Z booms, based on Gary...

This is new to us. We just opened a new location with a 150' exterior tunnel, 3 dog wash bays and 4 self service bays. We have some hydraflex equipment in our tunnels in Albany and asked them, "Why not in the self service bay too?". So our Triple Wax, Foam Brush and Wheel Scrubbing Brush are...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-6ficBElQ Not many people know about this but this is a car wash in Albany that has installed Micrologic's self service bay software to add credit card clearing to the bays and his three in-bay automatics. The bay timers are Dixmor's LED9 Multi-Function timers...

My question is: Does anyone have drive thru dryers in their self service bays and how do they do? I want to install a pair of “drive thru” oscillating top nozzles in our 35’ long four bay self-service wash. • We use multi-function timers and have cash or credit card pricing of: $1=1 minute...

? If you were audited in New York State within the last two years and had to pay back sales tax related to cash transactions at your in-bay automatic car wash prior to December 2005 you may be entitled to a refund. ? In 1997 the NYS Legislature passed a law that exempted coin operated car washes...

CarWatch credit card clearing support ends January 1, 2009. A letter from DRB sites changing trends in the credit card processing industry, credit card privacy laws, and technology changes by the processors is to blame. Running card clearing without support is too risky and something else is...

Is an Unlimited Wash System in our future? Radio frequency identification tags (RFID) are becoming smaller and cheaper. Some are the size and thickness of a credit card and can be affixed to the inside of our customer?s vehicles. An RFID reader could be installed to detect these tags as the...

I think that most of us have agreed that count up is the way to go, but if you need proof, this may be it. I know a car washer that had a 5 bay with count down credit card readers. The first swipe gave $2 or $3 worth of time, (I can't remember) and the customer would have to re-swipe for...