Where have all the carwashes gone?
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I wouldn't dream of putting my p&j through a carwash (i.e. the ones with rotating brushes). However, I'm very happy to spend a couple of quid (alright, a fiver maybe) getting the mud off my daily driver once a week. But I just can't find a standard carwash anywhere near me and I really don't want to pay £15 for a hand wash as I could do that myself if I could be arsed. Where have they all gone*?
- I suspect the people who run hand car wash places may have 'persuaded' local regular car washes to close down to improve their throughput, but I have absolutely no evidence to support that!
Richard-390a0 said:
The automatic car wash in the local asda car park has a queue of cars waiting most days so there's obviously still some people wanting to use them.
Makes me wince watching people waiting for the spinning wheels of death to paint......I did see these things being rolled out, contactless automated car washes. Seems like a happy medium between scratch city and the Asda car park £7 spit and shine.
https://youtu.be/Ki4tWpelqIc
C5_Steve said:
Richard-390a0 said:
The automatic car wash in the local asda car park has a queue of cars waiting most days so there's obviously still some people wanting to use them.
Makes me wince watching people waiting for the spinning wheels of death to paint......I did see these things being rolled out, contactless automated car washes. Seems like a happy medium between scratch city and the Asda car park £7 spit and shine.
https://youtu.be/Ki4tWpelqIc
I always thought they must have cost a fortune to run, the one near me was forever out of order waiting for someone to come and fix it, especially if there was any hint of a frost or a cold snap. In the end they got rid of it and replaced it with a jet wash (which also seemed to spend a lot of time out of order), thats also gone now.
So I assume high costs and falling demand have lead to most of them getting closed/removed.
So I assume high costs and falling demand have lead to most of them getting closed/removed.
Richard-390a0 said:
The automatic car wash in the local asda car park has a queue of cars waiting most days so there's obviously still some people wanting to use them.
Yup. Same with a loacl Tesco, a queue of cars. Sorry, nobody touches my car but me. Plent of fuel stations with DIY jet wash lances near me.When I was in France recently, I marvelled at the many self service jet wash bays there were at petrol stations or even just stand alone plots.
Nothing like that here. In my town there is an IMO roller, a hand wash section of the Tesco car park, an Albanian hand wash in an old petrol station site, a roller at a petrol station and a jet wash at another petrol station that is only turned on during the day when there's a hand wash crew working - nowhere to wash the car yourself.
Nothing like that here. In my town there is an IMO roller, a hand wash section of the Tesco car park, an Albanian hand wash in an old petrol station site, a roller at a petrol station and a jet wash at another petrol station that is only turned on during the day when there's a hand wash crew working - nowhere to wash the car yourself.
Still lots about, there’s a brand new one at my local petrol station, it’s great because it’s wider and higher so I can take my transit though it, and buy the wash on the fuel card.
Older ones are being closed though, I assume it’s because they’re expensive to run and maintain, my two local IMOS are always busy though.
Won’t go anywhere that doesn’t take card
Older ones are being closed though, I assume it’s because they’re expensive to run and maintain, my two local IMOS are always busy though.
Won’t go anywhere that doesn’t take card
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