soonermajic
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I am seriously thinking about putting in Rykos new SoftGloss. w/ their Nov special of $99k. To do what I want, with plumbing/elctric, it will be about $133. I have the paystation & dryers already, it includes a nice TSS sign, wheel blasters w/ tire chemical delivery, adding custom brushes. It has the LED light show. It will be extremely nice.
Here's my setup: I have Ryko OHD (touchless inverted L). It does a below avg job, & I am putting this SoftGloss in the bay right beside it. There is 1 other IBA @ the Oil/Lube place, that does a very avg job. We get 85% of the town's business. My prices are $1 more on each pkg. I have a prepper, who preps ENTIRE vehicle before the touchless does it's thing. So, the cars already have a "friction" wash, & when they come out they look awesome! Only 5% of our customer's don't want my prepper brushing it.
During pollen season (30 days) & then probably 60 more days/year, our line is LONG (4--7 cars deep all day). We can only do about 70 cpd on those days. The customers do NOT come before or after prepper hours (about 36 cpd is what we do, & about 3 of those is what we do after hours). On those 90 days a year, we have quite a few drive offs, & some complaining of the long wait (I totally understand). Town has 7100 pop, & is somewhat isolated (tunnel is 55 miles away & not coming near here).
My price pts will be $8, $10 & $12. My loan will be 6 yrs $2000/mo. I figure another $500 for chems & more water. Therefore I need to make @ least $3000/mo to make this work. I think I will realize some pretty good tax advantages to. Would need to average 10 cpd, year round. The town absolutely LOVES my prepper, & he is simply the BEST employee there is! I pay him VERY well.
Do you guys think I should pull the trigger, or just ride this thing out for a few years? 1 issues: I do not know if Ryko will do a huge promo like this ever again. If I knew they would, it'd be a no-brainer & I'd wait. I've had this wash 6 mos, & business is improving slowly, town is steady & holding. I own the only 2 SS washes in town & the only real choice for a good Automatic wash as well. This wash is by far the best location in the town as well. But, the crazy long waits sometimes scare me, about a guy with deep pockets just putting down half a million & really hurting me.
Here's my setup: I have Ryko OHD (touchless inverted L). It does a below avg job, & I am putting this SoftGloss in the bay right beside it. There is 1 other IBA @ the Oil/Lube place, that does a very avg job. We get 85% of the town's business. My prices are $1 more on each pkg. I have a prepper, who preps ENTIRE vehicle before the touchless does it's thing. So, the cars already have a "friction" wash, & when they come out they look awesome! Only 5% of our customer's don't want my prepper brushing it.
During pollen season (30 days) & then probably 60 more days/year, our line is LONG (4--7 cars deep all day). We can only do about 70 cpd on those days. The customers do NOT come before or after prepper hours (about 36 cpd is what we do, & about 3 of those is what we do after hours). On those 90 days a year, we have quite a few drive offs, & some complaining of the long wait (I totally understand). Town has 7100 pop, & is somewhat isolated (tunnel is 55 miles away & not coming near here).
My price pts will be $8, $10 & $12. My loan will be 6 yrs $2000/mo. I figure another $500 for chems & more water. Therefore I need to make @ least $3000/mo to make this work. I think I will realize some pretty good tax advantages to. Would need to average 10 cpd, year round. The town absolutely LOVES my prepper, & he is simply the BEST employee there is! I pay him VERY well.
Do you guys think I should pull the trigger, or just ride this thing out for a few years? 1 issues: I do not know if Ryko will do a huge promo like this ever again. If I knew they would, it'd be a no-brainer & I'd wait. I've had this wash 6 mos, & business is improving slowly, town is steady & holding. I own the only 2 SS washes in town & the only real choice for a good Automatic wash as well. This wash is by far the best location in the town as well. But, the crazy long waits sometimes scare me, about a guy with deep pockets just putting down half a million & really hurting me.
